FINAL BILL REPORT

                 SHB 1294

                          C 6 L 99

                     Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Technically editing chapter 46.20 RCW.

Sponsors:  By House Committee on  Transportation (Originally sponsored by Representatives Fisher and K. Schmidt).

House Committee on Transportation

Senate Committee on Transportation

Background:

Some of the statutes relating to driver's licenses are difficult to read and understand.  This may be due to issues with the original drafting or with subsequent amendments to the statutes.

Summary:

The act edits of some of the driver's license statutes found in chapter 46.20 RCW and divides the chapter into subchapters in order to make the statutes easier to use.  None of the changes are substantive; that is, they do not alter any of the privileges, rights or responsibilities that citizens or the state have under the current statutes. 

An intent section explicitly states that the Legislature does not intend any substantive changes to the underlying statutes by enacting the clean-up legislation.

Votes on Final Passage:

House950

Senate470

Effective:July 25, 1999