SB 6455 - DIGEST
(SUBSTITUTED FOR - SEE 1ST SUB)

Declares that the legislature intends the barrel fee in the act to constitute a dedicated source of funds for operating and maintaining the state's highway and ferry system.

Increases certain licensing fees and modifies the disposition of those fees.

Imposes a fee on persons who refine petroleum products in the state.

Requires the department of transportation to establish a transit service mitigation grant program to provide grants to public transit agencies to preserve transit service.

Authorizes certain transportation benefit districts to impose up to forty dollars of the annual vehicle fee authorized in RCW 82.80.140.

Authorizes counties to impose a local surcharge on vehicles registered to persons residing within the county.

Imposes a five-dollar fee on the sale of each new tire sold that contains studs or is pinned for studs and exempts the sale from retail sales taxes.

Imposes a one hundred-dollar roadway impact fee on applications for an annual vehicle registration renewal for certain electric vehicles.

Creates the state transportation operations and maintenance account and the transit service mitigation account.

Provides a contingent expiration date and requires the department of licensing to provide written notice of the expiration date to certain parties.