BILL REQ. #:  S-0980.4 

Read first time 02/17/2003.   Referred to Committee on Highways & Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to an additional fee on passenger vehicles exceeding six thousand pounds in weight; 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:

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 46.16 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) An additional fee of one hundred dollars shall be paid and collected upon car tab renewal on each passenger car that exceeds six thousand pounds unladen gross vehicle weight if the passenger car is also subject to the registration fee under RCW 46.16.0621.
     (2) The department of licensing shall administer and collect the fee at the same time and in the same manner as registration fees under RCW 46.16.0621.
     (3) Revenue from the fee shall be deposited into the multimodal transportation account in RCW 47.66.070.
     (4) The following vehicles are not subject to the fee under this section:
     (a) Trucks subject to the gross weight fee under RCW 46.16.070 in lieu of the registration fee under RCW 46.16.0621; and
     (b) Motor homes.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect January 1, 2004.