The Washington State Legislature has proposed redirecting all of the money from the Non Highway and Offroad Vehicle Activities (NOVA) account for the next two years and put it into the general fund.
This amounts to the theft of over $9 million dollars from ORV users in Washington State.
The NOVA account was created when offroad vehicle users volunteered to waive their legal right to a fuel tax refund in exchange for a self-directed state account to provide funding for programs that benefited offroad vehicle activities.
These same citizens volunteered to have their license tab fees increased so long as those monies were also placed in the NOVA account.
To redirect the funding away from the NOVA account would be nothing short of stealing from the very same citizens that willing gave the state their hard earned money.
Furthermore, these funds are protected by the Washington State Constitution. Pursuant to Article II, Section 40 these monies must be used for their intended purpose or refunded. The State Supreme court has repeatedly reaffirmed this requirement.
If you think that this Legislative theft stinks, let them know!
Citizens of Washington can contact their State Senator and both House of Representatives members by going to www.leg.wa.gov or leave a phone message at 1-800-562-6000.
Other concerned folks should contact Governor Christine Gregoire via the web at http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/default.asp or leave her a phone message at 360-902-4111
You can also let the Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman know how you feel by emailing her at fraser.karen@leg.wa.gov
You can download a flyer at:
http://www.nmaoffroad.org/news.shtml#341
or
http://www.wohva.org/
This amounts to the theft of over $9 million dollars from ORV users in Washington State.
The NOVA account was created when offroad vehicle users volunteered to waive their legal right to a fuel tax refund in exchange for a self-directed state account to provide funding for programs that benefited offroad vehicle activities.
These same citizens volunteered to have their license tab fees increased so long as those monies were also placed in the NOVA account.
To redirect the funding away from the NOVA account would be nothing short of stealing from the very same citizens that willing gave the state their hard earned money.
Furthermore, these funds are protected by the Washington State Constitution. Pursuant to Article II, Section 40 these monies must be used for their intended purpose or refunded. The State Supreme court has repeatedly reaffirmed this requirement.
If you think that this Legislative theft stinks, let them know!
Citizens of Washington can contact their State Senator and both House of Representatives members by going to www.leg.wa.gov or leave a phone message at 1-800-562-6000.
Other concerned folks should contact Governor Christine Gregoire via the web at http://www.governor.wa.gov/contact/default.asp or leave her a phone message at 360-902-4111
You can also let the Senate Ways and Means Committee Chairman know how you feel by emailing her at fraser.karen@leg.wa.gov
You can download a flyer at:
http://www.nmaoffroad.org/news.shtml#341
or
http://www.wohva.org/