HOUSE BILL REPORT

HB 1578

BYRepresentatives Zellinsky, Walk, Meyers, Baugher, Ebersole, Ballard, McLean, Miller, Sayan, B. Williams, Schmidt, Sanders, Vekich, Silver and Lewis

Allowing antique vehicles to operate without fenders in dry weather.

House Committe on Transportation

Majority Report:  Do pass.  (27)

      Signed by Representatives Walk, Chair; Baugher, Vice Chair; Betrozoff, Cantwell, Cooper, Day, Doty, Fisher, Fox, Gallagher, Hankins, Haugen, Heavey, Jacobsen, Jones, Meyers, Patrick, Prince, Schmidt, Smith, D. Sommers, Todd, Vekich, J. Williams, K. Wilson, S. Wilson and Zellinsky.

House Staff:Mary McLaughlin (786-7309)

AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 10, 1988

BACKGROUND:

Motor vehicles are required to be equipped with fenders, flaps or splash aprons in order to reduce splash and spray.

An "antique vehicle" is a vehicle that is at least 40 years old, and is owned and operated as a collector's item.  The owner may make application with the Department of Licensing for antique status.  A "horseless carriage" license plate is issued upon payment of a one-time $25 fee.  The annual registration fees (basic registration and MVET) are waived.

Many antique vehicles were not manufactured with fenders.

SUMMARY:

An antique vehicle need not be equipped with fenders when driven on well- maintained roads during fair weather conditions.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    Ron Perkerewicz, National Street Rod Association; Brent Knott, Midnight Cruisers Car Club; Randy Murray, Puget Sound Chapter Model "T" Ford Club.

House Committee - Testified Against:      None Presented.

House Committee - Testimony For:    Installation of temporary fenders is inconvenient for vehicle owners, and distorts the vehicle's original design.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None Presented.