CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 1554

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 15, 1999   Yeas 87   Nays 10 Speaker of the House of Representatives Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 13, 1999   Yeas 33   Nays 6	CERTIFICATE We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1554  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.                           Chief Clerk                           Chief Clerk
President of the Senate

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED
Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 1554

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             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Representatives Murray, McDonald, Constantine, Mitchell, Dickerson, Ballasiotes, Scott, Radcliff, Poulsen and Romero; by request of Washington State Patrol

Read first time 01/28/1999.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Clarifying status of HOV lane violations as traffic infractions.   

    AN ACT Relating to high-occupancy vehicle lane violations; and amending RCW 46.61.165.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.61.165 and 1998 c 245 s 90 are each amended to read as follows:

    The state department of transportation and the local authorities are authorized to reserve all or any portion of any highway under their respective jurisdictions, including any designated lane or ramp, for the exclusive or preferential use of public transportation vehicles or private motor vehicles carrying no fewer than a specified number of passengers when such limitation will increase the efficient utilization of the highway or will aid in the conservation of energy resources.  ((There is hereby appropriated from the transportation fund‑-state to the department of transportation, program C for the period ending June 30, 1993, an additional $15 million for the sole purpose of expediting completion of the HOV core lane system.))  Regulations authorizing such exclusive or preferential use of a highway facility may be declared to be effective at all times or at specified times of day or on specified days.  Violation of a restriction of highway usage prescribed by the appropriate authority under this section is a traffic infraction.

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