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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6322
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996
Regular Session
By
Read first time 01/25/96.
Adjusting fees used for recreational
vehicle sanitary facilities.
AN ACT Relating to
recreational vehicle sanitary disposal facilities; amending RCW 46.16.063,
46.68.170, and 47.38.050; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.16.063 and 1980 c
60 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
In
addition to other fees for the licensing of vehicles there shall be paid and
collected annually for each camper, travel trailer, and motor home as
the same are defined in RCW 82.50.010 a fee of ((one)) three
dollars to be deposited in the RV account of the motor vehicle fund. Under
RCW 43.135.055, the department of transportation may increase RV account fees
by a percentage that exceeds the fiscal growth factor. After consultation with
citizen representatives of the recreational vehicle user community, the
department of transportation may implement RV account fee adjustments no more
than once every four years. RV account fee adjustments must be preceded by
evaluation of the following factors: Maintenance of a self-supporting program,
levels of service at existing RV sanitary disposal facilities, identified needs
for improved RV service at safety rest areas state-wide, sewage treatment
costs, and inflation. If the department chooses to adjust the RV account fee,
it shall notify the department of licensing six months before implementation of
the fee increase. Adjustments in the RV account fee must be in increments of
no more than fifty cents per biennium.
Sec. 2. RCW 46.68.170 and 1980 c
60 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
There is hereby created
in the motor vehicle fund the RV account. All moneys hereafter deposited in
said account shall be used by the department of transportation for the
construction ((and)), maintenance, and operation of
recreational vehicle sanitary disposal systems at safety rest areas ((on
federal-aid highways)) in accordance with the department's highway
system plan as prescribed in chapter 47.06 RCW.
Sec. 3. RCW 47.38.050 and 1980 c
60 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
The department of
transportation shall construct and maintain recreational vehicle sanitary
disposal systems in the following safety rest areas lying along highways
which are a part of the interstate highway system:
(1) Gee Creek safety
rest area, northbound and southbound on Interstate 5 in Clark county;
(2) Sea-Tac safety
rest area, northbound on Interstate 5 in King county;
(3) Silver Lake safety
rest area, southbound on Interstate 5 in Snohomish county;
(4) Winchester Wasteway
safety rest area, eastbound and westbound on Interstate 90 in Grant
county;
(5) Sprague safety
rest area, eastbound on Interstate 90 in Lincoln county; ((and))
(6) Selah Creek safety
rest area, northbound and southbound on Interstate 82 in Yakima county;
(7) Indian John Hill
safety rest area, eastbound and westbound on Interstate 90 in Kittitas county;
(8) Smokey Point
safety rest area, northbound and southbound on Interstate 5 in Snohomish
county;
(9) Schrag safety
rest area, westbound on Interstate 90 in Adams county.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
4. Section 1 of this act
takes effect with motor vehicle fees due or to become due September 1, 1996.
