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                         SENATE BILL 6756

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Gardner, Haugen, Horn, Goings, Patterson, Shin, Costa, Morton, Bauer, Prentice and Benton

Read first time 01/26/2000.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Clarifying disposition of vehicle license fees.

    AN ACT Relating to disposition of vehicle license fees; amending RCW 46.68.030; providing a retroactive effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 46.68.030 and 1990 c 42 s 109 are each amended to read as follows:

    Except for proceeds from fees for vehicle licensing for vehicles paying such fees under RCW 46.16.070 and 46.16.085, and as otherwise provided for in chapter 46.16 RCW, all fees received by the director for vehicle licenses under the provisions of chapter 46.16 RCW shall be forwarded to the state treasurer, accompanied by a proper identifying detailed report, and be deposited to the credit of the motor vehicle fund, except that the proceeds from the vehicle license fee and renewal license fee shall be deposited by the state treasurer as hereinafter provided.  After ((July 1, 1981, that portion)) January 1, 2000, $20.35 of each vehicle license fee ((in excess of $7.40 and that portion)) and $20.35 of each renewal license fee ((in excess of $3.40)) shall be deposited in the state patrol highway account in the motor vehicle fund, hereby created.  Vehicle license fees, renewal license fees, and all other funds in the state patrol highway account shall be for the sole use of the Washington state patrol for highway activities of the Washington state patrol, subject to proper appropriations and reappropriations therefor, for any fiscal biennium after June 30, 1981, and twenty-seven and three-tenths percent of the proceeds from $7.40 of each vehicle license fee and $3.40 of each renewal license fee shall be deposited each biennium in the Puget Sound ferry operations account.  Any remaining amounts of vehicle license fees and renewal license fees that are not deposited in the Puget Sound ferry operations account shall be deposited in the motor vehicle fund.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, is remedial in nature, and takes effect retroactively as of January 1, 2000.

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