BILL REQ. #:  H-2764.1 

Read first time 01/15/14.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.

     AN ACT Relating to incentivizing the use of motorcycles to reduce greenhouse gases and wear on state roadways; amending RCW 46.17.365; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that the impact of mopeds, scooters, and motorcycles on roads and the environment is much less than that of a passenger car, sport utility vehicle, or truck. To achieve the greenhouse gas reduction goals of the state, there needs to be a reduction in emissions from vehicles on our roads. It is the intent of the legislature to incentivize the use of mopeds, scooters, and motorcycles as a means to reduce emissions and the wear and tear on the state's roadways by providing an incentive to use a friendly mode of transportation that will have less impact on the roadways and the environment.

Sec. 2   RCW 46.17.365 and 2010 c 161 s 533 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) A person applying for a motor vehicle registration and paying the vehicle license fee required in RCW 46.17.350(1) (a), (d), (e), (((h),)) (j), (n), and (o) shall pay a motor vehicle weight fee in addition to all other fees and taxes required by law. The motor vehicle weight fee:
     (a) Must be based on the motor vehicle scale weight;
     (b) Is the difference determined by subtracting the vehicle license fee required in RCW 46.17.350 from the license fee in Schedule B of RCW 46.17.355, plus two dollars; and
     (c) Must be distributed under RCW 46.68.415.
     (2) A person applying for a motor home vehicle registration shall, in lieu of the motor vehicle weight fee required in subsection (1) of this section, pay a motor home vehicle weight fee of seventy-five dollars in addition to all other fees and taxes required by law. The motor home vehicle weight fee must be distributed under RCW 46.68.415.
     (3) The department shall:
     (a) Rely on motor vehicle empty scale weights provided by vehicle manufacturers, or other sources defined by the department, to determine the weight of each motor vehicle; and
     (b) Adopt rules for determining weight for vehicles without manufacturer empty scale weights.