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                         SENATE BILL 5194

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senators Morton and Hochstatter

Read first time 01/15/2001.  Referred to Committee on Transportation.

Allowing farmers to use dyed fuel for limited on-road purposes.

    AN ACT Relating to the use of dyed special fuel by farmers; and amending RCW 82.38.065.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 82.38.065 and 1998 c 176 s 56 are each amended to read as follows:

    A person may not operate or maintain a motor vehicle on a public highway of this state with dyed special fuel in the fuel supply tank unless:  (1) The use is authorized by the internal revenue code and the person is the holder of an uncanceled dyed special fuel user license issued to him or her by the department; or (2) the use is by a farmer for limited on-road use for operations which are integral to farming and within fifty miles of the site of principal operations.  The special fuel tax set forth in RCW 82.38.030 is imposed on users of dyed special fuel authorized by the internal revenue code to operate on-highway motor vehicles using dyed special fuel, unless the use is exempt from the special fuel tax.

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