CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 6667

 

 

                    Chapter 37, Laws of 2000

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

 

 

LICENSE PLATE REPLACEMENT--COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the Senate February 15, 2000

  YEAS 45   NAYS 1

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House February 29, 2000

  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SENATE BILL 6667 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

            TONY M. COOK

                            Secretary

 

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

 

Approved March 17, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.  

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 17, 2000 - 2:53 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                         SENATE BILL 6667

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

 

By Senators Haugen, Swecker, Gardner, Morton, Sellar, Sheahan, Benton and Winsley

 

Read first time 01/21/2000.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Exempting certain commercial vehicles from replacing license plates. 


    AN ACT Relating to the replacement of license plates for certain commercial vehicles; and amending RCW 46.16.233.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.16.233 and 1997 c 291 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    Except for those license plates issued under RCW 46.16.305(1) before January 1, 1987, under RCW 46.16.305(3), and to commercial vehicles with a gross weight in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds, effective with vehicle registrations due or to become due on January 1, 2001, all vehicle license plates must be issued on a standard background, as designated by the department.  Additionally, to ensure maximum legibility and reflectivity, the department shall periodically provide for the replacement of license plates, except for commercial vehicles with a gross weight in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds.  Frequency of replacement shall be established in accordance with empirical studies documenting the longevity of the reflective materials used to make license plates.


    Passed the Senate February 15, 2000.

    Passed the House February 29, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 17, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 17, 2000.