HB 1796-S3.E - DIGEST

(AS OF HOUSE 2ND READING 2/27/04)

Requires that, at the time the vehicle license plate fee imposed under RCW 46.16.237 is charged, the registered owner shall pay and the department shall collect an additional fee of one dollar for each license plate issued.

Directs the department to transmit the fee imposed in this act to the state treasurer together with a detailed report for deposit in the motor vehicle fund. The state treasurer shall transfer the fees imposed in this section at least once each quarter to the public safety and education account, and the amount so deposited may be used only for reducing the cost of traffic safety education courses under chapter 28A.220 RCW for students qualified to receive school lunches on a reduced-cost or free basis.

Provides that each school district that does not offer an approved standard traffic safety education course shall offer scholarships for students qualified to receive school lunches on a reduced-cost or free basis who enroll in a traffic safety education course at any drivers' school licensed under chapter 46.82 RCW.