Supreme Court to hear NOVA case

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NOVA lawsuit update!!!!!!!!!!!

[quote="Tod"]FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:

Washington Off Highway Vehicle Alliance lawsuit will go before the Washington State Supreme Court

Olympia, Washington – 13 February 2012

The Washington Off Highway Vehicle Alliance (WOHVA) and Northwest Motorcycle Association (NMA) lawsuit against the State of Washington, to block the transfer of over 9.5 million dollars in offroad vehicle funds from the Nonhighway and Offroad Vehicle Activities (NOVA) account to State Parks, will advance to the Washington State Supreme Court. Attorney James Buchal will be representing both organizations.

In 2009 the Legislature passed House Bill 1244, which transferred the money out of the NOVA account. The NOVA account money comes from the gas tax paid by offroad vehicle users and the license tab fees on offroad vehicles (ORV).

According to the Washington State Constitution gas tax collected must be used only for roads. To comply with that the state allows refunds on gas tax paid for other uses.

In 1972 the offroad vehicle community supported passage of legislation that waived their right to a direct refund of the taxes they paid for ORV fuel in exchange for having those same funds “refundedâ€