BILL REQ. #:  S-0277.1 

Read first time 01/18/13.   Referred to Committee on Financial Institutions, Housing & Insurance.

     AN ACT Relating to enforcing speed limits within condominium association communities; and amending RCW 46.61.419.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.61.419 and 2003 c 193 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     State, local, or county law enforcement personnel may enforce speeding violations under RCW 46.61.400 on private roads within a community organized under chapter 64.34 or 64.38 RCW if:
     (1) A majority of the homeowner's association's or condominium association's board of directors votes to authorize the issuance of speeding infractions on its private roads, and declares a speed limit not lower than twenty miles per hour;
     (2) A written agreement regarding the speeding enforcement is signed by the homeowner's association or condominium association president and the chief law enforcement official of the city or county within whose jurisdiction the private road is located;
     (3) The homeowner's association or condominium association has provided written notice to all of the homeowners or unit owners describing the new authority to issue speeding infractions; and
     (4) Signs have been posted declaring the speed limit at all vehicle entrances to the community.