BILL REQ. #:  S-3536.1 

Read first time 01/09/2006.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to vehicle inspections conducted by the Washington state patrol; amending RCW 46.68.020; and adding a new section to chapter 46.68 RCW.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.68.020 and 2004 c 200 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
     The director shall forward all fees for certificates of ownership or other moneys accruing under the provisions of chapter 46.12 RCW to the state treasurer, together with a proper identifying detailed report. The state treasurer shall credit such moneys as follows:
     (1) The fees collected under RCW 46.12.040(1) and 46.12.101(6) shall be credited to the multimodal transportation account in RCW 47.66.070.
     (2)(a) Beginning July 27, 2003, and until July 1, 2008, the fees collected under RCW 46.12.080, 46.12.101(3), 46.12.170, and 46.12.181 shall be credited as follows:
     (i) 58.12 percent shall be credited to a segregated subaccount of the air pollution control account in RCW 70.94.015;
     (ii) 16.60 percent shall be credited to the vessel response account created in RCW 90.56.335; and
     (iii) The remainder shall be credited into the transportation 2003 account (nickel account).
     (b) Beginning July 1, 2008, and thereafter, the fees collected under RCW 46.12.080, 46.12.101(3), 46.12.170, and 46.12.181 shall be credited to the transportation 2003 account (nickel account).
     (3) The fees collected under RCW ((46.12.040(3) and)) 46.12.060 shall be credited to the motor vehicle account.
     (4) The fees collected under RCW 46.12.040(3) shall be credited to the vehicle inspection account created in section 2 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 46.68 RCW to read as follows:
     The vehicle inspection account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from RCW 46.12.040(3) must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for vehicle inspections conducted by the Washington state patrol. Only the chief of the Washington state patrol or the chief's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.