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SUBSTITUTE
SENATE BILL 6329
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Passed
Legislature - 2002 Regular Session
State of Washington 57th
Legislature 2002 Regular Session
By
READ
FIRST TIME 02/01/2002.
Exempting certain hybrid vehicles from emission control
inspection requirements.
AN
ACT Relating to exempting certain hybrid vehicles from emission control
inspection requirements; and amending RCW 46.16.015.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
46.16.015 and 1998 c 342 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
(1)
Neither the department of licensing nor its agents may issue or renew a motor
vehicle license for any vehicle or change the registered owner of a licensed
vehicle, for any vehicle that is required to be inspected under chapter 70.120
RCW, unless the application for issuance or renewal is: (a) Accompanied by a
valid certificate of compliance or a valid certificate of acceptance issued
pursuant to chapter 70.120 RCW; or (b) exempted from this requirement pursuant
to subsection (2) of this section. The certificates must have a date of
validation which is within six months of the date of application for the
vehicle license or license renewal. Certificates for fleet or owner tested
diesel vehicles may have a date of validation which is within twelve months of
the assigned license renewal date.
(2)
Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to the following vehicles:
(a)
New motor vehicles whose equitable or legal title has never been transferred to
a person who in good faith purchases the vehicle for purposes other than
resale;
(b)
Motor vehicles with a model year of 1967 or earlier;
(c)
Motor vehicles that use propulsion units powered exclusively by electricity;
(d)
Motor vehicles fueled by propane, compressed natural gas, or liquid petroleum
gas, unless it is determined that federal sanctions will be imposed as a result
of this exemption;
(e)
Motorcycles as defined in RCW 46.04.330 and motor-driven cycles as defined in
RCW 46.04.332;
(f)
Farm vehicles as defined in RCW 46.04.181;
(g)
Used vehicles which are offered for sale by a motor vehicle dealer licensed
under chapter 46.70 RCW;
(h)
Classes of motor vehicles exempted by the director of the department of
ecology;
(i)
Collector cars as identified by the department of licensing under RCW 46.16.305(1);
((or))
(j)
Beginning January 1, 2000, vehicles that are less than five years old or more
than twenty-five years old; or
(k)
Hybrid motor vehicles that obtain a rating by the environmental protection
agency of at least fifty miles per gallon of gas during city driving. For
purposes of this section, a hybrid motor vehicle is one that uses propulsion
units powered by both electricity and gas.
The
provisions of (a) of this subsection may not be construed as exempting from the
provisions of subsection (1) of this section applications for the renewal of
licenses for motor vehicles that are or have been leased.
(3)
The department of ecology shall provide information to motor vehicle owners
regarding the boundaries of emission contributing areas and restrictions
established under this section that apply to vehicles registered in such
areas. In addition the department of ecology shall provide information to
motor vehicle owners on the relationship between motor vehicles and air
pollution and steps motor vehicle owners should take to reduce motor vehicle
related air pollution. The department of licensing shall send to all
registered motor vehicle owners affected by the emission testing program notice
that they must have an emission test to renew their registration.
Passed the Senate February 16, 2002.
Passed the House March 5, 2002.
Approved by the Governor
March 12, 2002.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 12, 2002.
