BILL REQ. #:  S-0767.1 

Read first time 02/04/2005.   Referred to Committee on Labor, Commerce, Research & Development.

     AN ACT Relating to auctioning vessels; and amending RCW 88.02.230.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 88.02.230 and 1990 c 250 s 90 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) The department may exempt from compliance with the vessel dealer requirements of this chapter, any person who is engaged in the business of selling in this state at wholesale or retail, human-powered watercraft which is: (a) Under sixteen feet in length; (b) unable to be powered by propulsion machinery or wind propulsion as designed by the manufacturer; and (c) not designed for use on commonly-used navigable waters.
     (2) Any person engaged in the business of selling at wholesale or retail, exempt and nonexempt watercraft under this section shall only be required to comply with the provisions of this chapter in regard to the sale of nonexempt watercraft.
     (3) An auction company licensed under chapter 18.11 RCW and licensed as a motor vehicle dealer under chapter 46.70 RCW may sell at auction all vessels that a vessel dealer is authorized to sell.