BILL REQ. #:  H-0935.1 



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HOUSE BILL 1452
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State of Washington58th Legislature2003 Regular Session

By Representatives Rockefeller, Nixon, Haigh, Morris, Jarrett, Campbell and McDermott

Read first time 01/27/2003.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.



     AN ACT Relating to small trailer fees; amending RCW 46.16.0621; adding a new section to chapter 46.16 RCW; and providing an effective date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.16.0621 and 2002 c 352 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) License tab fees shall be thirty dollars per year for all vehicles.
     (2) For the purposes of this section, "license tab fees" are defined as the general fees paid annually for licensing motor vehicles and trailers as defined in RCW 46.04.620 and 46.04.623. Trailers licensed under RCW 46.16.068 or 46.16.085 or as provided for in section 2 of this act and campers licensed under RCW 46.16.505 are not required to pay license tab fees under this section.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 46.16 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) In lieu of the fees provided in RCW 46.16.0621, trailers of less than one thousand five hundred pounds gross weight and used for noncommercial, personal use on the public highways, may be licensed upon the payment of a license fee according to the following weight schedule:

Under 200 poundsno fee 
200 - 499 pounds$5.00 
500 - 999 pounds$10.00 
1000 - 1499 pounds$20.00 

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   This act takes effect September 1, 2003.

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