§ 46.16.063. Additional fee for recreational vehicles
In addition to other fees for the licensing of vehicles there shall be paid and collected annually for each camper, travel trailer, and motor home as the same are defined in RCW 82.50.010 a fee of three dollars to be deposited in the RV account of the motor vehicle fund. Under RCW 43.135.055, the department of transportation may increase RV account fees by a percentage that exceeds the fiscal growth factor. After consultation with citizen representatives of the recreational vehicle user community, the department of transportation may implement RV account fee adjustments no more than once every four years. RV account fee adjustments must be preceded by evaluation of the following factors: Maintenance of a self-supporting program, levels of service at existing RV sanitary disposal facilities, identified needs for improved RV service at safety rest areas statewide, sewage treatment costs, and inflation. If the department chooses to adjust the RV account fee, it shall notify the department of licensing six months before implementation of the fee increase. Adjustments in the RV account fee must be in increments of no more than fifty cents per biennium.
[1996 c 237 § 1; 1980 c 60 § 2.]
Notes:
Effective date -- 1996 c 237 § 1: "Section 1 of this act takes effect with motor vehicle fees due or to become due September 1, 1996." [1996 c 237 § 4.]
Effective date -- 1980 c 60: See note following RCW 47.38.050.
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