RCW 88.02.040
Issuance of registrations -- Agents -- Deposit of fees in general fund -- Allocation for boating safety and education, law enforcement, and derelict vessel removal and disposal. (Effective until July 1, 2011. Recodified as RCW 88.02.650.)

The department shall provide for the issuance of vessel registrations and may appoint agents for collecting fees and issuing registration numbers and decals. General fees for vessel registrations collected by the director shall be deposited in the general fund: PROVIDED, That any amount above one million one hundred thousand dollars per fiscal year shall be allocated to counties by the state treasurer for boating safety/education and law enforcement programs and the fee collected specifically for the removal and disposal of derelict vessels must be deposited in the derelict vessel removal account created in RCW 79.100.100. Eligibility for boating safety/education and law enforcement program allocations shall be contingent upon approval of the local boating safety program by the state parks and recreation commission. Fund allocation shall be based on the numbers of registered vessels by county of moorage. Each benefiting county shall be responsible for equitable distribution of such allocation to other jurisdictions with approved boating safety programs within said county. Any fees not allocated to counties due to the absence of an approved boating safety program, shall be allocated to the commission for awards to local governments to offset law enforcement and boating safety impacts of boaters recreating in jurisdictions other than where registered.

[2002 c 286 § 14; 1989 c 393 § 12; 1983 c 7 § 17.]

NOTES:

     Severability -- Effective date -- 2002 c 286: See RCW 79.100.900 and 79.100.901.

Commission to adopt rules: RCW 79A.60.595.