CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SENATE BILL 6667

Chapter 37, Laws of 2000

56th Legislature

2000 Regular Session

LICENSE PLATE REPLACEMENT--COMMERCIAL VEHICLES

EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/8/00

Passed by the Senate February 15, 2000

YEAS 45 NAYS 1

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House February 29, 2000

YEAS 97 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6667 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

TONY M. COOK

Secretary

FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Approved March 17, 2000

FILED

March 17, 2000 - 2:53 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SENATE BILL 6667

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Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

State of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session

By Senators Haugen, Swecker, Gardner, Morton, Sellar, Sheahan, Benton and Winsley

Read first time 01/21/2000. Referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to the replacement of license plates for certain commercial vehicles; and amending RCW 46.16.233.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 46.16.233 and 1997 c 291 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

Except for those license plates issued under RCW 46.16.305(1) before January 1, 1987, under RCW 46.16.305(3), and to commercial vehicles with a gross weight in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds, effective with vehicle registrations due or to become due on January 1, 2001, all vehicle license plates must be issued on a standard background, as designated by the department. Additionally, to ensure maximum legibility and reflectivity, the department shall periodically provide for the replacement of license plates, except for commercial vehicles with a gross weight in excess of twenty-six thousand pounds. Frequency of replacement shall be established in accordance with empirical studies documenting the longevity of the reflective materials used to make license plates.