SENATE BILL REPORT

HB 2483

As Reported By Senate Committee On:

Highways & Transportation, March 1, 2004

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

Brief Description: Modifying the disposition of title fees.

Sponsors: Representatives Murray and McIntire.

Brief History:

Committee Activity: Highways & Transportation: 2/25/04, 3/1/04 [DP].

SENATE COMMITTEE ON HIGHWAYS & TRANSPORTATION

Majority Report: Do pass.

      Signed by Senators Horn, Chair; Benton, Vice Chair; Swecker, Vice Chair; Esser, Haugen, Jacobsen, Kastama, Mulliken, Murray, Oke, Poulsen and Spanel.

Staff: Dean Carlson (786-7305)

Background: SB 6072, which passed during the 2003 session, 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 provide 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 that 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.

Testified: No one.