CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1594

Chapter 191, Laws of 1997

55th Legislature

1997 Regular Session

GARBAGE AND RECYCLING TRUCKS--FRONT-END LENGTH LIMITS RELAXED

EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/27/97

Passed by the House March 10, 1997

Yeas 95 Nays 0

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate April 11, 1997

Yeas 42 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 SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1594 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

FILED

April 24, 1997 - 4:14 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1594

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Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session

By House Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget (originally sponsored by Representatives Zellinsky, Scott and Sheldon)

Read first time 02/13/97.

AN ACT Relating to garbage and recycling trucks; and amending RCW 46.44.034.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 46.44.034 and 1991 c 143 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The load, or any portion of any vehicle, operated alone upon the public highway of this state, or the load, or any portion of the front vehicle of a combination of vehicles, shall not extend more than three feet beyond the front wheels of such vehicle, or the front bumper, if equipped with front bumper. This subsection does not apply to a front-loading garbage truck or recycling truck while on route and actually engaged in the collection of solid waste or recyclables at speeds of twenty miles per hour or less.

(2) No vehicle shall be operated upon the public highways with any part of the permanent structure or load extending in excess of fifteen feet beyond the center of the last axle of such vehicle. This subsection does not apply to "specialized equipment" designated under 49 U.S.C. ((~~[Sec.]~~)) Sec. 2311 that is operated on the interstate highway system, those designated portions of the federal-aid primary system, and routes constituting reasonable access from such highways to terminals and facilities for food, fuel, repairs, and rest.