CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2766
Chapter
102, Laws of 2000
56th
Legislature
2000
Regular Session
RECREATIONAL VEHICLES
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/8/00
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Passed by the House February 10, 2000
Yeas 91 Nays 6
 CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the House
of Representatives
 FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate March 3, 2000
Yeas 34 Nays 14
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CERTIFICATE
We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the
House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that
the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2766 as passed by the House of
Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
 CYNTHIA
ZEHNDER
Chief
Clerk
TIMOTHY
A. MARTIN
Chief
Clerk
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BRAD
OWEN
President
of the Senate
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Approved March 24, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes
below.
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FILED
March 24, 2000 - 2:53
p.m.
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GARY
LOCKE
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary of
State
State of
Washington
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SUBSTITUTE
HOUSE BILL 2766
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Passed
Legislature - 2000 Regular Session
State
of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 02/03/2000. Referred to Committee on .
Adjusting RV size limits.
AN
ACT Relating to recreational vehicles; and amending RCW 46.44.030.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
46.44.030 and 1995 c 26 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
It
is unlawful for any person to operate upon the public highways of this state
any vehicle having an overall length, with or without load, in excess of forty
feet. This restriction does not apply to (1) a municipal transit vehicle, (2)
auto stage, private carrier bus ((or)), school bus, or motor
home with an overall length not to exceed forty-six feet, or (3) an
articulated auto stage with an overall length not to exceed sixty-one feet.
It
is unlawful for any person to operate upon the public highways of this state
any combination consisting of a tractor and semitrailer that has a semitrailer
length in excess of fifty-three feet or a combination consisting of a tractor
and two trailers in which the combined length of the trailers exceeds sixty-one
feet, with or without load.
It
is unlawful for any person to operate on the highways of this state any
combination consisting of a truck and trailer, or log truck and stinger-steered
pole trailer, with an overall length, with or without load, in excess of
seventy-five feet. However, a combination of vehicles transporting automobiles
or boats may have a front overhang of three feet and a rear overhang of four
feet beyond this allowed length. "Stinger-steered," as used in this
section, means the coupling device is located behind the tread of the tires of
the last axle of the towing vehicle.
These
length limitations do not apply to vehicles transporting poles, pipe,
machinery, or other objects of a structural nature that cannot be dismembered
and operated by a public utility when required for emergency repair of public
service facilities or properties, but in respect to night transportation every
such vehicle and load thereon shall be equipped with a sufficient number of
clearance lamps on both sides and marker lamps upon the extreme ends of any
projecting load to clearly mark the dimensions of the load.
The
length limitations described in this section are exclusive of safety and energy
conservation devices, such as mud flaps and splash and spray suppressant
devices, refrigeration units or air compressors, and other devices that the
department determines to be necessary for safe and efficient operation of
commercial vehicles. No device excluded under this paragraph from the
limitations of this section may have, by its design or use, the capability to
carry cargo.
Passed the House February 10, 2000.
Passed the Senate March 3, 2000.
Approved by the Governor
March 24, 2000.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 24, 2000.