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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 1672

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Rasmussen, Schmidt, Walk, S. Wilson, Brough, May and Beck

Read first time 1/22/88 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to identification of trucks; and adding a new section to chapter 46.37 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.37 RCW to read as follows:

          All motor carriers shall display an identifying name or number on both sides of their trucks, other than those hauling agricultural machinery or products, that singly or in combination are more than twenty-six thousand pounds gross vehicle weight.  The identification shall be in a clearly legible style with letters no less than four inches high and in a color contrasting with the surrounding body panel.  On tractors, logging trucks, stake bodies, flat beds, and dump trucks the identification may be placed only on the cab.  It shall be visible from a position four feet above the roadway in a lane adjacent to the truck.

          If the truck is operated under a permit from the commission, the identification shall contain the name of the permittee, or business name, and the permit number.  If the truck is a private carrier, the identification shall contain the name and address of either the business operating the truck or the registered owner.

          Common carriers who hold both intrastate and interstate authority between points within the state and also have interstate authority between points in the state and points outside the state may display either their ICC permit number or their commission permit number.