CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1507

                        53rd Legislature

                      1993 Regular Session

Passed by the House April 20, 1993   Yeas 96   Nays 1 Speaker of the        House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 8, 1993   Yeas 46   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE I, Alan Thompson, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1507 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                        State of Washington

                              _______________________________________________

                                             SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1507

                              _______________________________________________

                                                           AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

                                                       Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session

State of Washington                              53rd Legislature                             1993 Regular Session

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Zellinsky, Ballard, Chappell, Van Luven, R. Johnson, Campbell, R. Meyers, Springer and Sheldon)

Read first time 02/22/93.

Penalizing owners of abandoned, unauthorized, or junk vehicles.

          AN ACT Relating to abandoned, unauthorized, or junk vehicles; adding a new section to chapter 46.55 RCW; and prescribing penalties.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.55 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) The abandonment of any vehicle creates a prima facie presumption that the last registered owner of record is responsible for the abandonment and is liable for costs incurred in removing, storing, and disposing of the abandoned vehicle, less amounts realized at auction.

          (2) If an unauthorized vehicle is found abandoned under subsection (1) of this section, the last registered owner of record is guilty of a traffic infraction under chapter 46.63 RCW, unless the vehicle is redeemed after impound as provided in RCW 46.55.120.  In addition to the monetary penalty payable under that chapter, the person found to have committed the infraction is also liable for restitution in the amount of the deficiency remaining after disposal of the vehicle under RCW 46.55.140.

          (3) Filing a report of sale or transfer regarding the vehicle involved in accordance with RCW 46.12.101(1) or a vehicle theft report filed with a law enforcement agency relieves the last registered owner of liability under subsections (1) and (2) of this section.

          (4) For the purposes of RCW 46.63.070(5)(b), a traffic infraction under subsection (2) of this section is a moving violation and is not considered to be a standing, stopping, or parking violation.

                                                           --- END ---