CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 5518

 

 

                   Chapter 104, Laws of 2001

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2001 Regular Session

 

 

MOTORCYCLE ENDORSEMENT EXAMINATION--WAIVER

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/22/01

Passed by the Senate March 10, 2001

  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House April 10, 2001

  YEAS 94   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 5518 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

            TONY M. COOK

                            Secretary

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

 

Approved April 19, 2001 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.    

                                FILED          

 

 

           April 19, 2001 - 5:34 p.m.

 

 

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                         SENATE BILL 5518

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             Passed Legislature - 2001 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

 

By Senators Horn, T. Sheldon and Roach; by request of Department of Licensing

 

Read first time 01/25/2001.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Waiving the motorcycle exam for trained operators.   


    AN ACT Relating to the waiver of motorcycle endorsement examination after satisfactory completion of motorcycle operator training; amending RCW 46.20.515; and reenacting and amending RCW 46.20.505.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.20.505 and 1999 c 308 s 5 and 1999 c 274 s 9 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:

    Every person applying for a special endorsement of a driver's license authorizing such person to drive a motorcycle or a motor-driven cycle shall pay ((an examination)) a fee of two dollars, which is not refundable.  In addition, the endorsement fee for the initial motorcycle endorsement shall not exceed ten dollars, and the subsequent renewal endorsement fee shall not exceed twenty-five dollars, unless the endorsement is renewed or extended for a period other than five years, in which case the subsequent renewal endorsement fee shall not exceed five dollars for each year that the endorsement is renewed or extended.  The initial and renewal endorsement fees shall be deposited in the motorcycle safety education account of the highway safety fund.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 46.20.515 and 1999 c 274 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:

    The motorcycle endorsement examination must emphasize maneuvers necessary for on-street operation, including emergency braking and turning as may be required to avoid an impending collision.  The department may waive all or part of the examination for persons who satisfactorily complete the voluntary motorcycle operator training and education program authorized under RCW 46.20.520.


    Passed the Senate March 10, 2001.

    Passed the House April 10, 2001.

Approved by the Governor April 19, 2001.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 19, 2001.