Passed by the House March 13, 2008 Yeas 92 Nays 4 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 12, 2008 Yeas 48 Nays 1 ________________________________________ President of the Senate		CERTIFICATE I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2585 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Chief Clerk
Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED Secretary of State State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to the business and occupation taxation of newspaper-labeled supplements; amending RCW 82.04.214; and providing an effective date.

Sec. 1   RCW 82.04.214 and 1994 c 22 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1)(a) Until June 30, 2011, "newspaper" means:
     (i) A publication issued regularly at stated intervals at least twice a month and printed on newsprint in tabloid or broadsheet format folded loosely together without stapling, glue, or any other binding of any kind, including any supplement of a printed newspaper; and
     (ii) An electronic version of a printed newspaper that:
     (A) Shares content with the printed newspaper; and
     (B) Is prominently identified by the same name as the printed newspaper or otherwise conspicuously indicates that it is a complement to the printed newspaper.
     (b) For purposes of this section, "supplement" means a printed publication, including a magazine or advertising section, that is:
     (i) Labeled and identified as part of the printed newspaper; and
     (ii) Circulated or distributed:
     (A) As an insert or attachment to the printed newspaper; or
     (B) Separate and apart from the printed newspaper so long as the distribution is within the general circulation area of the newspaper.
     (2) Beginning July 1, 2011, "newspaper" means a publication issued regularly at stated intervals at least twice a month and printed on newsprint in tabloid or broadsheet format folded loosely together without stapling, glue, or any other binding of any kind, including any supplement of a printed newspaper as defined in subsection (1)(b) of this section.