CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 1593

                   Chapter 190, Laws of 1997

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

SOLID WASTE ROUTE COLLECTION VEHICLES--TRANSPORTATION OF PERSONS ON OUTSIDE PARTS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/27/97

Passed by the House March 7, 1997   Yeas 91   Nays 4              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 11, 1997   Yeas 43   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1593  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

Approved April 24, 1997 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                      April 24, 1997 - 4:13 p.m.

GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 1593

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             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives Scott, Zellinsky and Sheldon

Read first time 01/31/97.  Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.

Collecting solid waste or recyclables.  

    AN ACT Relating to solid waste route collection vehicles; and amending RCW 46.61.660.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.61.660 and 1961 c 12 s 46.56.070 are each amended to read as follows:

    It shall be unlawful for any person to transport any living animal on the running board, fenders, hood, or other outside part of any vehicle unless suitable harness, cage or enclosure be provided and so attached as to protect such animal from falling or being thrown therefrom.  It shall be unlawful for any person to transport any persons upon the running board, fenders, hood or other outside part of any vehicle, except that this provision shall not apply to authorized emergency vehicles or to solid waste collection vehicles that are engaged in collecting solid waste or recyclables on route at speeds of twenty miles per hour or less.

    Passed the House March 7, 1997.

    Passed the Senate April 11, 1997.

Approved by the Governor April 24, 1997.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 24, 1997.