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                          HOUSE BILL 2801

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

By Representatives Chandler, Mastin, Robertson, Clements, Sump and McMorris

Read first time 01/20/98.  Referred to Committee on Appropriations.

Diverting certain excess motor vehicle excise tax revenues from the violence reduction and drug enforcement account.

    AN ACT Relating to disposition of motor vehicle excise tax revenues; and amending RCW 82.44.110.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 82.44.110 and 1997 c 338 s 68 are each amended to read as follows:

    The county auditor shall regularly, when remitting license fee receipts, pay over and account to the director of licensing for the excise taxes collected under the provisions of this chapter.  The director shall forthwith transmit the excise taxes to the state treasurer.

    (1) The state treasurer shall deposit the excise taxes collected under RCW 82.44.020(1) as follows:

    (a) 1.60 percent into the motor vehicle fund to defray administrative and other expenses incurred by the department in the collection of the excise tax.

    (b) 8.15 percent into the Puget Sound capital construction account in the motor vehicle fund.

    (c) 4.07 percent into the Puget Sound ferry operations account in the motor vehicle fund.

    (d) 5.88 percent into the general fund to be distributed under RCW 82.44.155.

    (e) 4.75 percent into the municipal sales and use tax equalization account in the general fund created in RCW 82.14.210.

    (f) 1.60 percent into the county sales and use tax equalization account in the general fund created in RCW 82.14.200.

    (g) 62.6440 percent into the general fund through June 30, 1995, and 57.6440 percent into the general fund beginning July 1, 1995.

    (h) 5 percent into the transportation fund created in RCW 82.44.180 beginning July 1, 1995.

    (I) 5.9686 percent into the county criminal justice assistance account created in RCW 82.14.310.

    (j) 1.1937 percent into the municipal criminal justice assistance account for distribution under RCW 82.14.320.

    (k) 1.1937 percent into the municipal criminal justice assistance account for distribution under RCW 82.14.330.

    (l) 2.95 percent into the county public health account created in RCW 70.05.125.

    Notwithstanding (i) through (k) of this subsection, no more than sixty million dollars shall be deposited into the accounts specified in (i) through (k) of this subsection for the period January 1, 1994, through June 30, 1995.  Not more than five percent of the funds deposited to these accounts shall be available for appropriations for enhancements to the state patrol crime laboratory system and the continuing costs related to these enhancements.  Motor vehicle excise tax funds appropriated for such enhancements shall not supplant existing funds from the state general fund.  ((For the fiscal year ending June 30, 1998, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the amounts deposited into the accounts specified in (i) through (k) of this subsection shall not increase by more than the amounts deposited into those accounts in the previous fiscal year increased by the implicit price deflator for the previous fiscal year.  Any revenues in excess of this amount shall be deposited into the violence reduction and drug enforcement account.))

    (2) The state treasurer shall deposit the excise taxes collected under RCW 82.44.020(2) into the transportation fund.

    (3) The state treasurer shall deposit the excise tax imposed by RCW 82.44.020(3) into the air pollution control account created by RCW 70.94.015.

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