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                          HOUSE BILL 1568

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Representatives Lovick, Delvin, Fisher, Hankins, Mitchell, O'Brien and Hurst; by request of Department of Licensing

Read first time 01/30/2001.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Updating procedures for actions against driving school licensees.

    AN ACT Relating to suspension, revocation, and denial of driver training school instructor licenses; and amending RCW 46.82.350.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.82.350 and 1979 ex.s. c 51 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) The director may suspend, revoke, deny, or refuse to renew an instructor's license or a driver training school license for any of the following causes:

    (a) Upon determination that the licensee has made a false statement or concealed any material fact in connection with the application or license renewal;

    (b) Upon ((conviction of)) determination that the applicant, licensee, or any person directly or indirectly interested in the driver training school's business has been convicted of a felony, or any crime involving violence, dishonesty, deceit, indecency, degeneracy, or moral turpitude;

    (c) Upon determination that the applicant, licensee, or any person directly or indirectly interested in the driver training school's business previously held a driver training school license which was revoked, suspended, or refused renewal by the director;

    (d) Upon determination that the applicant or licensee does not have a place of business as required by this chapter;

    (e) Upon determination that the applicant or licensee has failed to require all persons with financial interest in the driver training school to be signatories to the application;

    (f) Upon determination that the applicant or licensee has been found guilty of fraud or fraudulent practices in relation to the business conducted under the license, or guilty of inducing another to resort to fraud in relation to securing for himself, herself, or another a license to drive a motor vehicle; or

    (g) Upon determination that the applicant or licensee fails to satisfy or no longer meets the requirements for taking a license examination, issuance of a license, or other conditions stated in this chapter.

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