WA People
BILL · 2001–02 SESSION

HB 1713: Impound/commercial vehicles

Allowing commercial vehicle owners to avoid impoundment.

Summary

  • Provides that, if the owner of a commercial vehicle who was not the driver of the commercial vehicle at the time of the commercial vehicle's impoundment signs a sworn affidavit or declaration attesting to the owner's lack of knowledge of the driver's suspended license and additionally attesting to the existence of business policies in place at the time of the impoundment requiring the driver of a commercial vehicle…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedFeb 1, 2001
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Tom Mielke (R-18)
Introduced
February 1, 2001 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2002

AN ACT Relating to release of an impounded commercial vehicle that was driven by a person with a suspended license without the owner's knowledge;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Tom Mielke (R-18)

8 co-sponsors (3 Democrats, 5 Republicans)

Jim Dunn R-17Marc Boldt R-17Brian Hatfield D-19Tom Campbell R-2Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Gary Chandler R-13Velma Veloria D-11Lynn Schindler R-4

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

  1. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  2. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  3. First reading, referred to Transportation.

HB 1713 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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