Industries
Transportation, towing, and vehicle services
Fee structures, licensing, impound and abandoned vehicle law, and the budget provisos that fund the studies behind them.
This is the sector where our results are easiest to put a number on. We drafted and passed the largest fee increase in vehicle subagent history and the only industry sales-tax exemption enacted in Washington in 2019, between them worth tens of millions of dollars a year to the businesses that asked for them.
Fee legislation
HB 1789 raised the subagent title change service fee from $12 to $15 and registration renewal from $5 to $8, roughly $37 million annually, a 65–80% increase for every subagent office in the state.
Tax exemptions
SB 5668 exempted sales of abandoned vehicles by registered tow truck operators at public auction, or to a licensed wrecker, hulk hauler or scrap processor.
Collection and process fixes
SB 6438, the seven-year license plate fix, was worth an average $93,000 per subagent office and roughly $13 million a year across the industry.
Impound and abandoned vehicles
Towing fee termination, electronic records, impound notice requirements, and the abandoned RV task force proviso.
Administrative burden
HB 2612 consolidated registered tow truck operators onto a single license plate.
Selected results
What we have done in this sector
- HB 1789 2019 $37 million a year: the largest subagent fee increase in history
- SB 5668 2019 The only industry sales-tax exemption passed in Washington that year
- SB 6438 2018 $93,000 average gain per subagent office
- HB 2612 2018 Consolidated license plate for tow operators
Who we represent here
Clients
- Towing & Recovery Association of Washington (TRAW)
- Vehicle Subagents of Tomorrow Association (VSTA)
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