HB 3111 - DIGEST
(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/10/06)

Provides that, in the event a parking infraction is issued by a private parking facility and is based on a vehicle's identification, and the registered owner of the vehicle is a rental car business, the parking facility shall provide a written notice of the infraction to the rental car business within thirty days of the infraction date. The rental car business receiving the written notice of the infraction shall provide to the parking facility by return mail: (1) A statement under oath stating the name and known mailing address of the individual driving or renting the vehicle when the infraction occurred; or

(2) A statement under oath that the business is unable to determine who was driving or renting the vehicle at the time the infraction occurred.

Provides that timely mailing of this statement to the parking facility relieves a rental car business of any liability under chapter 46.63 RCW for the notice of infraction. In lieu of identifying the vehicle operator, the rental car business may pay the applicable penalty.