CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6787

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate February 15, 2002   YEAS 48   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House March 7, 2002   YEAS 94   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6787 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

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Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6787

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             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

State of Washington   57th Legislature        2002 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators B. Sheldon, Rasmussen and Oke; by request of Department of Revenue)

READ FIRST TIME 02/12/2002.

Exempting organ procurement organizations from taxation. 

    AN ACT Relating to tax exemptions for organ procurement organizations; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 82.04 RCW to read as follows:

    This chapter does not apply to amounts received by a qualified organ procurement organization under 42 U.S.C. Sec. 273(b) in effect as of January 1, 2001, to the extent that the amounts are exempt from federal income tax.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

    The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 shall not apply to the sales of medical supplies, chemicals, or materials to an organ procurement organization exempt under section 1 of this act.  The definitions of medical supplies, chemicals, and materials in RCW 82.04.324 apply to this section.  This exemption does not apply to the sale of construction materials, office equipment, building equipment, administrative supplies, or vehicles.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

    The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 shall not apply to the use of medical supplies, chemicals, or materials by an organ procurement organization exempt under section 1 of this act.  The definitions of medical supplies, chemicals, and materials in RCW 82.04.324 apply to this section.  This exemption does not apply to the use of construction materials, office equipment, building equipment, administrative supplies, or vehicles.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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