| Passed by the Senate April 16, 2007 YEAS 43 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 10, 2007 YEAS 87 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5088 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved May 11, 2007, 10:43 a.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 11, 2007 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/10/2007. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to vehicles boarding ferries; and adding a new section to chapter 46.61 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 46.61 RCW
to read as follows:
(1) It is a traffic infraction for a driver of a motor vehicle
intending to board a Washington state ferry, to: (1) Block a
residential driveway while waiting to board the ferry; or (2) move in
front of another vehicle in a queue already waiting to board the ferry,
without the authorization of a state ferry system employee. Vehicles
qualifying for preferential loading privileges under rules adopted by
the department of transportation are exempt from this section. In
addition to any other penalty imposed for a violation of this section,
the driver will be directed to immediately move the motor vehicle to
the end of the queue of vehicles waiting to board the ferry.
Violations of this section are not part of the vehicle driver's driving
record under RCW 46.52.101 and 46.52.120.
(2) Subsection (1) of this section does not apply to a driver of a
motor vehicle intending to board the Keller Ferry on state route no.
21.