6566.E AMH NR H5253.1

ESB 6566 - H COMM AMD

By Committee on Natural Resources

    Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

    "Sec. 1.  RCW 46.10.040 and 1986 c 16 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    Application for registration shall be made to the department in ((such)) the manner and upon ((such)) forms ((as)) the department ((shall)) prescribes, and shall state the name and address of each owner of the snowmobile to be registered, and shall be signed by at least one such owner, and shall be accompanied by an annual registration fee to be established by the commission, after consultation with the committee((, at no more than fifteen dollars)) and any state-wide snowmobile user groups.  ((However,)) The fee shall be ((ten)) fifteen dollars pending action by the commission to increase the fee.  ((Any increase in the fee shall not exceed two dollars and fifty cents annually, up to the registration fee limit of fifteen dollars)) The commission shall increase the fee by two dollars and fifty cents effective September 30, 1996, and the commission shall increase the fee by another two dollars and fifty cents effective September 30, 1997.  After the fee increase effective September 30, 1997, the commission shall not increase the fee more often than every two years, and then only after consultation with the committee and any state-wide snowmobile user groups.  Upon receipt of the application and the application fee, ((such)) the snowmobile shall be registered and a registration number assigned, which shall be affixed to the snowmobile in a manner provided in RCW 46.10.070.

    The registration provided in this section shall be valid for a period of one year.  At the end of ((such)) the period of registration, every owner of a snowmobile in this state shall renew his or her registration in ((such)) the manner ((as)) the department ((shall)) prescribes, for an additional period of one year, upon payment of the annual registration fee as determined by the commission.

    Any person acquiring a snowmobile already validly registered under the provisions of this chapter must, within ten days of the acquisition or purchase of ((such)) the snowmobile, make application to the department for transfer of ((such)) the registration, and ((such)) the application shall be accompanied by a transfer fee of one dollar.

    A snowmobile owned by a resident of another state or Canadian province where registration is not required by law may be issued a nonresident registration permit valid for not more than sixty days.  Application for ((such a)) the permit shall state the name and address of each owner of the snowmobile to be registered and shall be signed by at least one ((such)) owner and shall be accompanied by a registration fee of five dollars.  The registration permit shall be carried on the vehicle at all times during its operation in this state.

    The registration fees provided in this section shall be in lieu of any personal property or excise tax heretofore imposed on snowmobiles by this state or any political subdivision thereof, and no city, county, or other municipality, and no state agency shall hereafter impose any other registration or license fee on any snowmobile in this state.

    The department shall make available a pair of uniform decals consistent with the provisions of RCW 46.10.070.  In addition to the registration fee provided ((herein)) in this section the department shall charge each applicant for registration the actual cost of ((said)) the decal.  The department shall make available replacement decals for a fee equivalent to the actual cost of the decals."

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