CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1473

Chapter 197, Laws of 2011

62nd Legislature
2011 Regular Session



TRAFFIC SCHOOLS--USE OF FEES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/11

Passed by the House April 13, 2011
  Yeas 96   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 4, 2011
  Yeas 41   Nays 7


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 HOUSE BILL 1473 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 April 29, 2011, 3:38 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 29, 2011







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1473
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2011 Regular Session
State of Washington62nd Legislature2011 Regular Session

By Representatives Parker, Hurst, Ormsby, and Billig

Read first time 01/24/11.   Referred to Committee on Transportation.



     AN ACT Relating to the use of existing fees collected for the cost of traffic schools; and adding new sections to chapter 46.83 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 46.83 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) A traffic school established by a city, town, or county under this chapter that collects fees for the cost of attending the traffic school may use any fees collected that are in excess of the costs of the traffic school for the following activities:
     (a) Safe driver education materials and programs;
     (b) Safe driver education promotions and advertising; or
     (c) Costs associated with the training of law enforcement officers.
     (2) This section does not authorize a city, town, or county to increase or impose new fees for traffic schools solely for the uses authorized in subsection (1) of this section.
     (3) This section is not intended, and may not be construed, to reduce, increase, or otherwise impact funding for judicial programs, functions, or services.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 46.83 RCW to read as follows:
     A traffic school established by a city, town, or county under this chapter that collects fees for the cost of attending the traffic school may not charge a fee in excess of the penalty for an unscheduled traffic infraction established by the supreme court pursuant to RCW 46.63.110. For the purposes of this section, the penalty includes the base penalty and all assessments and other costs that are required by statute or rule to be added to the base penalty.


         Passed by the House April 13, 2011.
         Passed by the Senate April 4, 2011.
         Approved by the Governor April 29, 2011.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 29, 2011.