HB 2171 - DIGEST

(SEE ALSO PROPOSED 1ST SUB)

     Requires the interagency committee for outdoor recreation and the department to jointly contract with an independent entity to study the sources and make recommendations on the distribution and use of funds provided to off-road vehicle and nonhighway road recreational activities under RCW 46.09.170.

     Requires the study to analyze and determine the relative portion of the motor vehicle fuel tax revenues deposited to the general fund under RCW 46.09.170 that are attributable to vehicles operating off road or on nonhighway roads for recreational purposes as provided in RCW 46.09.170.

     Requires the interagency committee for outdoor recreation and the department to jointly review the analysis and submit a report to the appropriate standing committees of the legislature, including recommendations regarding amendments to RCW 46.09.170 to allocate revenues consistent with the relative proportion for the uses generating the revenues.  The report must be submitted no later than January 1, 2003.