BILL REQ. #:  S-0053.3 

Read first time 01/26/2007.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to intermediate drivers' licenses; and amending RCW 46.20.267 and 43.131.398.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.20.267 and 2000 c 115 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     If a person issued an intermediate license is convicted of or found to have committed a traffic offense described in chapter 46.61 RCW or violated restrictions placed on an intermediate license under RCW 46.20.075 or subsection (2) of this section:
     (1) On the first such conviction or finding, the department shall mail the parent or guardian of the person a letter warning the person of the provisions of this section;
     (2) On the second such conviction or finding, the ((department shall suspend the person's)) holder of an intermediate driver's license may not operate a motor vehicle except when the holder is accompanied by a licensed driver with at least five years of driving experience who is occupying the seat beside the driver for a period of six months from the date of the second conviction or finding or until the person reaches eighteen years of age, whichever occurs first((, and)). The department must mail the parent or guardian of the person a notification of the ((suspension)) restriction;
     (3) On the third such conviction or finding, the department shall suspend the person's intermediate driver's license until the person reaches eighteen years of age, and mail the parent or guardian of the person a notification of the suspension.
     For the purposes of this section, a single ticket for one or more traffic offenses constitutes a single traffic offense. It is a traffic infraction for the holder of an intermediate license to operate a motor vehicle in violation of the restriction imposed under subsection (2) of this section.

Sec. 2   RCW 43.131.398 and 2000 c 115 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
     The following acts or parts of acts, as now existing or hereafter amended, are each repealed, effective June 30, 2009:
     (1) 2000 c 115 s 1 (uncodified);
     (2) RCW 42.20.075 and 2000 c 115 s 2;
     (3) RCW 46.20.267 and 2007 c ... s 1 (section 1 of this act) and 2000 c 115 s 3;
     (4) The amendment of RCW 46.20.105 by 2000 c 115 s 5;
     (5) The amendment of RCW 46.20.161 by 2000 c 115 s 6;
     (6) The amendment of RCW 46.20.311 by 2000 c 115 s 7;
     (7) The amendment of RCW 46.20.342 by 2000 c 115 s 8; and
     (8) RCW 28A.220.070 and 2000 c 115 s 11.