HOUSE BILL REPORT

EHB 2722

BYRepresentatives Zellinsky, Vekich, Sayan, Schmidt, Haugen, P. King and Cooper

Modifying "rules of the road" as they relate to solid waste collection vehicles.

House Committe on Transportation

Majority Report:  Do pass as amended.  (24)

      Signed by Representatives R. Fisher, Chair; Baugher, Vice Chair, Eastern Washington; Schmidt, Ranking Republican Member; Basich, Bennett, Betrozoff, Cantwell, Cooper, Day, G. Fisher, Forner, Gallagher, Hankins, Heavey, Jones, Kremen, Nelson, Prentice, Smith, D. Sommers, Todd, Walker, S. Wilson and Zellinsky.

House Staff:Mary McLaughlin (786-7309)

AS PASSED HOUSE FEBRUARY 9, 1990

BACKGROUND:

The law prohibiting stopping, standing or parking on a public roadway does not apply to transit vehicles temporarily stopped at marked transit stops when picking up or discharging passengers. Currently there is no similar exemption for garbage and recycling companies collecting solid waste and recyclables at locations along a public roadway.

SUMMARY:

The law prohibiting stopping, standing and parking on a public roadway does not apply to vehicles used by garbage or recycling companies temporarily stopped for the purpose of collecting solid waste and/or recyclables.  Garbage and recycling trucks must park as close to the right edge of the shoulder or roadway as practical.

Fiscal Note:      Not Requested.

House Committee ‑ Testified For:    John Paul Jones, Washington Waste Management Association.

House Committee - Testified Against:      No one.

House Committee - Testimony For:    Garbage trucks should be afforded the same privilege as transit vehicles when stopping for the purpose of collecting garbage.

House Committee - Testimony Against:      None.