BILL REQ. #:  S-0272.1 

Read first time 01/16/13.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to the carrying of passengers in a vehicle attached to a flatbed tow truck; and amending RCW 46.61.625.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.61.625 and 1999 c 398 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) No person or persons shall occupy any trailer while it is being moved upon a public highway, except a person occupying a proper position for steering a trailer designed to be steered from a rear-end position.
     (2) Except as provided in subsection (3) of this section, no person or persons may occupy a vehicle while it is being towed by a tow truck as defined in RCW 46.55.010.
     (3) A registered tow truck operator may allow passengers to ride in a vehicle that is carried on the deck of a flatbed tow truck only when the number of people that need to be transported exceeds the seating capacity of the tow truck. Drivers and passengers must still comply with RCW 46.61.687 and 46.61.688.