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HOUSE BILL NO. 398
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C 079 L 85
State of Washington 49th Legislature 1985 Regular Session
By Representatives Walk and Betrozoff; by Department of Licensing request
Read first time 2/1/85 and referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to registration of motor vehicles; adding a new section to chapter 46.16 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 46.85 RCW; and declaring an emergency.
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 department may refuse registration of a vehicle if the applicant has failed to furnish proof, acceptable to the department, that the federal heavy vehicle use tax imposed by section 4481 of the internal revenue code of 1954 has been paid.
The department may adopt rules as deemed necessary to administer this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. A new section is added to chapter 46.85 RCW to read as follows:
The department may refuse registration of a vehicle if the applicant has failed to furnish proof, acceptable to the department, that the federal heavy vehicle use tax imposed by section 4481 of the internal revenue code of 1954 has been paid.
The department may adopt rules as deemed necessary to administer this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, and safety, the support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take effect immediately.