BILL REQ. #:  H-0268.1 

Read first time 01/15/2003.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to carrying persons or animals in pickup truck beds; and amending RCW 46.61.660.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.61.660 and 1997 c 190 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) It shall be unlawful for any person to transport any living animal on the running board, fenders, hood, or other outside part of any vehicle, including the bed of a pickup truck, unless suitable harness, cage, or enclosure be provided and so attached as to protect such animal from falling or being thrown therefrom.
     (2) It shall be unlawful for any person to transport any persons upon the running board, fenders, hood, or other outside part of any vehicle, ((except that this provision shall)) including the bed of a pickup truck.
     (a) This subsection (2) does not apply to the outside part of a vehicle that is equipped with seats with seatbelts and the person is securely fastened in the seatbelt.
     (b) This subsection (2) does not apply to authorized emergency vehicles or to solid waste collection vehicles that are engaged in collecting solid waste or recyclables on route at speeds of twenty miles per hour or less.