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HOUSE BILL 1137
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State of Washington 56th Legislature 1999 Regular Session
By Representatives Delvin, Schoesler, Crouse, Pennington, Mielke, Bush, Carlson, Lantz, D. Schmidt and McDonald
Read first time 01/15/1999. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to monthly licensing of motor homes; amending RCW 82.44.060; and adding a new section to chapter 46.16 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 46.16 RCW to read as follows:
A motor home may be licensed for less than a full registration year by payment of the full annual license fees under this chapter and payment of the motor vehicle excise tax for one or more registration months under RCW 82.44.060.
Operation of a vehicle licensed under this section by a person upon the public highways after the expiration of the monthly license is a traffic infraction, and in addition the person shall pay the full motor vehicle excise tax for the vehicle involved covering an entire registration year's operation, less the tax for any registration month or months of the registration year already paid.
Sec. 2. RCW 82.44.060 and 1990 c 42 s 304 are each amended to read as follows:
The excise tax hereby imposed shall be due and payable to the department or its agents at the time of registration of a motor vehicle. Whenever an application is made to the department or its agents for a license for a motor vehicle there shall be collected, in addition to the amount of the license fee or renewal license fee, the amount of the excise tax imposed by this chapter, and no dealer's license or license plates, and no license or license plates for a motor vehicle shall be issued unless such tax is paid in full. Except as provided in this section, the excise tax hereby imposed shall be collected for each registration year. The excise tax upon a motor vehicle licensed for the first time in this state shall be levied for one full registration year commencing on the date of the calendar year designated by the department and ending on the same date of the next succeeding calendar year. For vehicles registered under chapter 46.87 RCW, proportional registration, and for vehicle dealer plates issued under chapter 46.70 RCW, the registration year is the period provided in those chapters: PROVIDED, That the tax shall in no case be less than two dollars except for proportionally registered vehicles.
The excise tax for a motor home, as defined in RCW 46.04.305, may be paid for any full registration month or months at one-twelfth of the usual annual tax plus two dollars, this sum to be multiplied by the number of full months for which the tax is paid if for less than a full year. The department shall collect an additional fee of two dollars each time a partial year excise tax is paid.
A motor vehicle shall be deemed licensed for the first time in this state when such vehicle was not previously licensed by this state for the registration year immediately preceding the registration year in which the application for license is made or when the vehicle has been registered in another jurisdiction subsequent to any prior registration in this state.
No additional tax shall be imposed under this chapter upon any vehicle upon the transfer of ownership thereof if the tax imposed with respect to such vehicle has already been paid for the registration year or fraction of a registration year in which transfer of ownership occurs.
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