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                          HOUSE BILL 2362

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

By Representatives Hatfield, Hankins, Cooper and Anderson; by request of Department of Licensing

Read first time 01/16/2002.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Adjusting the motorcycle skills course fee.

    AN ACT Relating to the motorcycle skills education course participation fee; and amending RCW 46.81A.020.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.81A.020 and 1998 c 245 s 91 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The director shall administer and enforce the law pertaining to the motorcycle skills education program as set forth in this chapter.

    (2) The director may adopt and enforce reasonable rules that are consistent with this chapter.

    (3) The director shall revise the Washington motorcycle safety program to:

    (a) Institute a motorcycle skills education course for both novice and advanced motorcycle riders that is a minimum of eight hours and no more than sixteen hours at a cost of no more than fifty dollars for riders under the age of eighteen, and no more than one hundred dollars for riders who are eighteen years of age or older;

    (b) Encourage the use of loaned or used motorcycles for use in the motorcycle skills education course if the instructor approves them;

    (c) Require all instructors to conduct at least three classes in a one-year period to maintain their teaching eligibility;

    (d) Encourage the use of radio or intercom equipped helmets when, in the opinion of the instructor, radio or intercom equipped helmets improve the quality of instruction.

    (4) The department shall obtain and compile information from applicants for a motorcycle endorsement regarding whether they have completed a state approved motorcycle skills education course.

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