2006 House Bill 3111 (Regarding parking infractions by a driver of a rental car)

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• Introduced by Rep. Sherry Appleton, (D-Poulsbo) on January 20, 2006, to require that information on the driver of a rental car be given to the private parking facility imposing the parking infraction to ensure the infraction is paid by the right party. In the event of being unable to determine the driver of the rental car, the business must pay the infraction.
  • Referred to the House Transportation Committee on January 20, 2006.
• Passed in the House (98 to 0) on February 10, 2006, to require that information on the driver of a rental car be given to the private parking facility imposing a parking infraction. [Vote Details and Comments]
• Received in the Senate on February 13, 2006.
  • Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on February 13, 2006.
  • Amendment offered to the Senate on February 27, 2006, by the Senate Transportation Committee, to make a corrective change in the definition subsection. Additionally, a change was made limiting the circumstances under which a rental car business may be relieved of liability for a traffic infraction committed in a rental vehicle. Specifically, a rental car company may be relieved of liability for a traffic infraction committed in a vehicle owned by the rental car business only if the business either: 1) provides the name and address of the individual renting the vehicle at the time of the infraction; or 2) states that the business is unable to determine who was driving the vehicle at the time of the infraction because the vehicle had been stolen, and furnishes a copy of a filed police report to that effect. This change was also made to corresponding language regarding rental car business relief from liability for toll enforcement camera infractions and traffic safety camera infractions.

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Introduced by Rep. Sherry Appleton, (D-Poulsbo) on January 20, 2006. Passed in the House (98 to 0) on February 10, 2006. New Comment