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SENATE BILL 6534
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State of Washington 57th Legislature 2002 Regular Session
By Senators Haugen, Horn, McAuliffe, Winsley, Hale, Rasmussen and Kohl‑Welles
Read first time 01/21/2002. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to creating a law enforcement memorial; amending RCW 46.16.313; 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:
The law enforcement memorial account is created in the custody of the state treasurer. All receipts from the sale of special license plates for the law enforcement memorial, less the administration and collection costs incurred by the department of licensing under RCW 46.16.313 (6) and (7), must be deposited into the account. Expenditures from the account may be used only for building and maintaining a law enforcement memorial on the capitol campus. Only the director of general administration or the director's designee may authorize expenditures from the account. The account is subject to allotment procedures under chapter 43.88 RCW, but an appropriation is not required for expenditures.
Sec. 2. RCW 46.16.313 and 1997 c 291 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) The department may
establish a fee for each type of special license plates issued under RCW
46.16.301(1) (a), (b), or (c), as existing before amendment by section 5,
chapter 291, Laws of 1997, in an amount calculated to offset the cost of
production of the special license plates and the administration of this
program. ((Until December 31, 1997, the fee shall not exceed thirty-five
dollars, but)) Effective with vehicle registrations due or to become
due on January 1, 1998, the department may adjust the fee to no more than forty
dollars. This fee is in addition to all other fees required to register and
license the vehicle for which the plates have been requested. All such
additional special license plate fees collected by the department shall be
deposited in the state treasury and credited to the motor vehicle fund.
(2) ((Until December
31, 1997, in addition to all fees and taxes required to be paid upon application,
registration, and renewal registration of a motor vehicle, the holder of a
collegiate license plate shall pay a fee of thirty dollars. The department
shall deduct an amount not to exceed two dollars of each fee collected under
this subsection for administration and collection expenses incurred by it. The
remaining proceeds, minus the cost of plate production, shall be remitted to
the custody of the state treasurer with a proper identifying detailed report.
The state treasurer shall credit the funds to the appropriate collegiate
license plate fund as provided in RCW 28B.10.890.
(3) Effective with
vehicle registrations due or to become due on January 1, 1998,)) In addition to all fees and taxes
required to be paid upon application and registration of a motor vehicle, the
holder of a collegiate license plate shall pay an initial fee of forty
dollars. The department shall deduct an amount not to exceed twelve dollars of
each fee collected under this subsection for administration and collection
expenses incurred by it. The remaining proceeds shall be remitted to the
custody of the state treasurer with a proper identifying detailed report. The
state treasurer shall credit the funds to the appropriate collegiate license
plate fund as provided in RCW 28B.10.890.
(((4) Effective with
annual renewals due or to become due on January 1, 1999,)) (3) In
addition to all fees and taxes required to be paid upon renewal of a motor
vehicle registration, the holder of a collegiate license plate shall pay a fee
of thirty dollars. The department shall deduct an amount not to exceed two
dollars of each fee collected under this subsection for administration and
collection expenses incurred by it. The remaining proceeds shall be remitted
to the custody of the state treasurer with a proper identifying detailed
report. The state treasurer shall credit the funds to the appropriate
collegiate license plate fund as provided in RCW 28B.10.890.
(((5))) (4)
In addition to all fees and taxes required to be paid upon application and
registration of a motor vehicle, the holder of a special baseball stadium
license plate shall pay an initial fee of forty dollars. The department shall
deduct an amount not to exceed twelve dollars of each fee collected under this
subsection for administration and collection expenses incurred by it. The
remaining proceeds, minus the cost of plate production, shall be distributed to
a county for the purpose of paying the principal and interest payments on bonds
issued by the county to construct a baseball stadium, as defined in RCW
82.14.0485, including reasonably necessary preconstruction costs, while the
taxes are being collected under RCW 82.14.360. After this date, the state
treasurer shall credit the funds to the state general fund.
(((6) Effective with
annual renewals due or to become due on January 1, 1999,)) (5) In
addition to all fees and taxes required to be paid upon renewal of a motor
vehicle registration, the holder of a special baseball stadium license plate
shall pay a fee of thirty dollars. The department shall deduct an amount not
to exceed two dollars of each fee collected under this subsection for
administration and collection expenses incurred by it. The remaining proceeds
shall be distributed to a county for the purpose of paying the principal and
interest payments on bonds issued by the county to construct a baseball
stadium, as defined in RCW 82.14.0485, including reasonably necessary
preconstruction costs, while the taxes are being collected under RCW
82.14.360. After this date, the state treasurer shall credit the funds to the
state general fund.
(6) If nine hundred applications are received by November 1, 2003, then effective with vehicle registrations due or to become due on January 1, 2004, in addition to all fees and taxes required to be paid upon application and registration of a motor vehicle, the holder of a special law enforcement memorial license plate shall pay an initial fee of thirty-seven dollars. The department shall deduct an amount not to exceed twelve dollars of each fee collected under this subsection for administration and collection of expenses incurred by it. The remaining proceeds will be deposited in the law enforcement memorial account created under section 1 of this act.
(7) Effective with annual renewals due or to become due on January 1, 2005, in addition to all fees and taxes required to be paid upon renewal of a motor vehicle registration, the holder of a special law enforcement memorial license plate shall pay a fee of twenty-seven dollars. The department shall deduct an amount not to exceed two dollars of each fee collected under this subsection for administration and collection expenses incurred by it. The remaining proceeds will be deposited in the law enforcement memorial account created under section 1 of this act.
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