CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6322

 

 

                   Chapter 237, Laws of 1996

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

 

 

       RECREATIONAL VEHICLE SANITARY DISPOSAL FACILITIES

 

 

EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/6/96 - Except section 1 which becomes effective with motor vehicle fees due or to become due on 9/1/96.

Passed by the Senate March 4, 1996

  YEAS 45   NAYS 0

 

 

 

            JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House February 28, 1996

  YEAS 94   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6322 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

             MARTY BROWN

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved March 28, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                FILED          

 

 

           March 28, 1996 - 5:12 p.m.

 

 

 

              MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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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 Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senator Owen)

 

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.


    Passed the Senate March 4, 1996.

    Passed the House February 28, 1996.

Approved by the Governor March 28, 1996.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 28, 1996.