CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6356

Chapter 117, Laws of 2010

61st Legislature
2010 Regular Session



LAW ENFORCEMENT AND EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT AND VEHICLES--SALE OR TRANSFER



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/10/10

Passed by the Senate March 7, 2010
  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 3, 2010
  YEAS 98   NAYS 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6356 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved March 18, 2010, 2:49 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 18, 2010







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6356
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2010 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2010 Regular Session

By Senate Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Kilmer, Swecker, Rockefeller, and Kastama)

READ FIRST TIME 01/28/10.   



     AN ACT Relating to limiting access to law enforcement and emergency equipment and vehicles; amending RCW 46.37.195; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   It is the intent of the legislature to protect the public to ensure that only federal, state, and local law enforcement and emergency personnel, public or private, or other entities authorized by law to use emergency equipment have access to emergency equipment and vehicles.

Sec. 2   RCW 46.37.195 and 1990 c 94 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, a public agency, business, entity, or person shall not sell or give emergency vehicle lighting equipment or other equipment to a person who may not lawfully operate the lighting equipment or other equipment on the public streets and highways. Prior to selling or giving an emergency vehicle to a person or entity that is not a public law enforcement or emergency agency within or outside the state, public law enforcement or emergency agency in another country, or private ambulance business within or outside the state, the seller or donor must remove all emergency lighting as defined in rules by the Washington state patrol, radios, and any other emergency equipment from the vehicle, except for reflective stripes and paint on fire trucks, that was not originally installed by the original vehicle manufacturer and that visibly identifies the vehicle as an emergency vehicle from the exterior, including spotlights and confinement or rear seat safety cages. If the equipment is not retained or transferred to another public law enforcement or emergency agency within or outside the state, public law enforcement or emergency agency in another country, or private ambulance business within or outside the state, the equipment must be dismantled with the individual parts being recycled or destroyed prior to being disposed of. The agency must also remove all decals, state and local designated law enforcement colors, and stripes that were not installed by the original vehicle manufacturer.
     (2) The sale or donation to a broker specializing in the resale of emergency vehicles, or a charitable organization, intending to deliver the vehicle or equipment to a public law enforcement or emergency agency within or outside the state, public law enforcement or emergency agency in another country, or private ambulance business within or outside the state, is allowed with the emergency equipment still installed and intact. If the broker or charitable organization sells or donates the emergency vehicle to a person or entity that is not a public law enforcement or emergency agency, or private ambulance business, the broker or charitable organization must remove the equipment and designations and is accountable and responsible for the removal of the equipment and designations not installed on the vehicle by the original vehicle manufacturer. Equipment not sold or donated to a public law enforcement or emergency agency, or a private ambulance business, must be removed and transferred, destroyed, or recycled in accordance with subsection (1) of this section.


         Passed by the Senate March 7, 2010.
         Passed by the House March 3, 2010.
         Approved by the Governor March 18, 2010.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 18, 2010.