CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1971

 

 

                   Chapter 351, Laws of 1999

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

 

 

TRAFFIC SAFETY

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/25/99

Passed by the House April 20, 1999

  Yeas 94   Nays 0

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate April 14, 1999

  Yeas 48   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1971  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           DEAN R. FOSTER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved May 17, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.          

                                FILED                

 

             May 17, 1999 - 3:17 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1971

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                     AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

 

             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives D. Sommers, Wood, Benson, Schindler and Gombosky)

 

Read first time 03/04/1999.

  Enhancing traffic safety.   


    AN ACT Relating to traffic safety; amending RCW 43.59.150, 46.52.070, and 46.20.305; adding a new section to chapter 46.16 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.32 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 81.04 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 43.59.150 and 1998 c 165 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The Washington state traffic safety commission shall establish a program for improving bicycle and pedestrian safety, and shall cooperate with the stakeholders and independent representatives to form an advisory committee to develop programs and create public private partnerships which promote bicycle and pedestrian safety.  The traffic safety commission shall periodically report and make recommendations to the legislative transportation committee ((and the fiscal committees of the house of representatives and the senate by December 1, 1998, regarding the conclusions of the advisory)) on the progress of the bicycle and pedestrian safety committee.

    (2) The bicycle and pedestrian safety account is created in the state treasury to support bicycle and pedestrian education or safety programs.  ((To the extent that private contributions are received by the traffic safety commission for the purposes of bicycle and pedestrian safety programs established under this section, the appropriations from the highway safety account for this purpose shall lapse.))

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 46.52.070 and 1998 c 165 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) Any police officer of the state of Washington or of any county, city, town or other political subdivision, present at the scene of any accident or in possession of any facts concerning any accident whether by way of official investigation or otherwise shall make report thereof in the same manner as required of the parties to such accident and as fully as the facts in his possession concerning such accident will permit.

    (2) The police officer shall report to the department, on a form prescribed by the director:  (a) When ((an accident)) a collision has occurred that results in a fatality ((or serious injury)); and (b) the identity of the operator of a vehicle involved in the ((accident)) collision when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe the operator ((who)) caused the ((fatality or serious injury may not be competent to operate a motor vehicle; and (c) the reason or reasons for such belief)) collision.

    (3) The police officer shall report to the department, on a form prescribed by the director:  (a) When a collision has occurred that results in a serious injury; (b) the identity of the operator of a vehicle involved in the collision when the officer has reasonable grounds to believe the operator who caused the serious injury may not be competent to operate a motor vehicle; and (c) the reason or reasons for the officer's belief.

 

    Sec. 3.  RCW 46.20.305 and 1998 c 165 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The department, having good cause to believe that a licensed driver is incompetent or otherwise not qualified to be licensed may upon notice require him or her to submit to an examination.

    (2) The department shall require a driver reported under RCW 46.52.070 (2)((, when a fatality occurred,)) and (3) to submit to an examination.  The examination must be completed no later than one hundred twenty days after the accident report required under RCW 46.52.070(2) is received by the department unless the department, at the request of the operator, extends the time for examination.

    (3) ((The department may require a driver reported under RCW 46.52.070(2) to submit to an examination, or suspend the person's license subject to RCW 46.20.322, when a serious injury occurred.  The examination must be completed no later than one hundred twenty days after the accident report required under RCW 46.52.070(2) is received by the department.

    (4))) The department may in addition to an examination under this section require such person to obtain a certificate showing his or her condition signed by a licensed physician or other proper authority designated by the department.

    (((5))) (4) Upon the conclusion of an examination under this section the department shall take driver improvement action as may be appropriate and may suspend or revoke the license of such person or permit him or her to retain such license, or may issue a license subject to restrictions as permitted under RCW 46.20.041.  The department may suspend or revoke the license of such person who refuses or neglects to submit to such examination.

    (((6))) (5) The department may require payment of a fee by a person subject to examination under this section.  The department shall set the fee in an amount that is sufficient to cover the additional cost of administering examinations required by this section.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4.  A new section is added to chapter 46.16 RCW to read as follows:

    When applicable, the certificate of registration must include a statement that the owner or entity operating a commercial vehicle must be in compliance with the requirements of the United States department of transportation federal motor carrier safety regulations contained in Title 49 C.F.R. Part 382, controlled substances and alcohol use and testing.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  A new section is added to chapter 46.32 RCW to read as follows:

    A person or employer operating as a motor carrier shall comply with the requirements of the United States department of transportation federal motor carrier safety regulations as contained in Title 49 C.F.R. Part 382, controlled substances and alcohol use and testing.  A person or employer who begins or conducts commercial motor vehicle operations without having a controlled substance and alcohol testing program that is in compliance with the requirements of Title 49 C.F.R. Part 382 is subject to a penalty, under the process set forth in RCW 46.32.100, of up to one thousand five hundred dollars and up to an additional five hundred dollars for each motor vehicle driver employed by the person or employer who is not in compliance with the motor vehicle driver testing requirements.  A person or employer having actual knowledge that a driver has tested positive for controlled substances or alcohol who allows a positively tested person to continue to perform a safety-sensitive function is subject to a penalty, under the process set forth in RCW 46.32.100, of one thousand five hundred dollars.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6.  A new section is added to chapter 81.04 RCW to read as follows:

    A person or employer operating as a motor carrier shall comply with the requirements of the United States department of transportation federal motor carrier safety regulations as contained in Title 49 C.F.R. Part 382, controlled substances and alcohol use and testing.  A person or employer who begins or conducts commercial motor vehicle operations without having a controlled substance and alcohol testing program that is in compliance with the requirements of Title 49 C.F.R. Part 382 is subject to a penalty, under the process set forth in RCW 81.04.405, of up to one thousand five hundred dollars and up to an additional five hundred dollars for each motor vehicle driver employed by the person or employer who is not in compliance with the motor vehicle driver testing requirements.  A person or employer having actual knowledge that a driver has tested positive for controlled substances or alcohol who allows a positively tested person to continue to perform a safety-sensitive function is subject to a penalty, under the process set forth in RCW 81.04.405, of one thousand five hundred dollars.


    Passed the House April 20, 1999.

    Passed the Senate April 14, 1999.

Approved by the Governor May 17, 1999.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 17, 1999.