CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2902

Chapter 93, Laws of 2008

60th Legislature
2008 Regular Session



MOTOR VEHICLE REGISTRATION--ARBITRATION FEE



EFFECTIVE DATE: 06/12/08

Passed by the House February 12, 2008
  Yeas 97   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 6, 2008
  Yeas 49   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate		 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2902 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 20, 2008, 11:26 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington		 
FILED
March 21, 2008







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2902
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Passed Legislature - 2008 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2008 Regular Session

By House Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representative Wood)

READ FIRST TIME 02/01/08.   



     AN ACT Relating to the collection of the arbitration fee on sales or leases of new motor vehicles; and amending RCW 19.118.110.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 19.118.110 and 1995 2nd sp.s. c 18 s 910 are each amended to read as follows:
     If the new motor vehicle will be registered in the state of Washington, a three-dollar arbitration fee shall be collected by either the new motor vehicle dealer or vehicle lessor from the consumer upon execution of a retail sale or lease agreement. The fee shall be forwarded to the department of licensing at the time of title application for deposit in the new motor vehicle arbitration account hereby created in the state treasury. Moneys in the account shall be used for the purposes of this chapter, subject to appropriation. During the 1995-97 fiscal biennium, the legislature may transfer moneys from the account to the extent that the moneys are not necessary for the purposes of this chapter.
     At the end of each fiscal year, the attorney general shall prepare a report listing the annual revenue generated and the expenses incurred in implementing and operating the arbitration program under this chapter.


         Passed by the House February 12, 2008.
         Passed by the Senate March 6, 2008.
         Approved by the Governor March 20, 2008.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 21, 2008.