CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5506
Chapter 436, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
SAFETY REST AREAS--PARKING
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the Senate April 24, 2019
  Yeas 42  Nays 6
CYRUS HABIB
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 17, 2019
  Yeas 98  Nays 0
FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the House of Representatives
CERTIFICATE
I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5506 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
BRAD HENDRICKSON
Secretary
Secretary
Approved May 21, 2019 11:21 AM
FILED
May 21, 2019
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington
SENATE BILL 5506
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington
66th Legislature
2019 Regular Session
BySenators Hobbs, King, and Sheldon
Read first time 01/23/19.Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to parking at rest areas; and amending RCW 47.38.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 47.38.020 and 1984 c 7 s 205 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) Except where specifically authorized by the department, it is unlawful for any person or persons to stop, stand, or park any vehicle, including but not limited to trailers, campers, and motorcycles, for more than eight hours within a twenty-four hour period, or for any person or persons to camp or to maintain a camp, tent, or other sleeping accommodation or facility, in any ((rest area or)) safety rest area within the limits of the right-of-way of interstate highways or other state highways or in other areas of state or interstate highways as designated in RCW 47.12.250. ((This section does not apply to disabled vehicles.))The department may also designate zones within a safety rest area with shorter parking time limits for the purposes of maximum efficiency and safety. Commercial vehicles may park up to an hour beyond federally mandated rest periods.
(2) Except where specifically authorized by the department, it is unlawful for any person or persons to stop, stand, or park any disabled vehicle, including but not limited to trailers, campers, and motorcycles, in any safety rest area for more than forty-eight hours, after which time the vehicle is subject to mandatory impoundment under RCW 46.55.080(1).
(3) The department shall post appropriate signage consistent with RCW 46.55.070(1) at all safety rest areas regarding the parking time limits in this section.
(4) The Washington state patrol shall enforce this section consistent with RCW 46.55.080(1), and to the maximum extent practicable.
Passed by the Senate April 24, 2019.
Passed by the House April 17, 2019.
Approved by the Governor May 21, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 21, 2019.
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