BILL REQ. #: S-1901.1

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5259
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State of Washington

58th Legislature

2003 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Highways & Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Haugen, Oke, Spanel and Kohl-Welles)

READ FIRST TIME 03/05/03.

AN ACT Relating to vehicles boarding ferries; and adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 46.61 RCW to read as follows:
It is a traffic infraction for a driver of a motor vehicle intending to board a Washington state ferry, to: (1) Block a residential driveway while waiting to board the ferry; or (2) move in front of another vehicle in a queue already waiting to board the ferry, without the authorization of a state ferry system employee. Vehicles qualifying for preferential loading privileges under rules adopted by the department of transportation are exempt from this section. In addition to any other penalty imposed for a violation of this section, the driver will be directed to immediately move the motor vehicle to the end of the queue of vehicles waiting to board the ferry.

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