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HOUSE BILL 2263

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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1994 Regular Session

By Representatives Campbell, Ballasiotes, Dorn, Long, Chappell, B. Thomas, Van Luven, Johanson, Sheldon, Bray, Brough, Edmondson, Moak, Quall, Rayburn, Chandler and Springer

Read first time 01/12/94. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to proof of insurance for renewal of a vehicle license; amending RCW 46.16.210 and 46.30.040; and prescribing penalties.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 46.16.210 and 1977 c 8 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Upon receipt of the application and proper fee for original vehicle license, the director shall make a recheck of the application and in the event that there is any error in the application it may be returned to the county auditor or other agent to effectively secure the correction of such error, who shall return the same corrected to the director.

(2) Application for the renewal of a vehicle license shall be made to the director or his agents, including county auditors, by the registered owner on a form prescribed by the director. The application must be accompanied by the certificate of registration for the last registration period in which the vehicle was registered in Washington unless the applicant submits a preprinted application mailed from Olympia, proof of current liability insurance required by RCW 46.30.020, and the payment of such license fees and excise tax as may be required by law. Such application shall be handled in the same manner and the fees transmitted to the state treasurer in the same manner as in the case of an original application. Any such application which upon validation becomes a renewal certificate need not have entered upon it the name of the lien holder, if any, of the vehicle concerned.

(3) Persons expecting to be out of the state during the normal forty-five day renewal period of a vehicle license may secure renewal of such vehicle license for a period of thirty days prior thereto and have license plates or tabs preissued by making application to the director or his agents upon forms prescribed by the director. The application must be accompanied by the certificate of registration for the last registration period in which the vehicle was registered in Washington and proof of current liability insurance required by RCW 46.30.020 and be accompanied by such license fees, including a special handling fee of two dollars; one dollar to be retained by the issuing agency, and one dollar to be deposited in the highway safety fund, and excise tax as may be required by law.

(4) Application for the annual renewal of a vehicle license number plate to the director or his agents shall not be required for those vehicles owned, rented, or leased by the state of Washington, or by any county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the state of Washington.

Sec. 2. RCW 46.30.040 and 1991 sp.s. c 25 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

Any person who knowingly provides false evidence of financial responsibility to a law enforcement officer ((or)), to a court, or on an application for renewal of a vehicle license, including an expired or canceled insurance policy, bond, or certificate of deposit is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine of two hundred fifty dollars on the first offense. On the second offense under this section the person is subject to a fine of five hundred dollars, and the law enforcement agency having jurisdiction shall seize and hold the license plates of the subject vehicle until the registered owner provides proof of insurance in accordance with this chapter. On a third or subsequent violation under this section the person is subject to a fine of one thousand dollars and seizure of the vehicle until proof of insurance is provided.