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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2461

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                                                                            C 094 L 90

 

 

State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1990 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Van Luven, Heavey, Schmidt, Prentice, Haugen, Fraser, Brekke, Silver, May, Miller and P. King

 

 

Read first time 1/12/90 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to emergency vehicle lighting and equipment; adding a new section to chapter 46.37 RCW; and creating a new section.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.     The legislature declares that public agencies should not engage in activity that leads or abets a person to engage in conduct that is not lawful.  The legislature finds that some public agencies sell emergency vehicle lighting equipment at public auctions to persons who may not lawfully use the equipment.  The legislature further finds that this practice misleads well-intentioned citizens and also benefits malevolent individuals.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 46.37 RCW to read as follows:

          A public agency shall not sell or give emergency vehicle lighting equipment or other equipment to a person who may not lawfully operate the lighting equipment or other equipment on the public streets and highways.


                                                                                                                      Passed the House February 12, 1990.

 

                                                                                                                                         Speaker of the House.

 

                                                                                                                      Passed the Senate February 28, 1990.

 

                                                                                                                                       President of the Senate.