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ENGROSSED SENATE BILL 6566
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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 01/18/96. Referred to Committee
on Ecology & Parks.
Increasing the annual snowmobile
registration fee.
AN ACT Relating to
snowmobile registration fees; and amending RCW 46.10.040.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 46.10.040 and 1986 c
16 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
Application for
registration shall be made to the department in ((such)) the
manner and upon ((such)) forms ((as)) the department ((shall))
prescribes, and shall state the name and address of each owner of the
snowmobile to be registered, and shall be signed by at least one such owner,
and shall be accompanied by an annual registration fee to be established by the
commission, after consultation with the committee((, at no more than fifteen
dollars)) and any state-wide snowmobile user groups. ((However,))
The fee shall be ((ten)) fifteen dollars pending action by
the commission to increase the fee. ((Any increase in the fee shall not
exceed two dollars and fifty cents annually, up to the registration fee limit
of fifteen dollars)) The commission shall increase the fee by two
dollars and fifty cents effective September 30, 1996, and the commission shall
increase the fee by another two dollars and fifty cents effective September 30,
1997. After the fee increase effective September 30, 1997, the commission
shall not increase the fee. Upon receipt of the application and the
application fee, ((such)) the snowmobile shall be registered and
a registration number assigned, which shall be affixed to the snowmobile in a
manner provided in RCW 46.10.070.
The registration
provided in this section shall be valid for a period of one year. At the end
of ((such)) the period of registration, every owner of a
snowmobile in this state shall renew his or her registration in ((such))
the manner ((as)) the department ((shall)) prescribes,
for an additional period of one year, upon payment of the annual registration
fee as determined by the commission.
Any person acquiring a
snowmobile already validly registered under the provisions of this chapter
must, within ten days of the acquisition or purchase of ((such)) the
snowmobile, make application to the department for transfer of ((such)) the
registration, and ((such)) the application shall be accompanied
by a transfer fee of one dollar.
A snowmobile owned by a
resident of another state or Canadian province where registration is not
required by law may be issued a nonresident registration permit valid for not
more than sixty days. Application for ((such a)) the permit
shall state the name and address of each owner of the snowmobile to be
registered and shall be signed by at least one ((such)) owner and shall
be accompanied by a registration fee of five dollars. The registration permit
shall be carried on the vehicle at all times during its operation in this
state.
The registration fees
provided in this section shall be in lieu of any personal property or excise
tax heretofore imposed on snowmobiles by this state or any political subdivision
thereof, and no city, county, or other municipality, and no state agency shall
hereafter impose any other registration or license fee on any snowmobile in
this state.
The
department shall make available a pair of uniform decals consistent with the provisions
of RCW 46.10.070. In addition to the registration fee provided ((herein))
in this section the department shall charge each applicant for
registration the actual cost of ((said)) the decal. The
department shall make available replacement decals for a fee equivalent to the
actual cost of the decals.
