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                                         SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL NO. 3398

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Governmental Operations (originally sponsored by Senators Thompson, McCaslin and Zimmerman)

 

 

Read first time 2/15/85.

 

 


AN ACT Relating to the consideration of local excise tax revenues arising from local purchases in awarding purchase contracts; and adding a new section to chapter 39.30 RCW.

 

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

 

          NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 39.30 RCW to read as follows:

          (1) Whenever a unit of local government is required to make purchases from the lowest bidder or from the supplier offering the lowest price for the items desired to be purchased, the unit of local government may, at its option when awarding a purchase contract, take into consideration  tax revenue it would receive from purchasing the supplies, materials, or equipment from a supplier located within its boundaries.  The unit of local government must award the purchase contract to the lowest bidder after such tax revenue has been considered.  The tax revenues which units of local government may consider include sales taxes that the unit of local government imposes upon the sale of such supplies, materials, or equipment from the supplier to the unit of local government, and business and occupation taxes that the unit of local government imposes upon the supplier that are measured by the gross receipts of the supplier from such sale.  Any unit of local government which considers tax revenues it would receive from the imposition of taxes upon a supplier located within its boundaries, shall also consider tax revenues it would receive from taxes it imposes upon a supplier located outside its boundaries.

          (2) As used in this section, the term "unit of local government" means any county, city, town, metropolitan municipal corporation, public transit benefit area, county transportation authority, or other municipal or quasi-municipal corporation authorized to impose sales and use taxes or business and occupation taxes.