CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2339

Chapter 512, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



VEHICLE REGISTRATION--STATE PARK DONATION



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the House April 20, 2009
  Yeas 56   Nays 42

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 24, 2009
  Yeas 32   Nays 16


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate		 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2339 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 15, 2009, 2:27 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
May 18, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2339
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Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By House Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Representatives Kessler, Seaquist, Roberts, Williams, Simpson, Nelson, Ormsby, Dunshee, Goodman, Pedersen, Cody, Hasegawa, Kirby, Maxwell, Upthegrove, Finn, Eddy, Hunt, Orwall, Rolfes, Morrell, Kenney, Clibborn, Morris, Green, Kagi, Chase, Sells, Wood, Flannigan, Ericks, McCoy, Campbell, Appleton, Pettigrew, White, Blake, Linville, Wallace, Conway, Carlyle, Miloscia, Takko, O'Brien, Hurst, and Van De Wege)

READ FIRST TIME 04/20/09.   



     AN ACT Relating to requiring the department of licensing to collect a donation to benefit the state parks system as part of motor vehicle registration unless a vehicle owner opts not to provide a donation; and amending RCW 46.16.076.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 46.16.076 and 2007 c 340 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1)(a) Except as otherwise provided in this section, the department shall ((provide an opportunity for)) collect from the owners of vehicles registered under RCW 46.16.0621 and vehicles licensed under RCW 46.16.070 with a declared gross weight of ten thousand pounds or less((, to make)) a voluntary donation of five dollars at the time of initial or renewal registration. The donation must be deposited in the state parks renewal and stewardship account established in RCW 79A.05.215 to be used for the operation and maintenance of state parks.
     (b) The donation required under this section may not be collected from any vehicle owner actively opting not to participate in the donation program. The department shall ensure that the opt-out donation under this section shall be clear, visible, and prominently displayed in both paper and online vehicle registration renewals. Notification of intent to not participate in the donation program must be provided annually at the time of vehicle registration renewal.
     (2) This section applies to registrations due or to become due on or after ((January 1, 2008)) September 1, 2009.


         Passed by the House April 20, 2009.
         Passed by the Senate April 24, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor May 15, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 18, 2009.