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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 3349

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

 

By Senators Talmadge, Garrett and Fleming

 

 

Read first time 1/25/85 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle fuel taxes; and adding a new section to chapter 82.36 RCW.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 82.36 RCW to read as follows:

          For the purposes of constructing a new bridge on First Avenue South in Seattle, the legislative authority of King county is authorized to levy a tax on motor vehicle fuels in the manner provided in this chapter and at the rate of one-half cent per gallon.

          (1) Following a public hearing, the county legislative authority shall determine the area of the county benefitted by the First Avenue South bridge, which shall be the area in which the tax is to be imposed.

          (2) The tax shall not be imposed unless it receives the approval of a majority of the voters voting thereon in the benefit area at a special election called by the legislative authority.  The special election may be held on any of the dates specified in RCW 29.13.010.

          (3) The tax shall be collected by the department of revenue in the manner provided in this chapter.  The proceeds shall be deposited in the motor vehicle fund and may be appropriated exclusively for the purposes of constructing a new bridge on First Avenue South in Seattle.

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.     If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.