Brief Description: Allowing small appurtenances on recreational vehicles.

Sponsors: Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Doumit and Morton).

Senate Committee on Transportation
House Committee on Transportation

Background: Under current law, the outside width of any vehicle or load may not exceed eight and one-half feet. Excluded from this calculation are safety appliances and appurtenances, provided they do not extend more than three inches beyond the extreme limits of the body.

Summary: Motor homes, travel trailers, and campers may have appurtenances up to four inches beyond the vehicle body, unless it is an awning in which case it may extend up to six inches beyond the vehicle body. Appurtenance is an appendage installed by a factory or vehicle dealer and intended to be an integral part of the vehicle. An appurtenance is not a temporarily fixed item, an item for the purpose of transporting another item, or any item that obstructs the driver's rearward vision.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate      48   0
House      96   0

Effective: July 24, 2005