SB 5590 - DIGEST

Prohibits a person who engages in the business of wrecking vehicles without a license from advertising or offering to sell, barter, trade, or give a used motor vehicle for used vehicle parts.

Authorizes the Washington state patrol to delegate its responsibility, to make periodic inspections of a vehicle wrecker's licensed premises and records, to a city police chief or a county sheriff as long as the state patrol determines that the police chief or sheriff has the same expertise to conduct the inspection as the state patrol.

Requires the department of transportation, the Washington state patrol, the department of revenue, and the department of ecology to form a task force to establish a plan to identify, inspect, and stop or minimize illegal vehicle wrecking operations.