CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6603

 

 

                   Chapter 198, Laws of 1998

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

 

 

VESSEL REGISTRATION--EXEMPTIONS

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  3/27/98

Passed by the Senate March 9, 1998

  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

 

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 6, 1998

  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6603 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

           MIKE O'CONNELL

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved March 27, 1998 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.  

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 27, 1998 - 3:40 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6603

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

 

             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Horn, Spanel, Oke and Wood)

 

Read first time 02/06/98.

Excepting certain vessels from registration.  


    AN ACT Relating to exceptions from vessel registration; amending RCW 88.02.030; and declaring an emergency.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 88.02.030 and 1997 c 83 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    Vessel registration is required under this chapter except for the following:

    (1) Military or public vessels of the United States, except recreational-type public vessels;

    (2) Vessels owned by a state or subdivision thereof, used principally for governmental purposes and clearly identifiable as such;

    (3) Vessels either (a) registered or numbered under the laws of a country other than the United States; or (b) having a valid United States customs service cruising license issued pursuant to 19 C.F.R. Sec. 4.94.  On or before the sixty-first day of use in the state, any vessel in the state under this subsection shall obtain an identification document from the department of licensing, its agents, or subagents indicating when the vessel first came into the state.  At the time of any issuance of an identification document, a twenty-five dollar identification document fee shall be paid by the vessel owner to the department of licensing for the cost of providing the identification document by the department of licensing.  Any moneys remaining from the fee after payment of costs shall be allocated to counties by the state treasurer for approved boating safety programs under RCW 88.02.045.  The department of licensing shall adopt rules to implement its duties under this subsection, including issuing and displaying the identification document and collecting the twenty-five dollar fee;

    (4) Vessels that have been issued a valid number under federal law or by an approved issuing authority of the state of principal operation.  However, a vessel that is validly registered in another state but that is removed to this state for principal use is subject to registration under this chapter.  The issuing authority for this state shall recognize the validity of the numbers previously issued for a period of sixty days after arrival in this state;

    (5) Vessels owned by a nonresident if the vessel is located upon the waters of this state exclusively for repairs, alteration, or reconstruction, or any testing related to the repair, alteration, or reconstruction conducted in this state if an employee of the repair, alteration, or construction facility is on board the vessel during any testing:  PROVIDED, That any vessel owned by a nonresident is located upon the waters of this state exclusively for repairs, alteration, reconstruction, or testing for a period longer than sixty days, that the nonresident shall file an affidavit with the department of revenue verifying the vessel is located upon the waters of this state for repair, alteration, reconstruction, or testing and shall continue to file such affidavit every sixty days thereafter, while the vessel is located upon the waters of this state exclusively for repairs, alteration, reconstruction, or testing;

    (6) Vessels equipped with propulsion machinery of less than ten horsepower that:

    (a) Are owned by the owner of a vessel for which a valid vessel number has been issued;

    (b) Display the number of that numbered vessel followed by the suffix "1" in the manner prescribed by the department; and

    (c) Are used as a tender for direct transportation between that vessel and the shore and for no other purpose;

    (7) Vessels under sixteen feet in overall length which have no propulsion machinery of any type or which are not used on waters subject to the jurisdiction of the United States or on the high seas beyond the territorial seas for vessels owned in the United States and are powered by propulsion machinery of ten or less horsepower;

    (8) Vessels with no propulsion machinery of any type for which the primary mode of propulsion is human power;

    (9) Vessels primarily engaged in commerce which have or are required to have a valid marine document as a vessel of the United States.  Commercial vessels which the department of revenue determines have the external appearance of vessels which would otherwise be required to register under this chapter, must display decals issued annually by the department of revenue that indicate the vessel's exempt status;

    (10) Vessels primarily engaged in commerce which are owned by a resident of a country other than the United States; and

    (11) On and after January 1, 1998, vessels owned by a nonresident individual brought into the state for his or her use or enjoyment while temporarily within the state for not more than six months in any continuous twelve-month period, unless the vessel is used in conducting a nontransitory business activity within the state.  However, the vessel must (((a) be registered or numbered under the laws of a country other than the United States, (b) have a valid United States customs service cruising license issued under 19 C.F.R. Sec. 4.94, or (c))) have been issued a valid number under federal law or by an approved issuing authority of the state of principal operation.  On or before the sixty-first day of use in the state, any vessel temporarily in the state under this subsection shall obtain an identification document from the department of licensing, its agents, or subagents indicating when the vessel first came into the state.  An identification document shall be valid for a period of two months.  At the time of any issuance of an identification document, a twenty-five dollar identification document fee shall be paid by the vessel owner to the department of licensing for the cost of providing the identification document by the department of licensing.  Any moneys remaining from the fee after payment of costs shall be allocated to counties by the state treasurer for approved boating safety programs under RCW 88.02.045.  The department of licensing shall adopt rules to implement its duties under this subsection, including issuing and displaying the identification document and collecting the twenty-five dollar fee.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.


    Passed the Senate March 9, 1998.

    Passed the House March 6, 1998.

Approved by the Governor March 27, 1998.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 1998.