Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 46.17 - Vehicle Fees.
46.17.365 - Motor vehicle weight fee—Motor home vehicle weight fee.

RCW 46.17.365
Motor vehicle weight fee—Motor home vehicle weight fee.

(1) A person applying for a motor vehicle registration and paying the vehicle license fee required in RCW 46.17.350(1) (a), (d), (e), (h), (j), (n), and (o) shall pay a motor vehicle weight fee in addition to all other fees and taxes required by law.
(a) For vehicle registrations that are due or become due before July 1, 2016, the motor vehicle weight fee:
(i) Must be based on the motor vehicle scale weight;
(ii) Is the difference determined by subtracting the vehicle license fee required in RCW 46.17.350 from the license fee in Schedule B of RCW 46.17.355, plus two dollars; and
(iii) Must be distributed under RCW 46.68.415.
(b) For vehicle registrations that are due or become due on or after July 1, 2016, the motor vehicle weight fee:
(i) Must be based on the motor vehicle scale weight as follows:

WEIGHT
FEE
4,000 pounds
$ 25.00
6,000 pounds
$ 45.00
8,000 pounds
$ 65.00
16,000 pounds and over
$ 72.00;

(ii) If the resultant motor vehicle scale weight is not listed in the table provided in (b)(i) of this subsection, must be increased to the next highest weight; and
(iii) Must be distributed under RCW 46.68.415 unless prior to July 1, 2023, the actions described in (b)(iii)(A) or (B) of this subsection occur, in which case the portion of the revenue that is the result of the fee increased in this subsection must be distributed to the connecting Washington account created under RCW 46.68.395.
(A) Any state agency files a notice of rule making under chapter 34.05 RCW, absent explicit legislative authorization enacted subsequent to July 1, 2015, for a rule regarding a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard.
(B) Any state agency otherwise enacts, adopts, orders, or in any way implements a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard, without explicit legislative authorization enacted subsequent to July 1, 2015.
(C) Nothing in this subsection acknowledges, establishes, or creates legal authority for the department of ecology or any other state agency to enact, adopt, order, or in any way implement a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard.
(2) A person applying for a motor home vehicle registration shall, in lieu of the motor vehicle weight fee required in subsection (1) of this section, pay a motor home vehicle weight fee of seventy-five dollars in addition to all other fees and taxes required by law. The motor home vehicle weight fee must be distributed under RCW 46.68.415.
(3) Beginning July 1, 2022, in addition to the motor vehicle weight fee as provided in subsection (1) of this section, the department, county auditor or other agent, or subagent appointed by the director must require an applicant to pay an additional weight fee of ten dollars, which must be distributed to the multimodal transportation account under RCW 47.66.070 unless prior to July 1, 2023, the actions described in (a) or (b) of this subsection occur, in which case the portion of the revenue that is the result of the fee increased in this subsection must be distributed to the connecting Washington account created under RCW 46.68.395.
(a) Any state agency files a notice of rule making under chapter 34.05 RCW, absent explicit legislative authorization enacted subsequent to July 1, 2015, for a rule regarding a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard.
(b) Any state agency otherwise enacts, adopts, orders, or in any way implements a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard, without explicit legislative authorization enacted subsequent to July 1, 2015.
(c) Nothing in this subsection acknowledges, establishes, or creates legal authority for the department of ecology or any other state agency to enact, adopt, order, or in any way implement a fuel standard based upon or defined by the carbon intensity of fuel, including a low carbon fuel standard or clean fuel standard.
(4) The department shall:
(a) Rely on motor vehicle empty scale weights provided by vehicle manufacturers, or other sources defined by the department, to determine the weight of each motor vehicle; and
(b) Adopt rules for determining weight for vehicles without manufacturer empty scale weights.

[ 2021 c 317 § 19; 2015 3rd sp.s. c 44 § 202; 2010 c 161 § 533.]
NOTES:

Reviser's note: This section was previously repealed by Initiative Measure No. 976 (chapter 1, Laws of 2020). The Washington state supreme court ruled in Garfield Cty. Transp. Auth. v. State, No. 98320-8, 2020 Wash. LEXIS 592 (Oct. 15, 2020) that Initiative Measure No. 976 is in violation of Article II, section 19 of the state Constitution and is therefore void in its entirety.


Severability—2021 c 317: See note following RCW 70A.535.005.


Effective date—2015 3rd sp.s. c 44: See note following RCW 46.68.395.


Effective date—Intent—Legislation to reconcile chapter 161, Laws of 2010 and other amendments made during the 2010 legislative session—2010 c 161: See notes following RCW 46.04.013.

Structure Revised Code of Washington

Revised Code of Washington

Title 46 - Motor Vehicles

Chapter 46.17 - Vehicle Fees.

46.17.005 - Filing fees.

46.17.015 - License plate technology fee.

46.17.025 - License service fee.

46.17.030 - Parking ticket surcharge.

46.17.040 - Service fees.

46.17.050 - Fees associated with a report of sale.

46.17.060 - Fees associated with a transitional ownership record.

46.17.100 - Application fee.

46.17.110 - Emergency medical services fee.

46.17.120 - Stolen vehicle check fee—Exemption.

46.17.130 - Vehicle identification number inspection fee.

46.17.135 - Vehicle identification number reassignment fee.

46.17.140 - Late transfer of title penalty.

46.17.150 - Manufactured home title transfer fee.

46.17.155 - Manufactured home transaction fee.

46.17.160 - Quick title service fee.

46.17.200 - Original issue fees—Reflectivity fee—Replacement fees—Moped fee—Retention fee—Transfer fees—Recovery fee for nonvehicular use.

46.17.210 - Personalized license plate fees.

46.17.220 - Special license plate fees.

46.17.230 - Replacement license tab and windshield emblem fee.

46.17.240 - Government vehicle license plate fee.

46.17.250 - Combination trailer license plate fee.

46.17.305 - Boat trailer fee.

46.17.310 - Change of class fee.

46.17.315 - Commercial vehicle safety enforcement fee.

46.17.320 - Duplicate registration fees.

46.17.323 - Electric vehicle registration renewal fees.

46.17.324 - Transportation electrification fee.

46.17.325 - Farm exempt decal fee.

46.17.330 - Farm vehicle reduced gross weight license fee.

46.17.335 - Fixed load motor vehicle registration fees.

46.17.340 - For hire vehicle and auto stage seating capacity fee.

46.17.345 - Intermittent-use trailer registration fee.

46.17.350 - License fees by vehicle type.

46.17.355 - License fees by weight.

46.17.360 - Monthly declared gross weight license fees.

46.17.365 - Motor vehicle weight fee—Motor home vehicle weight fee.

46.17.375 - Recreational vehicle sanitary disposal fee.

46.17.380 - Abandoned recreational disposal fee.

46.17.400 - Permit fees by permit type.

46.17.410 - Off-road vehicle registration transfer fee.

46.17.420 - Snowmobile registration transfer fee.