SB 5228-S - DIGEST

(DIGEST OF PROPOSED 1ST SUBSTITUTE)

Provides that if the property found by the local health official to be unfit for use is: (1) A vehicle that is titled under chapter 46.12 RCW, a copy of the order shall be submitted by the local health official to the department of licensing; or

(2) A mobile home or manufactured home as defined in RCW 46.04.302, a copy of the order shall be submitted by the local health official to the department of licensing.

Provides that, when a local health official notifies the department that the official has found a vehicle titled under this chapter, or a mobile home as defined in RCW 46.04.302, to be unfit for use under RCW 64.44.030, the department shall make a notation on the record, if one exists, maintained by the department for that vehicle or mobile home. The notation must indicate that the vehicle has been found to be unfit for use due to chemical contamination.

Authorizes the department to issue to a registered owner, legal owner, purchaser, or lessee a unique certificate of ownership and certificate of license registration, as required by chapter 46.16 RCW when the department receives: (1) An application for a certificate of ownership;

(2) A certified copy of a release for reuse document, as provided under RCW 64.44.050(3); and

(3) The original certificate of ownership or an affidavit of lost title from a registered owner, legal owner, purchaser, or lessee. Each certificate of ownership associated with a vehicle issued after receipt of a release for reuse document must conspicuously display across its front the following words: "Decontaminated/Reusable." Each certificate of registration associated with the vehicle must include a notation to the same effect.