SENATE BILL REPORT

                                    SB 5431

         AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION, FEBRUARY 13, 1991

Brief Description:  Depositing all drivers' license fees in the highway safety fund.

SPONSORS:Senators Patterson, Vognild, Snyder, Madsen, McMullen, von Reichbauer and Thorsness; by request of Legislative Transportation Committee.

SENATE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Majority Report:  Do pass.

      Signed by Senators Patterson, Chairman; Nelson, Vice Chairman; von Reichbauer, Vice Chairman; Barr, Erwin, Hansen, Madsen, McMullen, Oke, Sellar, Skratek, Thorsness, and Vognild. 

Staff:  Brad Lovaas (786‑7307)

Hearing Dates:February 13, 1991

BACKGROUND:

A four-year driver's license costs $14.  Of that $14 fee, $10.20 goes to the highway safety fund (HSF), and $3.80 to the state general fund.

The highway safety fund primarily supports the driver licensing activities of the Department of Licensing.  The current six-year plan for the HSF expires following the 1991-93 biennium.

In the 1989-91 biennium, $7 million was deposited in the general fund.  In the 1991-93 biennium, it is expected to be $7.4 million.

SUMMARY:

The entire driver's license fee shall be dedicated to the highway safety fund.

Appropriation:  none

Revenue:  none

Fiscal Note:  requested

TESTIMONY FOR:  None

TESTIMONY AGAINST:  None

TESTIFIED:  No one