BILL REQ. #:  H-4469.2 

Read first time 01/21/08.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to allowing additional local jurisdictions to allow off-road vehicles to operate on designated city and county roadways; and amending RCW 46.09.180.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.09.180 and 2006 c 212 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     Notwithstanding any of the provisions of this chapter, any city, county, or other political subdivision of this state, or any state agency, may regulate the operation of nonhighway vehicles on public lands, waters, and other properties under its jurisdiction, and on streets, roads, or highways within its boundaries by adopting regulations or ordinances of its governing body, provided such regulations are not less stringent than the provisions of this chapter. ((However,)) The legislative body of a city ((with a population of less than three thousand persons)) may, by ordinance, designate a street or highway within its boundaries to be suitable for use by off-road vehicles. The legislative body of a county may, by ordinance, designate a road or highway within its boundaries to be suitable for use by off-road vehicles ((if the road or highway is a direct connection between a city with a population of less than three thousand persons and an off-road vehicle recreation facility)).