ESSB 6839 -
By Representative Murray
ADOPTED 03/02/2006
On page 17, after line 5, insert the following:
"Sec. 12 RCW 46.68.080 and 1961 c 12 s 46.68.080 are each amended
to read as follows:
((All)) (1) Motor vehicle license fees ((and all motor vehicle))
collected under RCW 46.16.0621 and 46.16.070 and fuel taxes collected
under RCW 82.36.025(1) and 82.38.030(1) and directly or indirectly paid
by the residents of those counties composed entirely of islands and
which have neither a fixed physical connection with the mainland nor
any state highways on any of the islands of which they are composed,
shall be paid into the motor vehicle fund of the state of Washington
and shall monthly, as they accrue, and after deducting therefrom the
expenses of issuing such licenses and the cost of collecting such
((motor)) vehicle fuel tax, be paid to the county treasurer of each
such county to be by him disbursed as hereinafter provided.
(2) One-half of ((all)) the motor vehicle license fees ((and motor
vehicle)) collected under RCW 46.16.0621 and 46.16.070 and one-half of
the fuel taxes collected under RCW 82.36.025(1) and 82.38.030(1) and
directly or indirectly paid by the residents of those counties composed
entirely of islands and which have either a fixed physical connection
with the mainland or state highways on any of the islands of which they
are composed, shall be paid into the motor vehicle fund of the state of
Washington and shall monthly, as they accrue, and after deducting
therefrom the expenses of issuing such licenses and the cost of
collecting such motor vehicle fuel tax, be paid to the county treasurer
of each such county to be by him disbursed as hereinafter provided.
(3) All funds paid to the county treasurer of the counties of
either class ((above)) referred to ((as in this section provided)) in
subsections (1) and (2) of this section, shall be by such county
treasurer distributed and credited to the several road districts of
each such county and paid to the city treasurer of each incorporated
city and town within each such county, in the direct proportion that
the assessed valuation of each such road district and incorporated city
and town shall bear to the total assessed valuation of each such
county.
(4) The amount of motor vehicle fuel tax paid by the residents of
those counties composed entirely of islands shall, for the purposes of
this section, be that percentage of the total amount of motor vehicle
fuel tax collected in the state that the motor vehicle license fees
paid by the residents of counties composed entirely of islands bears to
the total motor vehicle license fees paid by the residents of the
state.
(5)(a) An amount of fuel taxes shall be deposited into the Puget
Sound ferry operations account. This amount shall equal the difference
between the total amount of fuel taxes collected in the state under RCW
82.36.020 and 82.38.030 less the total amount of fuel taxes collected
in the state under RCW 82.36.020(1) and 82.38.030(1) and be multiplied
by a fraction. The fraction shall equal the amount of motor vehicle
license fees collected under RCW 46.16.0621 and 46.16.070 from counties
described in subsection (1) of this section divided by the total amount
of motor vehicle license fees collected in the state under RCW
46.16.0621 and 46.16.070.
(b) An additional amount of fuel taxes shall be deposited into the
Puget Sound ferry operations account. This amount shall equal the
difference between the total amount of fuel taxes collected in the
state under RCW 82.36.020 and 82.38.030 less the total amount of fuel
taxes collected in the state under RCW 82.36.020(1) and 82.38.030(1)
and be multiplied by a fraction. The fraction shall equal the amount
of motor vehicle license fees collected under RCW 46.16.0621 and
46.16.070 from counties described in subsection (2) of this section
divided by the total amount of motor vehicle license fees collected in
the state under RCW 46.16.0621 and 46.16.070, and this shall be
multiplied by one-half."
Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct the title.
EFFECT: Continues the vehicle license fee refunds that are distributed to the motor vehicle account to San Juan County and Island County. Caps the fuel tax refunds to San Juan County and Island County using twenty-three cents per gallon for the fuel tax refund calculations. The difference between the state vehicle fuel tax rate for motor vehicle and special fuels for San Juan County and one-half of the state vehicle fuel tax rate for motor vehicle and special fuels for Island County as compared to their respective cents per gallon refund amounts must be deposited into the Puget Sound Ferry Operations Account.