BILL REQ. #:  S-4349.2 

Read first time 01/18/2006.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to operating unregistered snowmobiles; and amending RCW 46.10.020.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.10.020 and 2005 c 235 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Except as provided in this chapter, ((no)) a person ((shall own, transport, or)) may not operate any snowmobile within this state unless such snowmobile has been registered in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. ((However, a vintage snowmobile only requires registration if operated within this state.))
     (2) A registration number shall be assigned, without payment of a fee, to snowmobiles owned by the state of Washington or its political subdivisions, and the assigned registration number shall be displayed upon each snowmobile in such manner as provided by rules adopted by the department.