AN ACT
Relating to transferring the aeronautics account and the aircraft search and
rescue, safety, and education account from the general fund to the
transportation fund; and amending RCW 82.42.090, 82.48.080, 47.68.250, and
47.68.236.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
82.42.090 and 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 37 are each amended to read as follows:
All
moneys collected by the director from the aircraft fuel excise tax as provided
in RCW 82.42.020 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and shall be
credited to the aeronautics account hereby created in the transportation
fund of the state treasury. Moneys collected from the consumer or user of
aircraft fuel from either the use tax imposed by RCW 82.12.020 or the retail
sales tax imposed by RCW 82.08.020 shall be transmitted to the state treasurer and
credited to the state general fund.
Sec.
2. RCW
82.48.080 and 1987 c 220 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
The
secretary shall regularly pay to the state treasurer the excise taxes collected
under this chapter, which shall be credited by the state treasurer as follows:
Ninety percent to the general fund and ten percent to the aeronautics account
in the ((general)) transportation fund for administrative
expenses.
Sec.
3. RCW
47.68.250 and 1993 c 208 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
Every
aircraft shall be registered with the department for each calendar year in
which the aircraft is operated or is based within this state. A fee of four
dollars shall be charged for each such registration and each annual renewal
thereof.
Possession
of the appropriate effective federal certificate, permit, rating, or license
relating to ownership and airworthiness of the aircraft, and payment of the
excise tax imposed by Title 82 RCW for the privilege of using the aircraft
within this state during the year for which the registration is sought, and
payment of the registration fee required by this section shall be the only
requisites for registration of an aircraft under this section.
The
registration fee imposed by this section shall be payable to and collected by
the secretary. The fee for any calendar year must be paid during the month of
January, and shall be collected by the secretary at the time of the collection
by him or her of the said excise tax. If the secretary is satisfied that the
requirements for registration of the aircraft have been met, he or she shall
thereupon issue to the owner of the aircraft a certificate of registration
therefor. The secretary shall pay to the state treasurer the registration fees
collected under this section, which registration fees shall be credited to the
aeronautics account in the ((general)) transportation fund.
It
shall not be necessary for the registrant to provide the secretary with originals
or copies of federal certificates, permits, ratings, or licenses. The
secretary shall issue certificates of registration, or such other evidences of
registration or payment of fees as he or she may deem proper; and in connection
therewith may prescribe requirements for the possession and exhibition of such
certificates or other evidences.
The
provisions of this section shall not apply to:
(1) An
aircraft owned by and used exclusively in the service of any government or any
political subdivision thereof, including the government of the United States,
any state, territory, or possession of the United States, or the District of
Columbia, which is not engaged in carrying persons or property for commercial
purposes;
(2) An
aircraft registered under the laws of a foreign country;
(3) An
aircraft which is owned by a nonresident and registered in another state:
PROVIDED, That if said aircraft shall remain in and/or be based in this state
for a period of ninety days or longer it shall not be exempt under this
section;
(4) An
aircraft engaged principally in commercial flying constituting an act of
interstate or foreign commerce;
(5) An
aircraft owned by the commercial manufacturer thereof while being operated for
test or experimental purposes, or for the purpose of training crews for
purchasers of the aircraft;
(6) An
aircraft being held for sale, exchange, delivery, test, or demonstration
purposes solely as stock in trade of an aircraft dealer licensed under Title 14
RCW;
(7) An
aircraft based within the state that is in an unairworthy condition, is not
operated within the registration period, and has obtained a written exemption
issued by the secretary.
The
secretary shall be notified within one week of any change in ownership of a
registered aircraft. The notification shall contain the N, NC, NR, NL, or NX
number of the aircraft, the full name and address of the former owner, and the
full name and address of the new owner. For failure to so notify the
secretary, the registration of that aircraft may be canceled by the secretary,
subject to reinstatement upon application and payment of a reinstatement fee of
ten dollars by the new owner.
Sec.
4. RCW
47.68.236 and 1991 sp.s. c 13 s 38 are each amended to read as follows:
There
is hereby created in the transportation fund of the state treasury an
account to be known as the aircraft search and rescue, safety, and education
account. All moneys received by the department under RCW 47.68.233 shall be
deposited in such account.
