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SENATE BILL NO. 6650
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State of Washington 50th Legislature 1988 Regular Session
By Senators Metcalf, Patterson, Kreidler and Hansen
Read first time 1/28/88 and referred to Committee on Environment & Natural Resources.
AN ACT Relating to production of fuel from recyclable materials; and amending RCW 82.36.225.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. Section 3, chapter 131, Laws of 1980 as last amended by section 4, chapter 371, Laws of 1985 and RCW 82.36.225 are each amended to read as follows:
Alcohol of any proof that is sold in this state for use as fuel in motor vehicles, farm implements and machines, or implements of husbandry is exempt from the motor vehicle fuel tax under this chapter. In addition, a tax credit of sixty percent of the tax rate imposed by RCW 82.36.025 shall be given for every gallon of alcohol used in an alcohol-gasoline blend which contains at least nine and one-half percent or more by volume of alcohol: PROVIDED, That on and after July 1, 1990, the amount of such tax credit shall be one hundred seventy-eight percent of the tax rate imposed by RCW 82.36.025: PROVIDED FURTHER, That in no case may the tax credit claimed be greater than the tax due on the gasoline portion of the blended fuel.