HOUSE BILL REPORT
SHB 1788
As Passed House:
March 13, 1995
Title: An act relating to increasing flexibility in motor vehicle fund distributions to cities and counties.
Brief Description: Providing for more flexibility in the motor vehicle fund distributions to cities and counties.
Sponsors: By House Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Representatives K. Schmidt, Chandler, Mitchell and Robertson).
Brief History:
Committee Activity:
Transportation: 2/22/95, 2/28/95 [DPS].
Floor Activity:
Passed House: 3/13/95, 84-12.
HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION
Majority Report: The substitute bill be substituted therefor and the substitute bill do pass. Signed by 24 members: Representatives K. Schmidt, Chairman; Benton, Vice Chairman; Mitchell, Vice Chairman; Skinner, Vice Chairman; Hatfield, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Backlund; Blanton; Brown; Buck; Cairnes; Chandler; Chopp; Hankins; Horn; Johnson; Koster; McMahan; Ogden; Quall; Robertson; Romero; D. Schmidt; Scott and Tokuda.
Minority Report: Do not pass. Signed by 1 member: Representative R. Fisher, Ranking Minority Member.
Staff: Robin Rettew (786-7306).
Background: The 23-cent state fuel tax is expected to generate about $1.3 billion in 1995-97. Of this, $0.4 million will be directly distributed to cities and counties.
Cities receive 2.46 cents of the 23-cent state fuel tax and counties receive 4.43 cents of the 23-cent state fuel tax.
Use of motor vehicle funds is restricted by the 18th Amendment of the state constitution to highway purposes.
Summary of Bill: Cities and counties are allowed to transfer state motor vehicle fund distributions for non-18th Amendment sources on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Cities and counties could use non-18th Amendment fund sources for nonhighway purposes such as transit.
Appropriation: None.
Fiscal Note: Not Requested.
Effective Date of Bill: Ninety days after adjournment of session in which bill is passed.
Testimony For: None.
Testimony Against: None.
Testified: None.