This bill amends RCW 46.09.540 to expand who can use money from the multiuse roadway safety account and how those funds may be used. It makes the Departments of Natural Resources (DNR) and Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) eligible to receive interagency transfers from the Department of Transportation (DOT) for work on roads the agencies comanage that are open to wheeled all-terrain vehicles, and it makes certain cities and towns (those that have approved wheeled ATV operation on their roadways) eligible to apply for grants from the account. DOT must limit transfers to DNR and WDFW so that at least $80,000 remains available for grants to eligible local governments during the biennium, and DNR/WDFW transfers are limited to the second year of each fiscal biennium. Counties where a proposed project will take place must submit a letter of support before an interagency transfer. The bill also specifies permitted uses and DOT grant priorities, including funding for signage at highway crossings and intersections where wheeled ATVs may cross, and requires that such signs conform to the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices. It references deposit of certain vehicle license fee receipts into the multiuse roadway safety account (RCW 46.17.350(1)(r)) and states that moneys in the account may be spent only after appropriation. The act adds new statutory sections (including findings/intent and an effective date/emergency clause) and names affected agencies such as DOT, DNR, WDFW, the Washington State Patrol, local law enforcement, counties, and qualifying cities and towns. Legally, this is a modification of existing law that changes fund eligibility and administrative procedures for interagency transfers and grant priorities; it does not create a new crime or change criminal penalties. The provided text includes an emergency clause while setting an effective date of July 1, 2025; the document does not reconcile those timing statements. Other gaps in the provided facts include no text for the referenced "chapter 23, Laws of 2013 2nd sp. sess.," no further detail about what "comanaged by the agencies" entails, and no full grant application procedures or account balance information.

If enacted, the bill gives the Departments of Natural Resources and Fish and Wildlife a new, limited way to tap the state’s multiuse roadway safety account for projects on roads they comanage that are open to wheeled ATVs, but only in the second year of each biennium and only after the Department of Transportation leaves at least $80,000 in the account for local government grants. Cities and towns that have approved ATV operation on their streets become eligible to apply for those grants, DOT must prioritize and fund highway-crossing and intersection signs that meet the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices, and counties must provide a letter of support before an interagency transfer for a project proceeds; the money comes from specified vehicle license fees and can only be spent after legislative appropriation, with the changes taking effect July 1, 2025. The most affected parties are DNR and WDFW, which gain a new funding option but with restricted timing and DOT-imposed limits; DOT, which will carry new duties to manage transfers, preserve the $80,000 minimum, and enforce sign priorities; and eligible cities, towns, and counties, which gain grant opportunities but must submit support letters and navigate grant rules. The text leaves key details unclear—what “comanaged” precisely means, how chapter 23 (2013) applies, how account balances currently stand, and how grant applications and awards will be run—so some practical effects (scale of funding available and administrative workload) remain uncertain.