BILL REQ. #:  H-3878.1 

Read first time 01/11/2006.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to allowing vehicles with aftermarket hydraulic systems to operate on public roadways; 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:
     Except when lawfully participating in a parade permitted by a local jurisdiction, activation of an aftermarket hydraulic or mechanical system that raises or lowers the height of a motor vehicle is prohibited unless: (1) The motor vehicle is on a public roadway with a posted speed limit of twenty-five miles per hour or less; and (2) the vehicle is traveling at a speed of fifteen miles per hour or less. At no time may any portion of any tire of such motor vehicle leave the surface of the roadway or may any portion of the vehicle or component of the hydraulic system used to raise or lower the vehicle cause or emit sparks. A motor vehicle equipped with an aftermarket hydraulic or mechanical system must meet all suspension requirements outlined in this chapter or in rules adopted by the Washington state patrol. Nothing in this section shall prohibit a city or county from enacting stricter regulations for aftermarket vehicle hydraulics on a public roadway.