BILL REQ. #:  H-4853.1 

READ FIRST TIME 02/08/06.   

     AN ACT Relating to a statewide off-road vehicle data base; and amending RCW 46.09.250 and 46.09.110.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.09.250 and 1986 c 206 s 11 are each amended to read as follows:
     The ((interagency)) committee ((for outdoor recreation)) shall maintain:
     (1) A statewide plan which shall be updated at least once every third biennium and shall be used by all participating agencies to guide distribution and expenditure of funds under this chapter; and
     (2) A statewide data base of ORV trails, ORV sports parks, and other ORV recreation areas open to the general public. The data base must be based on a geographic information system program and include all state and federal lands open for public ORV use. The data base must be available to the public over the committee's internet web site and a link to the data base must be created on web sites operated by all state agencies, other than colleges and universities, that manage recreational land of any nature. The committee shall fund the data base consistent with RCW 46.09.110.

Sec. 2   RCW 46.09.110 and 2004 c 105 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:
     The moneys collected by the department under this chapter shall be distributed from time to time but at least once a year in the following manner:
     (1) The department shall retain enough money to cover expenses incurred in the administration of this chapter((: PROVIDED, That such retention)). However, the money retained for administration shall never exceed eighteen percent of fees collected.
     (2) The remaining moneys shall be distributed by the committee for the ORV data base required by RCW 46.09.250 and for ORV recreation facilities ((by the interagency committee for outdoor recreation)) in accordance with RCW 46.09.170(2)(d)(ii)(A).