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                          HOUSE BILL 1151

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Hankins, Murray, Ogden, Mitchell, Cairnes, Mielke, Radcliff, Robertson, Sterk and K. Schmidt

 

Read first time 01/15/97.  Referred to Committee on Transportation Policy & Budget.

 

Imposing a fee on replacement tires.



    AN ACT Relating to a fee on the sale of replacement tires; and adding a new section to chapter 46.37 RCW.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 46.37 RCW to read as follows:

    A fee is levied of one dollar per tire on the retail sale of new replacement vehicle tires for vehicles with a licensed gross weight of ten thousand pounds or less and two dollars per tire for vehicles with a licensed gross weight over ten thousand pounds.  The buyer shall pay the fee imposed in this section to the seller, and each seller shall collect from the buyer the full amount of the fee.  The fee collected from the buyer by the seller shall be paid to the state treasurer and deposited in the motor vehicle fund.

    For the purposes of this section, "new replacement vehicle tires" means tires that are newly manufactured for vehicle purposes and does not include retreaded vehicle tires.

 


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