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SENATE BILL 5611
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senators Matson, Patterson, Snyder and Conner.
Read first time February 11, 1991. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to a tax on the rental of fleet vehicles; amending RCW 82.44.010; and adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 82.44.010 and 1990 c 42 s 301 are each amended to read as follows:
For
the purposes of this chapter, unless (([the])) the context
otherwise requires:
(1) "Department" means the department of licensing.
(2)
"Motor vehicle" means all motor vehicles, trailers and semitrailers
used, or of the type designed primarily to be used, upon the public streets and
highways, for the convenience or pleasure of the owner, or for the conveyance,
for hire or otherwise, of persons or property, including fixed loads and
facilities for human habitation; but shall not include (a) vehicles carrying
exempt licenses, (b) dock and warehouse tractors and their cars or trailers,
lumber carriers of the type known as spiders, and all other automotive
equipment not designed primarily for use upon public streets, or highways, (c)
motor vehicles or their trailers used entirely upon private property, (d)
mobile homes and travel trailers as defined in RCW 82.50.010, ((or)) (e)
motor vehicles owned by nonresident military personnel of the armed forces of
the United States stationed in the state of Washington provided personnel were
also nonresident at the time of their entry into military service, or (f)
fleet vehicles intended for rental, as defined by the department by rule.
(3) "Truck-type power or trailing unit" means any vehicle that is subject to the fees under RCW 46.16.070 except vehicles with an unladen weight of six thousand pounds or less, RCW 46.16.079, 46.16.080, 46.16.085, or 46.16.090.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:
(1) In addition to the tax imposed by RCW 82.08.020, there is levied and shall be collected an additional tax upon the rental of a fleet vehicle equal to the amount that would have been collected under the provisions of RCW 82.44.010 if the tax was applicable to fleet vehicles.
(2) Proceeds from the tax imposed under this section shall be deposited in the general fund and distributed in accordance with the formula in effect as of the effective date of this act under the provisions of chapter 82.44 RCW.
(3) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section, including the provision of definitions for "rental" and "fleet vehicle."