CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2766

 

 

                   Chapter 102, Laws of 2000

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

 

 

RECREATIONAL VEHICLES

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House February 10, 2000

  Yeas 91   Nays 6

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 3, 2000

  Yeas 34   Nays 14

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2766 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved March 24, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.             

                                FILED                

 

           March 24, 2000 - 2:53 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2766

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Cairnes and Hatfield)

 

Read first time 02/03/2000.  Referred to Committee on .

Adjusting RV size limits.   


    AN ACT Relating to recreational vehicles; and amending RCW 46.44.030.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.44.030 and 1995 c 26 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    It is unlawful for any person to operate upon the public highways of this state any vehicle having an overall length, with or without load, in excess of forty feet.  This restriction does not apply to (1) a municipal transit vehicle, (2) auto stage, private carrier bus ((or)), school bus, or motor home with an overall length not to exceed forty-six feet, or (3) an articulated auto stage with an overall length not to exceed sixty-one feet.

    It is unlawful for any person to operate upon the public highways of this state any combination consisting of a tractor and semitrailer that has a semitrailer length in excess of fifty-three feet or a combination consisting of a tractor and two trailers in which the combined length of the trailers exceeds sixty-one feet, with or without load.

    It is unlawful for any person to operate on the highways of this state any combination consisting of a truck and trailer, or log truck and stinger-steered pole trailer, with an overall length, with or without load, in excess of seventy-five feet.  However, a combination of vehicles transporting automobiles or boats may have a front overhang of three feet and a rear overhang of four feet beyond this allowed length.  "Stinger-steered," as used in this section, means the coupling device is located behind the tread of the tires of the last axle of the towing vehicle.

    These length limitations do not apply to vehicles transporting poles, pipe, machinery, or other objects of a structural nature that cannot be dismembered and operated by a public utility when required for emergency repair of public service facilities or properties, but in respect to night transportation every such vehicle and load thereon shall be equipped with a sufficient number of clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.

    The length limitations described in this section are exclusive of safety and energy conservation devices, such as mud flaps and splash and spray suppressant devices, refrigeration units or air compressors, and other devices that the department determines to be necessary for safe and efficient operation of commercial vehicles.  No device excluded under this paragraph from the limitations of this section may have, by its design or use, the capability to carry cargo.


    Passed the House February 10, 2000.

    Passed the Senate March 3, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 24, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2000.