CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 6017
Chapter 275, Laws of 2024
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
BORDER AREA FUEL TAX—JURISDICTIONS NOT CONNECTED TO CONTINENTAL
UNITED STATES
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the Senate February 6, 2024 CERTIFICATE
Yeas 49 Nays 0
I, Sarah Bannister, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of
DENNY HECK Washington, do hereby certify that
President of the Senate the attached is SENATE BILL 6017 as
passed by the Senate and the House
of Representatives on the dates
hereon set forth.
Passed by the House February 27, 2024
Yeas 90 Nays 5
SARAH BANNISTER
LAURIE JINKINS Secretary
Speaker of the House of
Representatives
Approved March 26, 2024 9:44 AM FILED
March 27, 2024
Secretary of State
JAY INSLEE State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
 SENATE BILL 6017
Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington 68th Legislature 2024 Regular Session
By Senators Shewmake, King, Liias, and Nobles
Prefiled 01/05/24. Read first time 01/08/24. Referred to Committee
on Transportation.
1 AN ACT Relating to expanding the use of the border area fuel tax;
2 amending RCW 82.47.030; and creating a new section.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
4 NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. The legislature recognizes that the border
5 area fuel tax is not the state gas tax, but rather a local option,
6 voter-approved transportation tax collected locally to be used for
7 local transportation purposes. The legislature finds that because
8 this local option tax is not collected by the state of Washington, it
9 is not subject to the 18th amendment to the Washington state
10 Constitution and is therefore not required to be used exclusively for
11 highway purposes. The legislature further finds that during the
12 global COVID-19 pandemic, border areas were disproportionately hurt
13 economically due to border closures and experienced significant
14 reductions in tax revenues. The legislature further recognizes that
15 current law significantly restricts the use of the border area fuel
16 tax to street maintenance and construction. For example, the Point
17 Roberts area has over $1,000,000 of border area fuel tax revenue that
18 remains unused due to the restrictive nature of the current law.
19 Therefore, the legislature intends with this act to expand the use of
20 the border area fuel tax to include transportation improvements more
21 broadly to provide border areas the flexibility to use this local
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1 funding source to best meet the jurisdiction's local transportation
2 needs.
3 Sec. 2. RCW 82.47.030 and 1991 c 173 s 3 are each amended to
4 read as follows:
5 The entire proceeds of the tax imposed under this chapter, less
6 refunds authorized by the resolution imposing such tax and less
7 amounts deducted by the border area jurisdiction for administration
8 and collection expenses, shall be used solely for the purposes of
9 border area jurisdiction street maintenance and construction.
10 However, a border area jurisdiction not directly connected to the
11 continental United States may use the proceeds of the tax imposed
12 under this chapter for transportation improvements as defined in RCW
13 36.73.015.
Passed by the Senate February 6, 2024.
Passed by the House February 27, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 26, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2024.
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Statutes affected:
Original Bill: 82.47.030
Bill as Passed Legislature: 82.47.030
Session Law: 82.47.030