HB 1653 - DIGEST

     Requires the interagency committee for outdoor recreation and the department of licensing to jointly contract with an independent entity to study the sources and determine the distributions and uses of funds provided to off-road vehicle and nonhighway road recreational activities under RCW 46.09.170.  The study must analyze and determine the relative portion of the motor vehicle fuel tax revenues deposited to the general fund under RCW 46.09.170 that are attributable to the vehicles operating off road or on nonhighway roads for recreational activities, and the types of facilities used.

     Directs the interagency committee for outdoor recreation and the department of licensing to jointly review the analysis and submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, including recommendations regarding amendments to RCW 46.09.170 to allocate revenues consistent with the relative proportion for the uses generating the revenues.  In making the recommendations, the committee and department shall specifically consider joint use by nonmotorized recreational users of trails funded as ORV recreational facilities.  The report must be submitted no later than January 1, 2002.