PERMANENT RULES
Effective Date of Rule: Thirty-one days after filing.
Purpose: Provides clarifying language which would remove redundant information from WAC 204-21-140 and outline definition for terms used in WAC 204-21-140 under WAC 204-21-020.
Citation of Existing Rules Affected by this Order: Amending WAC 204-21-020 and 204-21-140.
Statutory Authority for Adoption: RCW 46.37.320 and 46.37.005.
Adopted under notice filed as WSR 10-16-077 on July 30, 2010.
A final cost-benefit analysis is available by contacting Melissa Van Gorkom, P.O. Box 42600, Olympia, WA 98504-2600, phone (360) 596-4017, fax (360) 596-4015, e-mail melissa.vangorkom@wsp.wa.gov.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Comply with Federal Statute: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Federal Rules or Standards: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Recently Enacted State Statutes: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted at Request of a Nongovernmental Entity: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted on the Agency's Own Initiative: New 0, Amended 2, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted in Order to Clarify, Streamline, or Reform Agency Procedures: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Number of Sections Adopted Using Negotiated Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; Pilot Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0; or Other Alternative Rule Making: New 0, Amended 0, Repealed 0.
Date Adopted: September 9, 2010.
John R. Batiste
Chief
OTS-3329.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 08-19-104, filed 9/17/08,
effective 10/18/08)
WAC 204-21-020
Definitions.
(1) "Agricultural
equipment" means any farm vehicle required by RCW 46.37.160 to
have hazard warning lamps.
(2) "Animal control vehicle" means any vehicle, either publicly or privately owned, which is used primarily for transportation of animals to or from animal shelters, humane society facilities, or veterinary medicine facilities.
(((2))) (3) "Authorized emergency vehicle" means any
vehicle of any fire department, police department, sheriff's
office, coroner, prosecuting attorney, Washington state
patrol, ambulance service, public or private, licensed by the
department of social and health services or operated by any of
the agencies named above, or any other vehicle authorized in
writing by the state patrol.
(((3))) (4) "CFR" means the Code of Federal Regulations.
(((4))) (5) "Deceleration warning light," excluding stop
lamps, means a device that indicates to a following driver the
deceleration of the vehicle ahead.
(((5))) (6) "Electronic light modulation" means the
periodic change in intensity of light, controlled by an all
electric modulating device in the electrical circuit of the
lighting system.
(((6))) (7) "Electronic modulation" means using one
hundred percent electronic circuitry instead of mechanical
metallic switches.
(((7))) (8) "Emergency tow truck" means a motor vehicle
that is especially designed and constructed principally for
the purpose of recovery and/or towing of disabled, abandoned
or damaged vehicles and not otherwise generally used in
transporting goods or persons.
(((8))) (9) "Flashing" means any lamp which emits a beam
of light which is broken intermittently and regularly by use
of an electronic or electric switch, a rotating reflector, a
rotating lamp, or a strobe lamp; or a lamp which emits a
steady beam of light which is intermittently and regularly
directed away from any viewer by means of a rotating or
oscillating reflector or lamp assembly. Flashing lamps are
not to be confused with modulated lamps which intermittently
and regularly decrease the power to the lamp filament so as to
dim the light output but do not cause a total break in the
light beam.
(((9))) (10) "FMVSS" means the Federal Motor Vehicle
Safety Standards 49 Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) Part
571.
(((10))) (11) "Hazardous materials response team vehicle"
means any vehicle either publicly or privately owned which is
used for responding to hazardous materials incidents.
(((11))) (12) "Headlamp flashing system" means an
automatic method for controlling the high beams from the
headlamps so that they can be alternately flashed in sequence
on opposite sides of the front of the vehicle as a warning
signal.
(((12))) (13) "Industrial equipment" means any vehicle
which is authorized to use amber lamps under WAC 204-21-130
for the purpose of landscaping, construction services,
loading, digging, grounds keeping, and highway maintenance.
(14) "Law enforcement agency" means any municipal, port district or tribal police department, county police department or sheriff's office, the Washington state patrol, or any other state or federal agency which is publicly authorized to carry out law enforcement duties which include the authority to stop and detain motor vehicles on the public highways of this state.
(((13))) (15) "Law enforcement vehicle" means a publicly
owned or leased vehicle operated by a law enforcement agency
and which is used for the law enforcement functions of the
agency.
(((14))) (16) "Other construction and maintenance
vehicle" means any vehicle owned or operated by a private
company which is in the process of providing highway
construction or maintenance services or is working in
conjunction with any public utility.
(((15))) (17) "Oversize unit" means any vehicle towing a
load that exceeds legal dimensions which may be equipped with
flashing amber lights in addition to any other lights required
by law.
(((16))) (18) "Percent modulation" equals time-weighted
power input with modulation to headlamp divided by
time-weighted power input without modulation to headlamp times
one hundred.
(((17))) (19) "Pilot car" means any vehicle which is used
to provide escort for overlegal size loads upon the roadways
of this state.
(((18))) (20) "Private carrier bus" means every motor
vehicle designed for the purpose of carrying passengers
(having a seating capacity for eleven or more persons) used
regularly to transport persons in furtherance of any organized
agricultural, religious or charitable purpose. Such term does
not include buses operated by common carriers under a
franchise granted by any city or town or the Washington public
utilities commission.
(((19))) (21) "Public utilities vehicle" means any
vehicle used for construction, operations, and maintenance,
and which is owned or operated by a public or private utility,
including, but not limited to, companies providing water,
electricity, natural gas, telephone, television cable
services, and railroads.
(((20))) (22) "Rural newspaper carrier vehicle" means any
vehicle driven on rural roads by carriers delivering
newspapers on their route.
(((21))) (23) "SAE" means the Society of Automotive
Engineers. Copies of SAE Standards are available for review
at the Washington State Patrol, P.O. Box 42600, Olympia, WA
98504-2600, and may also be ordered from the Society of
Automotive Engineers International, 400 Commonwealth Drive,
Warrendale, PA 15096-0001.
(((22))) (24) "Search and rescue team vehicle" means any
vehicle either publicly or privately owned which is used for
responding to search and rescue situations.
(((23))) (25) "Signal lamps" means red lamps mounted on
the vehicle to be used in conjunction with the "stop signal"
when the bus is loading or unloading passengers under certain
conditions.
(((24))) (26) "Tow truck" means any vehicle engaged in
removing disabled or abandoned vehicles from the roadway and
which is used primarily for that purpose.
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.37.005 and 46.37.320. 08-19-104, § 204-21-020, filed 9/17/08, effective 10/18/08.]
OTS-3330.1
AMENDATORY SECTION(Amending WSR 08-19-104, filed 9/17/08,
effective 10/18/08)
WAC 204-21-140
Flashing warning lamps.
Flashing warning
lamps may be mounted at any height and must:
(1) Meet the SAE Standards outlined for the type of vehicle as outlined in the table below.
| Vehicle Type | Standard Adopted |
| Agricultural equipment | SAE J974 |
| (( |
|
| Industrial equipment | SAE J96 |
[Statutory Authority: RCW 46.37.005 and 46.37.320. 08-19-104, § 204-21-140, filed 9/17/08, effective 10/18/08.]