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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 279

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                                                           AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

                                                                            C 378 L 87

State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1987 Regular Session

By Representatives Gallagher, Doty, Walk, Schmidt and P. King; by request of Department of Licensing

Read first time 1/23/87 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to financial responsibility under the motor vehicle code; and amending RCW 46.29.110.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 11, chapter 169, Laws of 1963 as amended by section 37, chapter 32, Laws of 1967 and RCW 46.29.110 are each amended to read as follows:

          In the event that any person required to deposit security under this chapter fails to deposit such security within ((ten)) thirty days after the department has sent the notice as hereinbefore provided, the department shall thereupon suspend:

          (1) The driver's license of each driver in any manner involved in the accident;

          (2) The driver's license of the owner of each vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state involved in such accident;

          (3) If the driver or owner is a nonresident, the privilege of operating within this state a vehicle of a type subject to registration under the laws of this state;

          Such suspensions shall be made in respect to persons required by the department to deposit security who fail to deposit such security except as otherwise provided under succeeding sections of this chapter.                                 Passed the House April 25, 1987.

Speaker of the House.

Passed the Senate April 25, 1987.

President of the Senate.