SB 6282-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST AS ENACTED)

     Authorizes the department to enter into agreements to review and certify that a private motorcycle skills education course meets educational standards equivalent to those required of courses conducted under the motorcycle skills education program.  An agreement entered into under this provision must provide that the department may conduct periodic audits to ensure that educational standards continue to meet those required for courses conducted under the motorcycle skills education program, and that the costs of the review, certification, and audit process will be borne by the party seeking certification.

     Requires the director to 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:  (1) No more than fifty dollars for Washington state residents under the age of eighteen; and

     (2) No more than one hundred dollars for Washington state residents who are eighteen years of age or older and military personnel of any age stationed in Washington state.