Motorcycles/weight fees

AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle weight fees applicable to 1
motorcycles; and amending RCW 46.17.365. 2
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:3
Sec. 1. RCW 46.17.365 and 2021 c 317 s 19 are each amended to 4
read as follows: 5
(1) A person applying for a motor vehicle registration and paying 6
the vehicle license fee required in RCW 46.17.350(1) (a), (d), (e), 7
(h), (j), (n), and (o) shall pay a motor vehicle weight fee in 8
addition to all other fees and taxes required by law.9
(a) For vehicle registrations that are due or become due before 10
July 1, 2016, the motor vehicle weight fee: 11
(i) Must be based on the motor vehicle scale weight;12
(ii) Is the difference determined by subtracting the vehicle 13
license fee required in RCW 46.17.350 from the license fee in 14
Schedule B of RCW 46.17.355, plus two dollars; and15
(iii) Must be distributed under RCW 46.68.415.16
(b) For vehicle registrations that are due or become due on or 17
after July 1, 2016, the motor vehicle weight fee: 18
(i) Must be based on the motor vehicle scale weight or type as 19
follows: 20
S-0604.1
SENATE BILL 5309
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senators Cortes, MacEwen, Gildon, Harris, Hasegawa, Krishnadasan,
Liias, and Nobles
Read first time 01/16/25. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
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1 WEIGHT FEE
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Motorcycle, of any scale
weight
$ 15.00
4 4,000 pounds $ 25.00
5 6,000 pounds $ 45.00
6 8,000 pounds $ 65.00
7 16,000 pounds and over $ 72.00;
(ii) If the resultant motor vehicle scale weight is not listed in 8
the table provided in (b)(i) of this subsection, must be increased to 9
the next highest weight; and 10
(iii) Must be distributed under RCW 46.68.415 unless prior to 11
July 1, 2023, the actions described in (b)(iii)(A) or (B) of this 12
subsection occur, in which case the portion of the revenue that is 13
the result of the fee increased in this subsection must be 14
distributed to the connecting Washington account created under RCW 15
46.68.395. 16
(A) Any state agency files a notice of rule making under chapter 17
34.05 RCW, absent explicit legislative authorization enacted 18
subsequent to July 1, 2015, for a rule regarding a fuel standard 19
based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a 20
low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard. 21
(B) Any state agency otherwise enacts, adopts, orders, or in any 22
way implements a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon 23
intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel 24
standard, without explicit legislative authorization enacted 25
subsequent to July 1, 2015. 26
(C) Nothing in this subsection acknowledges, establishes, or 27
creates legal authority for the department of ecology or any other 28
state agency to enact, adopt, order, or in any way implement a fuel 29
standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, 30
including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard.31
(2) A person applying for a motor home vehicle registration 32
shall, in lieu of the motor vehicle weight fee required in subsection 33
(1) of this section, pay a motor home vehicle weight fee of 34
((seventy-five dollars)) $75 in addition to all other fees and taxes 35
required by law. The motor home vehicle weight fee must be 36
distributed under RCW 46.68.415. 37
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(3) Beginning July 1, 2022, in addition to the motor vehicle 1
weight fee as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the 2
department, county auditor or other agent, or subagent appointed by 3
the director must require an applicant to pay an additional weight 4
fee of ((ten dollars )) $10, which must be distributed to the 5
multimodal transportation account under RCW 47.66.070 unless prior to 6
July 1, 2023, the actions described in (a) or (b) of this subsection 7
occur, in which case the portion of the revenue that is the result of 8
the fee increased in this subsection must be distributed to the 9
connecting Washington account created under RCW 46.68.395.10
(a) Any state agency files a notice of rule making under chapter 11
34.05 RCW, absent explicit legislative authorization enacted 12
subsequent to July 1, 2015, for a rule regarding a fuel standard 13
based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a 14
low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard. 15
(b) Any state agency otherwise enacts, adopts, orders, or in any 16
way implements a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon 17
intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel 18
standard, without explicit legislative authorization enacted 19
subsequent to July 1, 2015. 20
(c) Nothing in this subsection acknowledges, establishes, or 21
creates legal authority for the department of ecology or any other 22
state agency to enact, adopt, order, or in any way implement a fuel 23
standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, 24
including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard.25
(4) The department shall: 26
(a) Rely on motor vehicle empty scale weights provided by vehicle 27
manufacturers, or other sources defined by the department, to 28
determine the weight of each motor vehicle; and 29
(b) Adopt rules for determining weight for vehicles without 30
manufacturer empty scale weights. 31
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