CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5693
Chapter 60, Laws of 1993
53rd Legislature
1993 Regular Session
COUNTY VEHICLE LICENSE FEES EXEMPTION
EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/25/93
Passed by the Senate March 17, 1993 YEAS 45 NAYS 0
JOEL PRITCHARD President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 8, 1993 YEAS 98 NAYS 0 |
CERTIFICATE
I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5693 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. |
BRIAN EBERSOLE Speaker of the House of Representatives |
MARTY BROWN Secretary
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Approved April 19, 1993 |
FILED
April 19, 1993 - 1:59 p.m. |
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MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington |
Secretary of State State of Washington |
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SENATE BILL 5693
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Passed Legislature - 1993 Regular Session
State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Senators Vognild, Drew and Quigley
Read first time 02/09/93. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to county vehicle license fees; and amending RCW 82.80.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 82.80.020 and 1991 c 318 s 13 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The legislative authority of a county may fix and impose an additional fee, not to exceed fifteen dollars per vehicle, for each vehicle that is subject to license fees under RCW 46.16.060 and is determined by the department of licensing to be registered within the boundaries of the county.
(2) The department of licensing shall administer and collect the fee. The department shall deduct a percentage amount, as provided by contract, not to exceed two percent of the taxes collected, for administration and collection expenses incurred by it. The remaining proceeds shall be remitted to the custody of the state treasurer for monthly distribution under RCW 82.80.080.
(3) The proceeds of this fee shall be used strictly for transportation purposes in accordance with RCW 82.80.070.
(4) A county imposing this fee or initiating an exemption process shall delay the effective date at least six months from the date the ordinance is enacted to allow the department of licensing to implement administration and collection of or exemption from the fee.
(5) The legislative authority of a county may
develop and initiate ((a refund)) an exemption process of the
fifteen dollar fee ((to)) for the registered owners of vehicles
residing within the boundaries of the county (a) who are sixty-one years
old or older at the time ((of)) payment of the fee is due and
whose household income for the previous calendar year is ((eighteen thousand
dollars or)) less than an amount prescribed by the county legislative
authority, or (b) who has a physical disability ((and who has
paid the fifteen dollar additional fee)).
Passed the Senate March 17, 1993.
Passed the House April 8, 1993.
Approved by the Governor April 19, 1993.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 19, 1993.