For
almost a year we have been working to get
House Bill 1651 passed in Olympia. The bill
has bi-partisan support. If passed by the
legislature, the bill will take money boaters
already pay through the excise tax on boats
each year and put it in a special dedicated
account for boating programs such as:
- New
boat-launch ramps and repairs to existing
ramps
- Boater
education and safety
- Boating
related law-enforcement activities
- Boating
related environmental programs
- A
study that assesses the needs of the
boating community
To read the bill online and track its
progress click
here.
Listen to testimony online given by NMTA
President Michael Campbell and NMTA volunteer
Steve Greaves in the Senate Natural Resources
Committee:
http://www.tvw.org/MediaPlayer/Archived/WME.cfm?EVNum=2007031164&TYPE=A
TAKE ACTION!
Contact your legislator in support
of HB 1651! Visit www.leg.wa.gov
to find your representative. Write a personalized
email or cut and paste this into the message:
Please
support HB 1651, which creates a boating
activities program with money that taxpayers
already pay, and support the $2.5 million
needed to fund it.
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