Revenue for highway purposes

BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 1
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:2
THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state the 3
secretary of state shall submit to the qualified voters of the state 4
for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to 5
Article II, section 40 of the Constitution of the state of Washington 6
to read as follows: 7
Article II, section 40. (1) All fees collected by the State of 8
Washington as license fees for motor vehicles and all excise taxes 9
collected by the State of Washington on the sale, distribution or use 10
of motor vehicle fuel and all other state revenue intended to be used 11
for highway purposes, shall be paid into the state treasury and 12
placed in a special fund to be used exclusively for highway purposes. 13
Such highway purposes shall be construed to include the following:14
(a) The necessary operating, engineering and legal expenses 15
connected with the administration of public highways, county roads 16
and city streets; 17
(b) The construction, reconstruction, maintenance, repair, and 18
betterment of public highways, county roads, bridges and city 19
streets; including the cost and expense of (((1))) (i) acquisition of 20
rights-of-way, (((2))) (ii) installing, maintaining and operating 21
traffic signs and signal lights, (((3))) (iii) policing by the state 22
S-1468.1
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8202
State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session
By Senators Fortunato and J. Wilson
Read first time 02/20/25. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
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of public highways, (((4))) (iv) operation of movable span bridges, 1
(((5))) (v) operation of ferries which are a part of any public 2
highway, county road, or city street; 3
(c) The payment or refunding of any obligation of the State of 4
Washington, or any political subdivision thereof, for which any of 5
the revenues described in section 1 may have been legally pledged 6
prior to the effective date of this act; 7
(d) Refunds authorized by law for taxes paid on motor vehicle 8
fuels; 9
(e) The cost of collection of any revenues described in this 10
section((:)).11
((Provided, That)) (2)(a) Except as provided otherwise in (b) of 12
this subsection, this section shall not be construed to include 13
revenue from general or special taxes or excises not levied primarily 14
for highway purposes, or apply to vehicle operator's license fees or 15
any excise tax imposed on motor vehicles or the use thereof in lieu 16
of a property tax thereon, or fees for certificates of ownership of 17
motor vehicles. 18
(b) Any state revenue collected from a road usage charge, vehicle 19
miles traveled fee, or other similar type of comparable charge, must 20
be used exclusively for highway purposes.21
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause 22
notice of this constitutional amendment to be published at least four 23
times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every 24
legal newspaper in the state. 25
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