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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 4616

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1986 Regular Session

By Senators Peterson, Patterson and Vognild; by request of Department of Transportation

Read first time 1/17/86 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to registration of aircraft pilots; and amending RCW 47.68.233.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 2, chapter 207, Laws of 1967 as last amended by section 355, chapter 7, Laws of 1984 and RCW 47.68.233 are each amended to read as follows:

          The department shall require that every pilot who is a resident of this state and every nonresident pilot who regularly operates any aircraft in this state be registered with the  department ((for each calendar year by January 31st thereof)).  The  department shall charge an annual fee not to exceed ((five)) ten dollars for each registration.  ((Registration under this section is required thirty days after June 8, 1967.))  All registration certificates issued under this section ((expire on December 31st of each year)) shall be renewed annually during the month of the registrant's birthdate.

          The registration fee imposed by this section shall be used by the department for the purpose of (a) search and rescue of lost and downed aircraft and airmen under the direction and supervision of the secretary  and (b) safety and education.

          Registration shall be effected by filing with the  department a certified written statement that contains the information reasonably required by the  department.  The  department shall issue certificates of registration and in connection therewith shall prescribe requirements for the possession and exhibition of the certificates.

          The provisions of this section do not apply to:

          (1) A pilot who operates an aircraft exclusively in the service of any government or any political subdivision thereof, including the government of the United States, any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of Columbia;

          (2) A pilot registered under the laws of a foreign country;

          (3) A pilot engaged exclusively in commercial flying constituting an act of interstate or foreign commerce;

          (4) A person piloting an aircraft equipped with fully functioning dual controls when a licensed instructor is in full charge of one set of the controls and the flight is solely for instruction or for the demonstration of the aircraft to a bona fide prospective purchaser.

          Failure to register as provided in this section is a violation of RCW  47.68.230 and subjects the offender to the penalties incident thereto.