FINAL BILL REPORT

                     SHB 2660

PARTIAL VETO

                                 C 222 L 92

Brief Description:  Affecting vehicle license registration.

By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives Cooper, Prince, Zellinsky and Mielke; by request of Department of Licensing).

House Committee on Transportation

Senate Committee on Transportation

Background:  During the 1991 session, the Legislature enacted a formula that associates the number of dealer plates with the number of vehicles sold by a specific dealer.  Any vehicle dealer selling less than five vehicles a year is not entitled to dealer plates.  The intent of the legislation was to curb dealer plate abuses.

In 1990, a statute was enacted authorizing a full 12 month vehicle registration license period.

When a county authorizes collection of the $15 local option vehicle registration fee, it may provide for a refund process for those eligible.

Summary:  The director of the Department of Licensing may waive by rule dealer plate issuance restrictions, if the waiver is in accordance with the purposes of the chapter and is essential to the continuation of the dealer's business.  The department must provide at least three dealer plates to all vehicle dealers.

The new owner of a vehicle with an expired license will receive a full 12 month registration period.

The refund process that is authorized under the local option vehicle registration fee statute is changed to an exemption process.

Votes on Final Passage:

House 90    0

Senate   46    0    (Senate amended)

House 96    0    (House concurred)

Effective:     June 11, 1992

Partial Veto Summary:  The provision which would have changed the local option vehicle registration fee refund process to an exemption process was vetoed.