Passed by the House March 9, 2004 Yeas 77   FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 5, 2004 Yeas 46   BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2489 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
Approved March 24, 2004. GARY F. LOCKE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | March 24, 2004 - 2:20 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
State of Washington | 58th Legislature | 2004 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 01/20/04.
AN ACT Relating to off-road and nonhighway vehicles; amending RCW 46.09.020, 46.09.110, 46.09.130, 46.09.130, 46.09.240, 46.09.280, and 46.09.050; reenacting and amending RCW 46.09.170 and 46.09.170; adding a new section to chapter 46.09 RCW; providing effective dates; and providing expiration dates.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 46.09.020 and 1986 c 206 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
((As used in this chapter the following words and phrases have the
designated meanings unless a different meaning is expressly provided or
the context otherwise clearly indicates:))
"Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association, or
corporation.
"Nonhighway vehicle" means any motorized vehicle when used for
recreation travel on trails and nonhighway roads or for recreation
cross-country travel on any one of the following or a combination
thereof: Land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland, and other natural
terrain. Such vehicles include but are not limited to, off-road
vehicles, two, three, or four-wheel vehicles, motorcycles, four-wheel
drive vehicles, dune buggies, amphibious vehicles, ground effects or
air cushion vehicles, and any other means of land transportation
deriving motive power from any source other than muscle or wind.
Nonhighway vehicle does not include:
(1) Any vehicle designed primarily for travel on, over, or in the
water;
(2) Snowmobiles or any military vehicles; or
(3) Any vehicle eligible for a motor vehicle fuel tax exemption or
rebate under chapter 82.36 RCW while an exemption or rebate is claimed.
This exemption includes but is not limited to farm, construction, and
logging vehicles.
"Off-road vehicle" or "ORV" means any nonhighway vehicle when used
for cross-country travel on trails or on any one of the following or a
combination thereof: Land, water, snow, ice, marsh, swampland and
other natural terrain.
"ORV use permit" means a permit issued for operation of an off-road
vehicle under this chapter.
"ORV trail" means a multiple-use corridor designated and maintained
for recreational travel by off-road vehicles that is not normally
suitable for travel by conventional two-wheel drive vehicles and is
posted or designated by the managing authority of the property that the
trail traverses as permitting ORV travel.
"ORV use area" means the entire area of a parcel of land except for
camping and approved buffer areas that is posted or designated for ORV
use in accordance with rules adopted by the managing authority.
"ORV recreation facility" includes ORV trails and ORV use areas.
"Owner" means the person other than the lienholder, having an
interest in or title to a nonhighway vehicle, and entitled to the use
or possession thereof.
"Operator" means each person who operates, or is in physical
control of, any nonhighway vehicle.
The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter
unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
(1) "Advisory committee" means the nonhighway and off-road vehicle
activities advisory committee established in RCW 46.09.280.
(2) "Committee" means the interagency committee for outdoor
recreation established in RCW 79A.25.110.
(3) "Dealer" means a person, partnership, association, or
corporation engaged in the business of selling off-road vehicles at
wholesale or retail in this state.
(4) "Department" means the department of licensing.
(("Hunt" means any effort to kill, injure, capture, or purposely
disturb a wild animal or wild bird.))
"Nonhighway road" means any road owned or managed by a public
agency, or any private road for which the owner has granted a permanent
easement for public use of the road, other than a highway generally
capable of travel by a conventional two-wheel drive passenger
automobile during most of the year and in use by such vehicles and that
is not built or maintained with appropriations from the motor vehicle
fund.
"Highway," for the purpose of this chapter only, means the entire
width between the boundary lines of every way publicly maintained by
the state department of transportation or any county or city when any
part thereof is generally open to the use of the public for purposes of
vehicular travel as a matter of right.
"Organized competitive event" means any competition, advertised in
advance through written notice to organized clubs or published in local
newspapers, sponsored by recognized clubs, and conducted at a
predetermined time and place.
(5) "Highway," for the purpose of this chapter only, means the
entire width between the boundary lines of every roadway publicly
maintained by the state department of transportation or any county or
city with funding from the motor vehicle fund. A highway is generally
capable of travel by a conventional two-wheel drive passenger
automobile during most of the year and in use by such vehicles.
(6) "Motorized vehicle" means a vehicle that derives motive power
from an internal combustion engine.
(7) "Nonhighway road" means any road owned or managed by a public
agency or any private road for which the owner has granted an easement
for public use for which appropriations from the motor vehicle fund
were not used for (a) original construction or reconstruction in the
last twenty-five years; or (b) maintenance in the last four years.
(8) "Nonhighway road recreation facilities" means recreational
facilities that are adjacent to, or accessed by, a nonhighway road and
intended primarily for nonhighway road recreational users.
(9) "Nonhighway road recreational user" means a person whose
purpose for consuming fuel on a nonhighway road or off-road is
primarily for nonhighway road recreational purposes, including, but not
limited to, hunting, fishing, camping, sightseeing, wildlife viewing,
picnicking, driving for pleasure, kayaking/canoeing, and gathering
berries, firewood, mushrooms, and other natural products.
(10) "Nonhighway vehicle" means any motorized vehicle including an
ORV when used for recreational purposes on nonhighway roads, trails, or
a variety of other natural terrain.
Nonhighway vehicle does not include:
(a) Any vehicle designed primarily for travel on, over, or in the
water;
(b) Snowmobiles or any military vehicles; or
(c) Any vehicle eligible for a motor vehicle fuel tax exemption or
rebate under chapter 82.36 RCW while an exemption or rebate is claimed.
This exemption includes but is not limited to farm, construction, and
logging vehicles.
(11) "Nonmotorized recreational facilities" means recreational
trails and facilities that are adjacent to, or accessed by, a
nonhighway road and intended primarily for nonmotorized recreational
users.
(12) "Nonmotorized recreational user" means a person whose purpose
for consuming fuel on a nonhighway road or off-road is primarily for
nonmotorized recreational purposes including, but not limited to,
walking, hiking, backpacking, climbing, cross-country skiing,
snowshoeing, mountain biking, horseback riding, and pack animal
activities.
(13) "Off-road vehicle" or "ORV" means any nonstreet licensed
vehicle when used for recreational purposes on nonhighway roads,
trails, or a variety of other natural terrain. Such vehicles include,
but are not limited to, all-terrain vehicles, motorcycles, four-wheel
drive vehicles, and dune buggies.
(14) "Operator" means each person who operates, or is in physical
control of, any nonhighway vehicle.
(15) "Organized competitive event" means any competition,
advertised in advance through written notice to organized clubs or
published in local newspapers, sponsored by recognized clubs, and
conducted at a predetermined time and place.
(16) "ORV recreation facilities" include, but are not limited to,
ORV trails, trailheads, campgrounds, ORV sports parks, and ORV use
areas, designated for ORV use by the managing authority that are
intended primarily for ORV recreational users.
(17) "ORV recreational user" means a person whose purpose for
consuming fuel on nonhighway roads or off-road is primarily for ORV
recreational purposes, including but not limited to riding an all-terrain vehicle, motorcycling, or driving a four-wheel drive vehicle or
dune buggy.
(18) "ORV sport park" means a facility designed to accommodate
competitive ORV recreational uses including, but not limited to,
motocross racing, four-wheel drive competitions, and flat track racing.
Use of ORV sports parks can be competitive or noncompetitive in nature.
(19) "ORV trail" means a multiple-use corridor designated by the
managing authority and maintained for recreational use by motorized
vehicles.
(20) "ORV use permit" means a permit issued for operation of an
off-road vehicle under this chapter.
(21) "Owner" means the person other than the lienholder, having an
interest in or title to a nonhighway vehicle, and entitled to the use
or possession thereof.
(22) "Person" means any individual, firm, partnership, association,
or corporation.
Sec. 2 RCW 46.09.110 and 1986 c 206 s 6 are each amended to read
as follows:
The moneys collected by the department under this chapter shall be
distributed from time to time but at least once a year in the following
manner:
The department shall retain enough money to cover expenses incurred
in the administration of this chapter: PROVIDED, That such retention
shall never exceed eighteen percent of fees collected.
The remaining moneys shall be distributed for ORV recreation
facilities by the interagency committee for outdoor recreation in
accordance with RCW 46.09.170(((1)(d))) (2)(d)(ii)(A).
Sec. 3 RCW 46.09.130 and 1994 c 264 s 35 are each amended to read
as follows:
No person may operate a nonhighway vehicle in such a way as to
endanger human life. No person shall operate a nonhighway vehicle in
such a way as to run down or harass any wildlife or animal, nor carry,
transport, or convey any loaded weapon in or upon, nor hunt from, any
nonhighway vehicle except by permit issued by the director of fish and
wildlife under RCW 77.32.237: PROVIDED, That it shall not be unlawful
to carry, transport, or convey a loaded pistol in or upon a nonhighway
vehicle if the person complies with the terms and conditions of chapter
9.41 RCW.
For the purposes of this section, "hunt" means any effort to kill,
injure, capture, or purposely disturb a wild animal or bird.
Violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
Sec. 4 RCW 46.09.130 and 2003 c 53 s 233 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) No person may operate a nonhighway vehicle in such a way as to
endanger human life.
(2) No person shall operate a nonhighway vehicle in such a way as
to run down or harass any wildlife or animal, nor carry, transport, or
convey any loaded weapon in or upon, nor hunt from, any nonhighway
vehicle except by permit issued by the director of fish and wildlife
under RCW 77.32.237: PROVIDED, That it shall not be unlawful to carry,
transport, or convey a loaded pistol in or upon a nonhighway vehicle if
the person complies with the terms and conditions of chapter 9.41 RCW.
(3) For the purposes of this section, "hunt" means any effort to
kill, injure, capture, or purposely disturb a wild animal or bird.
(4) Violation of this section is a gross misdemeanor.
Sec. 5 RCW 46.09.170 and 2003 1st sp.s. c 26 s 920, 2003 1st
sp.s. c 25 s 922, and 2003 c 361 s 407 are each reenacted and amended
to read as follows:
(1) From time to time, but at least once each year, the state
treasurer shall refund from the motor vehicle fund one percent of the
motor vehicle fuel tax revenues collected under chapter 82.36 RCW,
based on a tax rate of: (a) Nineteen cents per gallon of motor vehicle
fuel from July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2005; (b) twenty cents per
gallon of motor vehicle fuel from July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2007;
(c) twenty-one cents per gallon of motor vehicle fuel from July 1,
2007, through June 30, 2009; (d) twenty-two cents per gallon of motor
vehicle fuel from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2011; and (e) twenty-three cents per gallon of motor vehicle fuel beginning July 1, 2011,
and thereafter, less proper deductions for refunds and costs of
collection as provided in RCW 46.68.090.
(2) The treasurer shall place these funds in the general fund as
follows:
(((i) Forty)) (a) Thirty-six percent shall be credited to the ORV
and nonhighway vehicle account and administered by the department of
natural resources solely for acquisition, planning, development,
maintenance, and management of ORV, nonmotorized, and nonhighway road
recreation facilities, and information programs and maintenance of
nonhighway roads((, and nonhighway road recreation facilities. The
funds under this subsection shall be expended in accordance with the
following limitations:));
(A) Not more than five percent may be expended for information
programs under this chapter;
(B) Not less than ten percent and not more than fifty percent may
be expended for ORV recreation facilities;
(C) Not more than twenty-five percent may be expended for
maintenance of nonhighway roads;
(D) Not more than fifty percent may be expended for nonhighway road
recreation facilities;
(E) Ten percent shall be transferred to the interagency committee
for outdoor recreation for grants to law enforcement agencies in those
counties where the department of natural resources maintains ORV
facilities. This amount is in addition to those distributions made by
the interagency committee for outdoor recreation under (e)(iv)(A) of
this subsection
(((ii))) (b) Three and one-half percent shall be credited to the
ORV and nonhighway vehicle account and administered by the department
of fish and wildlife solely for the acquisition, planning, development,
maintenance, and management of ORV, nonmotorized, and nonhighway
((roads and)) road recreation facilities and the maintenance of
nonhighway roads;
(((iii))) (c) Two percent shall be credited to the ORV and
nonhighway vehicle account and administered by the parks and recreation
commission solely for the acquisition, planning, development,
maintenance, and management of ORV ((use areas and)), nonmotorized, and
nonhighway road recreation facilities; and
(((iv) Fifty-four)) (d) Fifty-eight and one-half percent((,
together with the funds received by the interagency committee for
outdoor recreation under RCW 46.09.110,)) shall be credited to the
nonhighway and off-road vehicle activities program account to be
administered by the committee for planning, acquisition, development,
maintenance, and management of ORV, nonmotorized, and nonhighway road
recreation facilities ((and nonhighway road recreation facilities; ORV
user)), and for education ((and)), information((;)), and ((ORV)) law
enforcement programs. During the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, a
portion of these funds may be appropriated to the department of natural
resources to maintain and operate existing ORV and other recreation
facilities, including ORV campgrounds, for the state parks and
recreation commission to construct and upgrade trails and trail-related
facilities for both motorized and nonmotorized uses, and for other
activities identified in this section. The funds under this subsection
shall be expended in accordance with the following limitations, except
that during the fiscal year ending June 30, 2004, funds appropriated to
the committee from motor vehicle fuel tax revenues for the activities
in (((e)(iv)(B) and (C))) (d)(ii) of this subsection shall be reduced
by the amounts appropriated to the department of natural resources and
the state parks and recreation commission as provided in this
subsection:
(((A))) (i) Not more than ((twenty)) thirty percent may be expended
for ((ORV)) education, information, and law enforcement programs under
this chapter;
(((B) Not less than an amount equal to the funds received by the
interagency committee for outdoor recreation under RCW 46.09.110 and
not more than sixty percent may be expended for ORV recreation
facilities;)) (ii) Not less than seventy percent may be
expended for ORV, nonmotorized, and nonhighway road recreation
facilities. Except as provided in (d)(iii) of this subsection, of this
amount:
(C) Not more than twenty percent may be expended for nonhighway
road recreation facilities
(A) Not less than thirty percent, together with the funds the
committee receives under RCW 46.09.110, may be expended for ORV
recreation facilities;
(B) Not less than thirty percent may be expended for nonmotorized
recreation facilities. Funds expended under this subsection
(2)(d)(ii)(B) shall be known as Ira Spring outdoor recreation
facilities funds; and
(C) Not less than thirty percent may be expended for nonhighway
road recreation facilities;
(iii) The committee may waive the minimum percentage cited in
(d)(ii) of this subsection due to insufficient requests for funds or
projects that score low in the committee's project evaluation. Funds
remaining after such a waiver must be allocated in accordance with
committee policy.
(((2))) (3) On a yearly basis an agency may not, except as provided
in RCW 46.09.110, expend more than ten percent of the funds it receives
under this chapter for general administration expenses incurred in
carrying out this chapter.
(((3))) (4) During the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the legislature may
appropriate such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance in the
((ORV)) NOVA account to the interagency committee for outdoor
recreation, the department of natural resources, the department of fish
and wildlife, and the state parks and recreation commission. This
appropriation is not required to follow the specific distribution
specified in subsection (((1))) (2) of this section.
Sec. 6 RCW 46.09.170 and 2003 1st sp.s. c 25 s 922 and 2003 c 361
s 407 are each reenacted and amended to read as follows:
(1) From time to time, but at least once each year, the state
treasurer shall refund from the motor vehicle fund one percent of the
motor vehicle fuel tax revenues collected under chapter 82.36 RCW,
based on a tax rate of: (a) Nineteen cents per gallon of motor vehicle
fuel from July 1, 2003, through June 30, 2005; (b) twenty cents per
gallon of motor vehicle fuel from July 1, 2005, through June 30, 2007;
(c) twenty-one cents per gallon of motor vehicle fuel from July 1,
2007, through June 30, 2009; (d) twenty-two cents per gallon of motor
vehicle fuel from July 1, 2009, through June 30, 2011; and (e) twenty-
three cents per gallon of motor vehicle fuel beginning July 1, 2011,
and thereafter, less proper deductions for refunds and costs of
collection as provided in RCW 46.68.090.
(2) The treasurer shall place these funds in the general fund as
follows:
(((i) Forty)) (a) Thirty-six percent shall be credited to the ORV
and nonhighway vehicle account and administered by the department of
natural resources solely for acquisition, planning, development,
maintenance, and management of ORV, nonmotorized, and nonhighway road
recreation facilities, and information programs and maintenance of
nonhighway roads((, and nonhighway road recreation facilities. The
funds under this subsection shall be expended in accordance with the
following limitations:));
(A) Not more than five percent may be expended for information
programs under this chapter;
(B) Not less than ten percent and not more than fifty percent may
be expended for ORV recreation facilities;
(C) Not more than twenty-five percent may be expended for
maintenance of nonhighway roads;
(D) Not more than fifty percent may be expended for nonhighway road
recreation facilities;
(E) Ten percent shall be transferred to the interagency committee
for outdoor recreation for grants to law enforcement agencies in those
counties where the department of natural resources maintains ORV
facilities. This amount is in addition to those distributions made by
the interagency committee for outdoor recreation under (e)(iv)(A) of
this subsection
(((ii))) (b) Three and one-half percent shall be credited to the
ORV and nonhighway vehicle account and administered by the department
of fish and wildlife solely for the acquisition, planning, development,
maintenance, and management of ORV, nonmotorized, and nonhighway
((roads and)) road recreation facilities and the maintenance of
nonhighway roads;
(((iii))) (c) Two percent shall be credited to the ORV and
nonhighway vehicle account and administered by the parks and recreation
commission solely for the acquisition, planning, development,
maintenance, and management of ORV ((use areas and)), nonmotorized, and
nonhighway road recreation facilities; and
(((iv) Fifty-four)) (d) Fifty-eight and one-half percent((,
together with the funds received by the interagency committee for
outdoor recreation under RCW 46.09.110,)) shall be credited to the
nonhighway and off-road vehicle activities program account to be
administered by the committee for planning, acquisition, development,
maintenance, and management of ORV, nonmotorized, and nonhighway road
recreation facilities ((and nonhighway road recreation facilities; ORV
user)) and for education ((and)), information((;)), and ((ORV)) law
enforcement programs. The funds under this subsection shall be
expended in accordance with the following limitations:
(((A))) (i) Not more than ((twenty)) thirty percent may be expended
for ((ORV)) education, information, and law enforcement programs under
this chapter;
(((B) Not less than an amount equal to the funds received by the
interagency committee for outdoor recreation under RCW 46.09.110 and
not more than sixty percent may be expended for ORV recreation
facilities;)) (ii) Not less than seventy percent may be
expended for ORV, nonmotorized, and nonhighway road recreation
facilities. Except as provided in (d)(iii) of this subsection, of this
amount:
(C) Not more than twenty percent may be expended for nonhighway
road recreation facilities
(A) Not less than thirty percent, together with the funds the
committee receives under RCW 46.09.110, may be expended for ORV
recreation facilities;
(B) Not less than thirty percent may be expended for nonmotorized
recreation facilities. Funds expended under this subsection
(2)(d)(ii)(B) shall be known as Ira Spring outdoor recreation
facilities funds; and
(C) Not less than thirty percent may be expended for nonhighway
road recreation facilities;
(iii) The committee may waive the minimum percentage cited in
(d)(ii) of this subsection due to insufficient requests for funds or
projects that score low in the committee's project evaluation. Funds
remaining after such a waiver must be allocated in accordance with
committee policy.
(((2))) (3) On a yearly basis an agency may not, except as provided
in RCW 46.09.110, expend more than ten percent of the funds it receives
under this chapter for general administration expenses incurred in
carrying out this chapter.
(((3))) (4) During the 2003-05 fiscal biennium, the legislature may
appropriate such amounts as reflect the excess fund balance in the
((ORV)) NOVA account to the interagency committee for outdoor
recreation, the department of natural resources, the department of fish
and wildlife, and the state parks and recreation commission. This
appropriation is not required to follow the specific distribution
specified in subsection (((1))) (2) of this section.
Sec. 7 RCW 46.09.240 and 1998 c 144 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) After deducting administrative expenses and the expense of any
programs conducted under this chapter, the interagency committee for
outdoor recreation shall, at least once each year, distribute the funds
it receives under RCW 46.09.110 and 46.09.170 to state agencies,
counties, municipalities, federal agencies, nonprofit ORV
organizations, and Indian tribes. Funds distributed under this section
to nonprofit ORV organizations may be spent only on projects or
activities that benefit ORV recreation on lands once publicly owned
that come into private ownership in a federally approved land exchange
completed between January 1, 1998, and January 1, 2005.
(2) The committee shall adopt rules governing applications for
funds administered by the agency under this chapter and shall determine
the amount of money distributed to each applicant. Agencies receiving
funds under this chapter for capital purposes shall consider the
possibility of contracting with the state parks and recreation
commission, the department of natural resources, or other federal,
state, and local agencies to employ the youth development and
conservation corps or other youth crews in completing the project.
(((2) The interagency committee shall require each applicant for
land acquisition or development funds under this section to conduct,
before submitting the application, a public hearing in the nearest town
of five hundred population or more, and publish notice of such hearing
on the same day of each week for two consecutive weeks as follows:))
(a) In the newspaper of general circulation published nearest the
proposed project;
(b) In the newspaper having the largest circulation in the county
or counties where the proposed project is located; and
(c) If the proposed project is located in a county with a
population of less than forty thousand, the notice shall also be
published in the newspaper having the largest circulation published in
the nearest county that has a population of forty thousand or more.
(3) The notice shall state that the purpose of the hearing is to
solicit comments regarding an application being prepared for submission
to the interagency committee for outdoor recreation for acquisition or
development funds under the off-road and nonhighway vehicle program.
The applicant shall file notice of the hearing with the department of
ecology at the main office in Olympia and shall comply with the State
Environmental Policy Act, chapter 43.21C RCW. A written record and a
magnetic tape recording of the hearing shall be included in the
application.
(3) The interagency committee for outdoor recreation shall require
each applicant for acquisition or development funds under this section
to comply with the requirements of either the state environmental
policy act, chapter 43.21C RCW, or the national environmental policy
act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 4321 et seq.).
Sec. 8 RCW 46.09.280 and 2003 c 185 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The interagency committee for outdoor recreation shall
establish the nonhighway and off-road vehicle activities advisory
committee to provide advice regarding the administration of this
chapter. The ((nonhighway and off-road vehicle advisory)) committee
consists of governmental representatives, land managers, and a
proportional representation of persons with recreational experience in
areas identified in the most recent fuel use study, including but not
limited to people with ((off-road vehicle)) ORV, hiking, equestrian,
mountain biking, hunting, fishing, and wildlife viewing experience.
((Only representatives of organized ORV groups may be voting
members of the committee with respect to)) (2) After the advisory
committee has made recommendations regarding the expenditure of the
fuel tax revenue portion of the nonhighway and off-road vehicle account
moneys, the advisory committee's ORV and mountain biking
recreationists, governmental representatives, and land managers will
make recommendations regarding the expenditure of funds received under
RCW 46.09.110.
(3) At least once a year, the interagency committee for outdoor
recreation, the department of natural resources, the department of fish
and wildlife, and the state parks and recreation commission shall
report to the nonhighway and off-road vehicle activities advisory
committee on the expenditures of funds received under RCW 46.09.110 and
46.09.170 and must proactively seek the advisory committee's advice
regarding proposed expenditures.
(4) The advisory committee shall advise these agencies regarding
the allocation of funds received under RCW 46.09.170 to ensure that
overall expenditures reflect consideration of the results of the most
recent fuel use study.
Sec. 9 RCW 46.09.050 and 1986 c 206 s 3 are each amended to read
as follows:
ORV use permits and ORV tags shall be required under the provisions
of this chapter except for the following:
(1) Off-road vehicles owned and operated by the United States,
another state, or a political subdivision thereof.
(2) Off-road vehicles owned and operated by this state, or by any
municipality or political subdivision thereof.
(3) ((An off-road vehicle operating in an organized competitive
event on privately owned or leased land: PROVIDED, That if such leased
land is owned by the state of Washington this exemption shall not apply
unless the state agency exercising jurisdiction over the land in
question specifically authorizes said competitive event: PROVIDED
FURTHER, That such exemption shall be strictly construed.)) Off-road vehicles operated on agricultural lands owned or
leased by the ORV owner or operator ((
(4)or on lands which the operator
has permission to operate without an ORV use permit)).
(((5))) (4) Off-road vehicles owned by a resident of another state
that have a valid ORV permit or vehicle license issued in accordance
with the laws of the other state. This exemption shall apply only to
the extent that a similar exemption or privilege is granted under the
laws of that state.
(((6))) (5) Off-road vehicles while being used for search and
rescue purposes under the authority or direction of an appropriate
search and rescue or law enforcement agency.
(((7) Vehicles used primarily for construction or inspection
purposes during the course of a commercial operation.)) (6) Vehicles which are licensed pursuant to chapter 46.16 RCW
or in the case of nonresidents, vehicles which are validly licensed for
operation over public highways in the jurisdiction of the owner's
residence.
(8)
NEW SECTION. Sec. 10 A new section is added to chapter 46.09 RCW
to read as follows:
Except as provided in RCW 46.09.050, it is unlawful for any dealer
to sell at retail an off-road vehicle without an ORV use permit
required in RCW 46.09.040.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 11 (1) Section 3 of this act expires July 1,
2004.
(2) Section 4 of this act takes effect July 1, 2004.
(3) Section 5 of this act expires June 30, 2005.
(4) Section 6 of this act takes effect June 30, 2005.