Local transportation benefit district fees
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RCW 36.73.020 allows city or county governments to create transportation benefit districts and impose an additional vehicle registration fee to fund local transportation projects.
Transportation benefit districts and fees
If you live in any of the following locations, you must pay an additional transportation benefit district fee when you renew your vehicle tabs:
Note: You may see this fee listed as "TBD" during renewal.
| Transportation benefit district | Fee | Effective date (Tabs expiring on or after…) |
Location code |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anacortes #1 | $20 | April 1, 2015 | 29-01 |
| Bainbridge Island 206.780.8624 |
$20 | August 1, 2013 | 18-04 |
| Battle Ground 360.342.5000 |
$20 | July 1, 2015 | 06-01 |
| Black Diamond (blackdiamond.wa.us) 360.866.5713 |
$20 | April 1, 2016 | 17-05 |
| Bremerton 360.473.5920 |
$20 | July 1, 2012 | 18-01 |
| Bridgeport 509.686.4041 ext. 12 |
$20 | August 1, 2017 | 09-01 |
| Buckley (cityofbuckley.com) 360.761.7801 |
$20 | February 1, 2014 | 27-02 |
| Burien #1 206.241.4647 |
$20 | February 1, 2011 | 17-34 |
| Carbonado 360.829.0125 |
$20 | November 1, 2013 | 27-03 |
| Covington (covingtonwa.gov) 253.480.2400 |
$20 | June 1, 2016 | 17-12 |
| Des Moines 206.870.7586 |
$40 | September 1, 2009 | 17-09 |
| DuPont 253.964.8121 |
$20 | September 1, 2013 | 27-04 |
| Edgewood 253.952.3299 |
$20 | July 1, 2014 | 27-20 |
| East Wenatchee 509.884.9515 |
$20 | August 1, 2013 | 09-02 |
| Eatonville 360.832.3361 |
$20 | March 1, 2013 | 27-05 |
| Electric City 509.633.1510 |
$20 | May 1, 2013 | 13-02 |
| Elmer City 509.633.2872 |
$20 | August 1, 2016 | 24-04 |
| Edmonds 425.771.0260 |
$20 | September 1, 2009 | 31-04 |
| Enumclaw 360.825.3593 |
$20 | September 1, 2014 | 17-11 |
| Everett 425.257.7767 |
$20 | March 1, 2015 | 31-05 and 42-05 |
| Fife 253.922.2489 |
$20 | January 1, 2017 | 27-06 |
| George (cityofgeorge.org) 509.785.5081 |
$20 | July 1, 2018 | 13-04 |
| Grandview 509.882.9200 |
$20 | February 1, 2012 | 39-01 |
| Granite Falls | $20 | January 1, 2016 | 31-07 |
| Kalama 360.673.4561 |
$40 | October 1, 2013 | 08-02 |
| Kelso 360.423.0900 |
$20 | July 1, 2013 | 08-03 |
| Kenmore 425.398.8900 |
$20 | June 1, 2013 | 17-38 |
| Kittitas 509.968.0220 |
$20 | December 1, 2012 | 19-03 |
| Lake Forest Park 206.368.5440 |
$40 | September 1, 2009 | 17-17 |
| Lakewood | $20 | April 1, 2015 | 27-21 |
| Longview (mylongview.com) 360.442.5200 |
$20 | August 1, 2017 | 08-04 |
| Lynnwood (lynnwoodwa.gov) 425.670.5020 |
$40 | July 1, 2011 | 31-10 |
| Mabton 509.894.4096 |
$20 | December 1, 2011 | 39-04 |
| Maple Valley 425.413.8800 |
$20 | July 1, 2013 | 17-20 |
| Mercer Island 206.275.7789 Email: mitbd@mercergov.org |
$20 | June 1, 2015 | 17-19 |
| Moses Lake (cityofml.com) 509.764.3701 |
$20 | October 1, 2017 | 13-09 |
| Mountlake Terrace 425.744.6272 |
$20 | August 1, 2012 | 31-13 |
| Normandy Park 425.744.6272 |
$20 | March 1, 2016 | 17-21 |
| Olympia 360.570.3727 |
$40 | October 1, 2009 | 34-03 |
| Orting 360.892.2219, ext. 133 |
$20 | February 1, 2013 | 27-10 |
| Port Orchard 360.874.5535 |
$20 | February 1, 2017 | 18-02 |
| Prosser 509.786.2332 |
$20 | November 1, 2009 | 03-03 |
| Richland (www.ci.richland.wa.us) 509.942.7500 |
$20 | January 1, 2018 | 03-04 |
| Roy 253.843.1113 |
$20 | January 1, 2015 | 27-12 |
| Royal City 509.346.2263 |
$20 | November 1, 2012 | 13-11 |
| Seattle 206.684.7623 |
$80 | June 1, 2015 | 17-26 |
| Sedro-Woolley #1 360.855.1661 |
$20 | July 1, 2015 | 29-08 |
| Shoreline 206.801.2302 |
$40 | February 1, 2010 | 17-37 |
| Snoqualmie 425.888.1555, ext. 1135 |
$20 | March 1, 2011 | 17-28 |
| Soap Lake 509.246.1211 |
$20 | November 1, 2013 | 13-12 |
| Spokane 509.625.6252 |
$20 | September 1, 2011 | 32-10 |
| Tacoma 253.591.5681 |
$20 | June 1, 2013 | 27-17 |
| Toppenish 509.865.4500 |
$20 | December 1, 2012 | 39-10 |
| University Place 253.460.5447 |
$20 $35 (effective April 1, 2019) |
July 1, 2014 | 27-19 |
| Vancouver (cityofvancouver.us) 360.487.8488 |
$40 | July 1, 2016 | 06-05 |
| Wapato 509.877.2334 |
$20 | April 1, 2013 | 39-12 |
| Wenatchee 509.888.3600 |
$20 | August 1, 2012 | 04-05 |
| Wilkeson 360.829.0790 |
$20 | January 1, 2015 | 27-18 |
| Yakima 509.575.6111 |
$20 | July 1, 2018 | 39-13 |
| Zillah 509.829.5151 |
$20 | July 1, 2012 | 39-14 |
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
- Commercial trailers
- 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
- 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 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
- RCW: 36.73: Transportation benefit districts
- RCW 82.80.140: Vehicle fee — Transportation benefit district — Exemptions
Questions? Need help?
- If you're a transportation benefit district or want to set one up, email us: DataContracts@dol.wa.gov.
- For consumer-related questions, email us: CustomerCare@dol.wa.gov
