HOUSE BILL REPORT

                 SHB 2567

             As Reported By House Committee On:

                       Transportation

Title:  An act relating to furnishing lists of registered and legal owners of motor vehicles to certain transportation toll facility operators.

Brief Description:  Furnishing lists of registered and legal owners of motor vehicles to certain transportation toll facility operators.

Sponsors:  Representatives Fisher and Mitchell.

Brief History:

  Committee Activity:

Transportation:  1/25/00, 1/27/00 [DPS].

           Brief Summary of Substitute Bill

$Allows the Department of Licensing to release lists of vehicle owner name and address information to toll facility operators.

$The toll facility may only use the information for purposes of identifying owners of vehicles using the toll facility.

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Majority Report:  The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass.  Signed by 24 members:  Representatives Fisher, Democratic Co-Chair; Mitchell, Republican Co-Chair; Cooper, Democratic 1st Vice Chair; Edwards, Democratic 2nd Vice Chair; Ericksen, Republican Vice Chair; Hankins, Republican Vice Chair; Fortunato; Haigh; Hatfield; Hurst; Lovick; McDonald; Mielke; Morris; Murray; Ogden; Pflug; Radcliff; Romero; Schindler; Scott; Skinner; Wood and Woods.

Staff:  Paul Neal (786-7315).

Background:

The Department of Licensing is authorized to provide lists of registered and legal owners of vehicles to specified entities for specified purposes.  For instance, car manufacturers are authorized to obtain lists in order to assist in factory recalls.  There is no provision allowing companies operating toll facilities to obtain such lists.

Summary of Substitute Bill:

Proposed substitute offered to clarify original intent.  Authorizes a company operating a toll facility under a public-private partnership to obtain lists of registered and legal owners of vehicles to assist in identifying owners of vehicles using the toll facility.

Substitute Bill Compared to Original Bill:  The original bill was silent on the allowed uses of the vehicle owner information.  The substitute bill specifies that the toll company may only use the information to determine ownership of vehicles using the toll facility.

Appropriation:  None.

Fiscal Note:  Available.

Effective Date of Substitute Bill:  Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.

Testimony For:  This will assist the private company planning to operate the new Tacoma Narrows Bridge to enforce toll collection in a safe and efficient manner.

Testimony Against:  None.

Testified:  (Support) Jim Metcalf, United Infrastructure of Washington.