From jramaker@oc.ctc.edu Tue Dec 21 15:21:27 1999 Received: from mxu4.u.washington.edu (mxu4.u.washington.edu [140.142.33.8]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.09) with ESMTP id PAA32802 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:21:26 -0800 Received: from oc.ctc.edu (oc.ctc.edu [134.39.30.20]) by mxu4.u.washington.edu (8.9.3+UW99.09/8.9.3+UW99.08) with ESMTP id PAA07785 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:21:25 -0800 Received: from D057689 ([134.39.30.37]) by oc.ctc.edu (Netscape Messaging Server 3.52) with SMTP id AAA4256 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:21:17 -0800 Reply-To: From: "Jolene Ramaker" To: Subject: RE: Former military personnel Date: Tue, 21 Dec 1999 15:21:51 -0800 Message-ID: <002301bf4c0a$29c4a3c0$251e2786@D057689.oc.ctc.edu> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 In-Reply-To: I have seen a number of cases lately where people have been issued WA DL's without any other real evidence of being a resident. I don't think that the DOL considers DL's as only for residents anymore. -----Original Message----- From: RESIDENCY-owner@u.washington.edu [mailto:RESIDENCY-owner@u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of Joseph M. St.Hilaire Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 12:51 PM To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide Subject: RE: Former military personnel ***Thanks, Jolene, for correcting me on the excise tax matter. If it's true that you have to swear that you're not a resident to be exempt from it, then you're absolutely right. I just can't figure out why our Dept of Licensing would give her a WA DL and then exempt her from the tax. Joe On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Jolene Ramaker wrote: > In order to get the excise tax exemption, she had to sign a statement that > said she was not a WA resident, so I would ignore the Voter's reg from '92. > We would take the earliest date of her new documents and count 1 year from > that date, IF she re-registers her car in WA and if necessary (depending > upon the timing) pays "conscience money" - ie, pays back the excise tax that > she got out of. She probably wouldn't have to pay the conscience money, > though, because she so recently changed her documents. > > Thanks, > > Dr. Jolene Ramaker > Dean of Enrollment Services > Olympic College > 1600 Chester Ave. > Bremerton, WA 98337-1669 > jramaker@oc.ctc.edu > 360-475-7208 fax: 360-475-7202 > > > -----Original Message----- > From: RESIDENCY-owner@u.washington.edu > [mailto:RESIDENCY-owner@u.washington.edu] On Behalf Of JOY FITZPATRICK > Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 1999 12:12 PM > To: Discussion of Residency Issues State Wide > Subject: Former military personnel > > This student was stationed in WA since 1992. She was discharged October, > 1999. She has just obtained a new WA driver's license and a new voter's > registration card. We also have a copy of her old WA driver's license from > 1996 with 'MIL' for expiration date. It doesn't appear that she ever paid > WA excise tax for her car registration. She also went back to New York for > a short period of time and registered her car there. She maintains that she > registered to vote in WA in 1992 when she was in Tacoma and that should make > her a WA state resident. She can probably get a proof of that. I am not > real clear on this. Do you have to be a WA resident to vote in WA? Does > merely voting in WA makes someone a WA resident? > > Joe, I like your answer to Ruth Schindler and hope you can help me on this > one too. And, of course, I welcome any response from all of you out there. > > Happy Holidays! > > Joy > > Pimpun Joy Fitzpatrick > International Student Program Coordinator > Everett Community College > 801 Wetmore Avenue > Everett, WA 98201 USA > phone: (425) 388-9220 > fax: (425) 388-9173 > e-mail: jfitzpat@evcc.ctc.edu > > .