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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6140
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State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senators Winsley, Schow, Haugen, Drew and Thibaudeau)
Read first time 02/06/96.
AN ACT Relating to special license plates; amending RCW 46.16.313; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.16.313 and 1995 3rd sp.s. c 1 s 103 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) If the
requesting party chooses not to set an additional fee as provided in subsection
(3) of this section, the department may establish a fee for each type of
special license plates issued under RCW 46.16.301(((1) (a), (b), or (c)))
in an amount calculated to offset the cost of production of the special license
plates and the administration of this program. The fee shall not exceed
thirty-five dollars and is in addition to all other fees required to register
and license the vehicle for which the plates have been requested. All such
additional special license plate fees collected by the department shall be
deposited in the state treasury and credited to the motor vehicle fund.
(2) ((In addition to
all fees and taxes required to be paid upon application, registration, and
renewal registration of a motor vehicle, the holder of a collegiate license
plate shall pay a fee of thirty dollars. The department shall deduct an amount
not to exceed two dollars of each fee collected under this subsection for
administration and collection expenses incurred by it. The remaining proceeds,
minus the cost of plate production, shall be remitted to the custody of the
state treasurer with a proper identifying detailed report. The state treasurer
shall credit the funds to the appropriate collegiate license plate fund as
provided in RCW 28B.10.890.
(3) In addition to
all fees and taxes required to be paid upon application, registration, and renewal
registration of a motor vehicle, the holder of a special baseball stadium
license plate shall pay a fee of thirty dollars. The department shall deduct
an amount not to exceed two dollars of each fee collected under this subsection
for administration and collection expenses incurred by it. The remaining
proceeds, minus the cost of plate production, shall be distributed to a county
for the purpose of paying the principal and interest payments on bonds issued
by the county to construct a baseball stadium, as defined in RCW 82.14.0485,
including reasonably necessary preconstruction costs, while the taxes are being
collected under RCW 82.14.360. After this date, the state treasurer shall
credit the funds to the state general fund.)) The department shall estimate its costs, both direct and
indirect, to create, design, and procure the first minimum order for materials
and production of special license plates authorized under RCW 46.16.301. The
requesting party shall pay the department the estimated costs associated with
the first minimum order and maintenance of a minimum inventory for additional
sales upon the department authorizing the special license plate series.
Payments from the requesting parties shall be deposited in a dedicated special
license plate account within the motor vehicle fund. Payments deposited in the
dedicated special license plate account are earmarked for production of the
requested license plate series and are to be returned to the department's
current biennium operating budget. The department shall develop a form to
facilitate the presale of special license plates by requesting parties.
(3) The department may collect, in addition to all fees and taxes required to be paid upon application, registration, and renewal registration of a motor vehicle, an additional fee from the holder of a special license plate. The additional fee will be set by the party requesting issuance of the special license plate series. If the requesting party chooses not to set an additional fee, the fee authorized in subsection (1) of this section applies. The state treasurer, upon request of the department, may create accounts for deposit of the additional fees. The department shall remit the additional fees to the state treasurer with a proper identifying report. The state treasurer shall credit the funds to the appropriate account and remit the proceeds to the requesting party on a quarterly basis. No appropriations are required for expenditures from the accounts created under this subsection.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act takes effect January 1, 1997, but the department of licensing and the state treasurer shall take all steps necessary before that date in order that this act may be fully implemented upon that date.
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