Public Act 123 of 2009

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• Introduced by Rep. Dean Takko, (D-Longview) (D) on February 3, 2009, requires disclosure that the vehicle dealer documentary service fees.by motor vehicle dealers is negotiable. (See also Companion SB 5816).
  • Referred to the House Transportation Committee on February 3, 2009.
    • Substitute offered in the House on February 27, 2009, to enhance the requirements that the documentary service fee must stand out in the documents. It makes a technical correction where the fee was referred to in the advertising criteria for disclosure as $50 which needed to be corrected to $150. The substitute passed by voice vote in the House on February 27, 2009.
  • Referred to the House Rules Committee on March 2, 2009.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Bill Hinkle, (R-Cle Elum) (R) on March 9, 2009, to remove the maximum amount of documentary service fee that a vehicle dealer may charge. The amendment failed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2009.
    • Amendment offered by Rep. Dean Takko, (D-Longview) (D) on March 9, 2009, to clarify that the documentary service fee will return to a maximum of fifty dollars on July 1, 2014. The amendment passed by voice vote in the House on March 9, 2009.
• Passed 73 to 22 in the House on March 9, 2009.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Received in the Senate on March 11, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Transportation Committee on March 11, 2009.
  • Referred to the Senate Rules Committee on March 30, 2009.
• Passed 42 to 3 in the Senate on April 8, 2009, increases the documentary service fee that a vehicle dealer may charge from $50 to $150 until July 1, 2014. Discloses in writing by the dealer to the purchaser or lessee that the documentary service fee is negotiable and dealer must not represent the fee as being required by Washington.
  Who Voted "Yes" and Who Voted "No"
• Signed by Gov. Christine Gregoire on April 17, 2009.