Senate Bill 6198 amends RCW 46.68.175, creates or continues an "abandoned recreational vehicle disposal account" in the state treasury, and directs all receipts from the fee in RCW 46.17.380 into that account. The bill limits use of the account to reimburse registered tow truck operators and licensed dismantlers for up to 100% of reasonable and auditable administrative costs for transport, dismantling, and disposal of abandoned recreational vehicles under RCW 46.53.010 when the last registered owner is unknown after a reasonable search effort (compliance with RCW 46.55.100 is considered reasonable). Money from last owners of record for vehicles reimbursed must be turned over to the department, and funds originating from general fund transfers are limited to reimbursements of up to $10,000 per vehicle; up to 15% of account expenditures may be used for the administering department’s administrative expenses. All account expenditures require appropriation. The bill also repeals several named RCWs and one session law section, directs the state treasurer to transfer residual balances of accounts abolished by the act to the state general fund on July 1, 2026, and requires moneys in the "salary/insurance contribution increase revolving fund" (held by the Office of Financial Management outside the state treasury) to be deposited into the general fund beginning July 1, 2026, with OFM prohibited from making expenditures or transfers from that revolving fund on or after that date. Section 2 (the RCW 46.68.175 amendment) takes effect immediately; other named sections take effect July 1, 2026, and the act includes an emergency clause. Type of legal change: primarily fund and procedural changes (creating/continuing a dedicated account, changing deposit destinations, setting reimbursement rules and caps, restricting a revolving fund, and repealing specified statutes). The text does not identify which specific "department" will administer the account, does not state the fee amount or details in RCW 46.17.380, and does not provide the origin or prior purpose of the salary/insurance contribution increase revolving fund.

If enacted, tow truck operators and licensed dismantlers who remove, transport, dismantle, or dispose of abandoned recreational vehicles where the last registered owner cannot be found will generally be able to recover their reasonable, auditable costs from a dedicated abandoned recreational vehicle disposal account, reducing their financial risk for those jobs. Reimbursement can cover up to 100% of eligible costs, but when general fund transfers are used those payments are limited to $10,000 per vehicle; the agency that runs the account may use up to 15% of spending for its own administrative costs, and any amounts collected from the last owner of record for a reimbursed vehicle must be turned over to the department. The law routes all receipts from the fee in RCW 46.17.380 into this account and treats compliance with the referenced owner-search rule as a reasonable search effort, and the amendment to RCW 46.68.175 takes effect immediately while most other changes take effect July 1, 2026. The Office of Financial Management will lose control of a named outside-the-treasury revolving fund as of July 1, 2026, when its balances and future receipts must be deposited into the state general fund and OFM may no longer spend from it, and the state treasurer must move leftover balances from several abolished accounts into the general fund. Key practical details are missing from the provided text — notably which specific agency is charged with administering the new account and the size or payer of the fee in RCW 46.17.380 — so the exact administrative workload and the likely pace or limits of reimbursements remain uncertain.