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                                                   SENATE BILL NO. 5138

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By Senators Nelson and Bender

Read first time 1/16/89 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to vehicle inspection fees when a physical examination is required; amending RCW 46.12.040; and making an appropriation.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 46.12.040, chapter 12, Laws of 1961 as last amended by section 1, chapter 138, Laws of 1975 1st ex. sess. and RCW 46.12.040 are each amended to read as follows:

          The application accompanied by a draft, money order, or certified bank check for one dollar, together with the last preceding certificates or other satisfactory evidence of ownership, shall be forwarded to the director.

          The fee shall be in addition to any other fee for the license registration of the vehicle.  The certificate of ownership shall not be required to be renewed annually, or at any other time, except as by law provided.

          In addition to the application fee and any other fee for the license registration of a vehicle, there shall be collected from the applicant an inspection fee ((of ten dollars)) whenever a physical examination of the vehicle is required as a part of the vehicle licensing or titling process.

          ((These fees shall be certified to the state treasurer and deposited to the credit of))  For vehicles previously registered in any other state or country, the inspection fee shall be ten dollars and shall be deposited in the motor vehicle fund.  For all other vehicles requiring a physical examination, the inspection fee shall be twenty dollars and shall be deposited in the motor vehicle fund.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     The sum of five hundred thousand dollars, or as much thereof as may be necessary, is appropriated for the biennium ending June 30, 1991, from the motor vehicle fund to the state patrol for the purposes of physical examination of vehicles under RCW 46.12.030 and 46.12.040.