CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5916

Chapter 296, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



CLEAN ALTERNATIVE FUEL VEHICLES--TAX INCENTIVES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 1/01/09

Passed by the Senate April 24, 2005
  YEAS 44   NAYS 1

BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 24, 2005
  YEAS 71   NAYS 24

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


 
CERTIFICATE

I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5916 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

THOMAS HOEMANN
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Secretary
Approved May 6, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 6, 2005 - 11:10 a.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5916
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AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Schmidt, Esser, Finkbeiner and Benson)

READ FIRST TIME 03/08/05.   



     AN ACT Relating to tax incentives for clean alternative fuel vehicles; adding new sections to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding new sections to chapter 82.12 RCW; creating a new section; providing an effective date; and providing an expiration date.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to sales of new passenger cars, light duty trucks, and medium duty passenger vehicles, which are exclusively powered by a clean alternative fuel.
     (2) The seller must keep records necessary for the department to verify eligibility under this section.
     (3) As used in this section, "clean alternative fuel" means natural gas, propane, hydrogen, or electricity, when used as a fuel in a motor vehicle that meets the California motor vehicle emission standards in Title 13 of the California code of regulations, effective January 1, 2005, and the rules of the Washington state department of ecology.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to sales of new passenger cars, light duty trucks, and medium duty passenger vehicles, which utilize hybrid technology and have a United States environmental protection agency estimated highway gasoline mileage rating of at least forty miles per gallon.
     (2) The seller must keep records necessary for the department to verify eligibility under this section.
     (3) As used in this section, "hybrid technology" means propulsion units powered by both electricity and gasoline.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3   A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply in respect to the use of new passenger cars, light duty trucks, and medium duty passenger vehicles, which are exclusively powered by a clean alternative fuel.
     (2) "Clean alternative fuel" has the same meaning as provided in section 1 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 4   A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply in respect to the use of new passenger cars, light duty trucks, and medium duty passenger vehicles, which utilize hybrid technology and have a United States environmental protection agency estimated highway gasoline mileage rating of at least forty miles per gallon.
     (2) "Hybrid technology" has the same meaning as provided in section 2 of this act.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5   This act takes effect January 1, 2009.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6   This act expires January 1, 2011.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 7   If Senate Bill No. 5397 (2005) or House Bill No. 1397 (2005) is not enacted into law, this act is null and void in its entirety.


         Passed by the Senate April 24, 2005.
         Passed by the House April 24, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor May 6, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 6, 2005.