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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL NO. 254
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
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State of Washington 50th Legislature 1987 Regular Session
By Representatives Walk, Schmidt and Gallagher; by request of Department of Licensing
Read first time 1/22/87 and referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to driver's license renewals; and amending RCW 46.20.021 and 46.20.120.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 2, chapter 121, Laws of 1965 ex. sess. as last amended by section 2, chapter 302, Laws of 1985 and RCW 46.20.021 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) No person, except as expressly exempted by this chapter, may drive any motor vehicle upon a highway in this state unless the person has a valid driver's license issued under the provisions of this chapter. A violation of this subsection is a misdemeanor and is a lesser included offense within the offenses described in RCW 46.20.342(1), 46.20.416, 46.20.420, and 46.65.090.
(2) No
person shall receive a driver's license unless and until he or she
surrenders to the department all valid driver's licenses in his or her
possession issued to him or her by any other jurisdiction. ((All
surrendered licenses shall be returned by)) The department shall
establish a procedure to invalidate the surrendered photograph license and
return it to the person. The invalidated license, along with the valid
temporary Washington driver's license provided for in RCW 46.20.055(3), shall
be accepted as proper identification. The department ((to)) shall
notify the issuing department ((together with information)) that the
licensee is now licensed in a new jurisdiction. No person shall be permitted
to have more than one valid driver's license at any time.
(3) Any person licensed as a driver under this chapter may exercise the privilege thereby granted upon all streets and highways in this state and shall not be required to obtain any other license to exercise such privilege by any county, municipal or local board, or body having authority to adopt local police regulations.
Sec. 2. Section 46.20.120, chapter 12, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 4, chapter 1, Laws of 1985 ex. sess. and RCW 46.20.120 are each amended to read as follows:
No new driver's license may be issued and no previously issued license may be renewed until the applicant therefor has successfully passed a driver licensing examination: PROVIDED, That the department may waive all or any part of the examination of any person applying for the renewal of a driver's license except when the department determines that an applicant for a driver's license is not qualified to hold a driver's license under this title. For a new license examination a fee of seven dollars shall be paid by each applicant, in addition to the fee charged for issuance of the license. A new license is one issued to a driver who has not been previously licensed in this state or to a driver whose last previous Washington license has been expired for more than four years.
Any person renewing his or her driver's license more than sixty days after the license has expired shall pay a penalty fee of ten dollars in addition to the renewal fee under RCW 46.20.181. The penalty fee shall be deposited in the highway safety fund.
Any person
who is outside the state at the time his or her driver's license expires or who
is unable to renew the license due to any incapacity may renew the license
within sixty days after returning to this state or within sixty days after the
termination of any such incapacity without the payment of ((a new license
examination fee. In such case the department may waive all or any part of the
examination as in the case of renewal of driver licenses)) the penalty
fee.
The department shall provide for giving examinations at places and times reasonably available to the people of this state. Passed the House March 5, 1988.