CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1171
Chapter 137, Laws of 2023
68TH LEGISLATURE
2023 REGULAR SESSION
MOTORCYCLE SAFETY EDUCATION ADVISORY BOARD—MEMBERSHIP
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 23, 2023
Passed by the House March 3, 2023
  Yeas 95  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate April 10, 2023
  Yeas 48  Nays 0
DENNY HECK

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1171 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved April 20, 2023 2:24 PM
FILED
April 21, 2023
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1171

Passed Legislature - 2023 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2023 Regular Session
ByHouse Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Mosbrucker and Graham)
READ FIRST TIME 01/30/23.
AN ACT Relating to modifying the motorcycle safety education advisory board; and amending RCW 46.20.520.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.20.520 and 1998 c 245 s 89 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The director of licensing shall use moneys designated for the motorcycle safety education account of the highway safety fund to implement by July 1, 1983, a voluntary motorcycle operator training and education program. The director may contract with public and private entities to implement this program.
(2)(a) There is created a motorcycle safety education advisory board to assist the director of licensing in the development of a motorcycle operator training education program. The board shall monitor this program following implementation and report to the director of licensing as necessary with recommendations including, but not limited to, administration, application, and substance of the motorcycle operator training and education program.
(b) The board shall consist of ((five))seven members appointed by the director of licensing. Three members of the board((, one of whom shall be appointed chairperson,)) shall be active motorcycle riders or members of nonprofit motorcycle organizations which actively support and promote motorcycle safety education. Two members shall represent motorcycle safety instructors. One member shall be a currently employed Washington state patrol motorcycle officer with at least five years experience and at least one year cumulative experience as a motorcycle officer. One member shall be a member of the public.
(c) The term of appointment shall be two years and shall extend until their successors are appointed. The terms of appointment shall be staggered so that either one or two members are appointed in every even-numbered year.
(d) All members must be specially endorsed to drive either a two-wheeled or a three-wheeled motorcycle or have been specially endorsed by the director to drive such motorcycles.
(e) To the extent practicable, the director should strive to appoint members who reflect diversity in race, ethnicity, and gender, and who reside in different areas of the state, with at least two members who reside east of the crest of the Cascade mountain range.
(f) The board shall meet at the call of the director, but not less than two times annually and not less than five times during its term of appointment, and shall receive no compensation for services but shall be reimbursed for travel expenses while engaged in business of the board in accordance with RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060 as now existing or hereafter amended.
(3) The seven members of the board shall select a chair from the members who represent the active motorcycle riders, members of nonprofit motorcycle organizations, or motorcycle safety instructors.
(4) The priorities of the program shall be in the following order of priority:
(a) Public awareness of motorcycle safety.
(b) Motorcycle safety education programs conducted by public and private entities.
(c) Classroom and on-cycle training.
(d) Improved motorcycle operator testing.
Passed by the House March 3, 2023.
Passed by the Senate April 10, 2023.
Approved by the Governor April 20, 2023.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 21, 2023.
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