Aberdeen, WA - City staff will again research a Transportation Benefit District for Aberdeen, this time on their own. Public Works Committee Chair Tim Alstrom said last night that a county-wide option is not going to happen. We as a city would have like to have seen that approach, we as a committee just don't see the county acting on that. So we'd like to move forward, back forward, with the idea of creating our own Transportation Benefit District. - Aberdeen Councilman Tim Alstrom The Transportation Benefit District was requested by Public Works Director Larry Bledsoe earlier this year, and would ask Aberdeen ratepayers to approve a .13 percent increase in sales tax to fund road repairs. Mayor Bill Simpson said Thursday that staff would like to meet with area mayors about the idea of a county-wide effort to fund the costly repairs throughout Grays Harbor. Seventeen other cities in Washington state have established the districts, only one charges less than the $20 maximum fee. How a transportation benefit district works Once a local transportation benefit district is set up, the district’s board of directors may vote to charge a local vehicle licensing fee due when a vehicle owner buys new tabs. - The transportation benefit district board has the authority to impose a fee of up to $20 per vehicle without voter approval.
A transportation benefit district may impose a vehicle renewal fee of up to $100 per vehicle or seek other sources of funding if approved by voters. Related laws
Local transportation benefit district feesA law passed in 2007 allows city or county governments to create local transportation benefit districts and impose a local vehicle registration fee to fund local transportation projects. Transportation benefit districts and feesIf you live in any of the following locations, you must pay an additional local transportation benefit district fee when you renew your vehicle tabs: | District | Fee | Effective date
(Tabs expiring on or after…) | Location code | Contact phone |
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| Bremerton | $20 | July 1, 2012 | 18-01 | 360-473-5920 | | Burien No. 1 | $10 | February 1, 2011 | 17-34 | 206-241-4647 | | Des Moines | $20 | September 1, 2009 | 17-09 | 206-870-7586 | | City of Eatonville | $20 | March 1, 2013 | 27-05 | 360-832-3361 | | Edmonds | $20 | September 1, 2009 | 31-04 | 425-771-0260 | | Grandview | $20 | February 1, 2012 | 39-01 | 509-882-9200 | | City of Kittitas | $20 | December 1, 2012 | 19-03 | 509-968-0220 | | Lake Forest Park | $20 | September 1, 2009 | 17-17 | 206-368-5440 | | Lynnwood | $20 | July 1, 2011 | 31-10 | 425-670-5020 | | Mabton | $20 | December 1, 2011 | 39-04 | 509-894-4096 | | Mountlake Terrace | $20 | August 1, 2012 | 31-13 | 425-744-6272 | | Olympia | $20 | October 1, 2009 | 34-03 | 360-570-3727 | | City of Orting | $20 | February 1, 2013–
January 31, 2015
(Fee applies to all renewals with these registration dates, including renewals paid after Feb. 31, 2015.) | 27-10 | 360-892-2219, ext. 133 | | Prosser | $20 | November 1, 2009 | 03-03 | 509-786-2332 | | Royal City | $20 | November 1, 2012 | 13-11 | 509-346-2263 | | Seattle | $20 | May 1, 2011 | 17-26 | 206-233-5005 | | Shoreline | $20 | February 1, 2010 | 17-37 | 206-801-2302 | | Snoqualmie | $20 | March 1, 2011 | 17-28 | 425-888-1555, Ext. 1135 | | City of Spokane | $20 | September 1, 2011 | 32-10 | 509-625-6252 | | Toppenish | $20 | December 1, 2012 | 39-10 | 509-865-4500 | | Wapato | $20 | April 1, 2013 | 39-12 | 509-877-2334 | | Wenatchee | $20 | August 1, 2012 | 04-05 | 509-888-3600 | | Zillah | $20 | July 1, 2012 | 39-14 | 509-829-5151 |
Vehicles subject to fees- Passenger vehicles
- Trucks that weigh 6,000 pounds or less
- Motorcycles
- Commercial passenger vehicles and trucks that weigh 6,000 pounds or less
- Combination trucks that weigh 6,000 pounds or less
- Tow trucks
- House moving dollies
- Trucks used exclusively for hauling logs that weigh 6,000 pounds or less
- Taxicabs
- For-hire or stage vehicles with 6 seats or less
- For-hire or stage vehicles with 7 or more seats that weigh 6,000 pounds or less
- Private use trailers over 2,000 pounds
- Motorcycle trailers
- Travel trailers
- Fixed load vehicles that weigh 6,000 pounds or less
- Mobile homes licensed as vehicles
Exempt vehicles- All farm vehicles
- Campers
- Off-road vehicles
- Snowmobiles
- Mopeds
- Personal use trailers with a single axle and less than 2,000 pounds scale weight
- Commercial trailers
- Combination trailers
- Trailers used exclusively for hauling logs
- Horseless carriage, collector, or restored-plate vehicles
- Converter gear
- Government vehicles
- Private school vehicles
- Vehicles properly registered to disabled American veterans
How a transportation benefit district worksOnce a local transportation benefit district is set up, the district’s board of directors may vote to charge a local vehicle licensing fee due when a vehicle owner buys new tabs. - The transportation benefit district board has the authority to impose a fee of up to $20 per vehicle without voter approval.
- A transportation benefit district may impose a vehicle renewal fee of up to $100 per vehicle or seek other sources of funding if approved by voters.
Related laws
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