Requires the department of ecology, in collaboration with the department of commerce and in concert with municipal partners around the state, to establish an ongoing vehicle maintenance improvement program with the goals of: (1) Improving vehicle owners' awareness of the importance of proper and regular vehicle maintenance;

(2) Motivating vehicle owners to conduct routine and proper vehicle maintenance; and

(3) Yielding outcomes that provide improvements to the environment, reliability of vehicle travel, and personal economy.

Makes an appropriation from the motor vehicle account to the department of ecology for the vehicle maintenance improvement program.

Creates the vehicle maintenance improvement account.