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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 3347

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Transportation (originally sponsored by Senator Williams)

Read first time 3/8/85.

AN ACT Relating to exemptions from motor vehicle license fees; and amending RCW 46.16.020.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 46.16.020, chapter 12, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 5, chapter 169, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. and RCW 46.16.020 are each amended to read as follows:

          Any vehicle owned, rented, or leased by the state of Washington, or by any county, city, town, school district, or other political subdivision of the state of Washington and used exclusively by them, and all vehicles owned or leased with an option to purchase by the United States government, ((or)) by the governing body of an Indian tribe recognized as a government entity by the United States government, by the government of foreign countries, or by international bodies to which the United States government is a signatory by treaty, and used exclusively in its or their service shall be exempt from the payment of license fees for the licensing thereof as in this chapter provided:  PROVIDED, HOWEVER, That such vehicles, except those owned and used exclusively by the United States government and which are identified by clearly exhibited registration numbers or license plates assigned by an instrumentality of that government, shall be registered as prescribed for the license registration of other vehicles and shall display the vehicle license number plates assigned to it.  The department shall assign a plate or plates to each vehicle or may assign a block of plates to an agency or political subdivision for further assignment by the agency or political subdivision to individual vehicles registered to it pursuant to this section.  The agency ((or)), political subdivision, or Indian tribe, except a foreign government or international body, shall pay a fee of two dollars for the plate or plates for each vehicle:  PROVIDED, FURTHER, That no vehicle license or license number plates shall be issued to any such vehicle under the provisions of this section for the transportation of school children unless and until such vehicle shall have been first personally inspected by the director or his duly authorized representative.  License plates assigned to the vehicle of an Indian tribal government shall contain the name of the tribal government to which the vehicle belongs.