HOUSE BILL REPORT

SB 6185

As Reported by House Committee On:

Transportation

Title: An act relating to the disposition of title fees.

Brief Description: Modifying the disposition of title fees.

Sponsors: Senators Horn and Haugen.

Brief History:

Committee Activity:

Transportation: 2/23/04, 3/1/04 [DP].

HOUSE COMMITTEE ON TRANSPORTATION

Majority Report: Do pass. Signed by 27 members: Representatives Murray, Chair; Rockefeller, Vice Chair; G. Simpson, Vice Chair; Ericksen, Ranking Minority Member; Jarrett, Assistant Ranking Minority Member; Armstrong, Bailey, Campbell, Clibborn, Cooper, Dickerson, Flannigan, Hankins, Hatfield, Hudgins, Kristiansen, Lovick, Mielke, Morris, Nixon, Rodne, Romero, Schindler, Shabro, Wallace, Wood and Woods.

Staff: Jerry Long (786-7306).

Background:

During the 2003 session, SB 6072 was passed which, transferred some vehicle title fees to accounts funding three activities:

(1) retrofitting school buses with exhaust emission control devices;

(2) locating a tug boat at the entrance of the Straight of Juan de Fuca whose primary mission       is to arrest the drift of disabled vessels in order to prevent a spill; and

(3) to prove funding to the nickel account.

After the 2003 session, it was found that the language in SB 6072 did not transfer the funds to the appropriate accounts that were intended in the bill, thus not providing the funding necessary to provide the services the bill intended.

Summary of Bill:

Corrections are made to the disposition of title fee revenue to meet the intentions and the appropriations made in SB 6072.

Appropriation: None.

Fiscal Note: Available.

Effective Date: The bill takes effect on July 1, 2004.

Testimony For: None.

Testimony Against: None.

Persons Testifying: None.

Persons Signed In To Testify But Not Testifying: None.