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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 6494

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Senators Patterson, Conner, Metcalf, Hansen, Owen, DeJarnatt, Barr, Bender and Sellar

Read first time 1/22/88 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle license fees; and amending RCW 46.01.140.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 12, chapter 380, Laws of 1985 as amended by section 1, chapter 302, Laws of 1987 and RCW 46.01.140 are each amended to read as follows:

          The county auditor, if appointed by the director of licensing shall carry out the provisions of this title relating to the licensing of vehicles and the issuance of vehicle license number plates under the direction and supervision of the director and may with the approval of the director appoint assistants as special deputies to accept applications and collect fees for vehicle licenses and transfers and to deliver vehicle license number plates.

          At any time any application is made to the director, the county auditor, or other agent pursuant to any law dealing with licenses, registration, or the right to operate any vehicle upon the public highways of this state, excluding applicants already paying such fee under RCW 46.16.070 or 46.16.085, the applicant shall pay to the director, county auditor, or other agent a fee of ((one)) two dollars for each application in addition to any other fees required by law.  Applicants for certificates of ownership, including applicants paying fees under RCW 46.16.070 or 46.16.085, shall pay to the director, county auditor, or other agent a fee of three dollars in addition to any other fees required by law.  These additional fees, if paid to the county auditor as agent of the director, or if paid to an agent of the county auditor, shall be paid to the county treasurer in the same manner as other fees collected by the county auditor and credited to the county current expense fund.  If the fee is paid to another agent of the director, the fee shall be used by the agent to defray his expenses in handling the application:  PROVIDED, That an agent of the county auditor is entitled to an additional service charge of two dollars:  PROVIDED FURTHER, That if the fee is collected by the state patrol or the department of transportation, as agent for the director, the fee so collected shall be certified to the state treasurer and deposited to the credit of the motor vehicle fund.  All such filing fees collected by the director or branches of his office shall be certified to the state treasurer and deposited to the credit of the highway safety fund.