| Passed by the House April 18, 2005 Yeas 68 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 12, 2005 Yeas 28 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1386 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved May 13, 2005. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 13, 2005 - 2:38 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 59th Legislature | 2005 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/21/2005. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to the surcharge for preservation of historical documents; and amending RCW 36.22.170.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 36.22.170 and 1993 c 37 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1)(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, a surcharge of
((two)) five dollars per instrument shall be charged by the county
auditor for each document recorded, which will be in addition to any
other charge authorized by law. ((Fifty percent)) One dollar of the
surcharge shall be deposited in the county general fund to be used at
the discretion of the county commissioners to promote historical
preservation or historical programs, which may include preservation of
historic documents.
(b) A surcharge of two dollars per instrument shall be charged by
the county auditor for each document presented for recording by the
employment security department, which will be in addition to any other
charge authorized by law.
(2) Of the remaining revenue generated through ((this)) the
surcharges under subsection (1) of this section: (a) Fifty percent
shall be transmitted monthly to the state treasurer who shall
distribute such funds to each county treasurer within the state in July
of each year in accordance with the formula described in RCW 36.22.190.
The county treasurer shall place the funds received in a special
account titled the auditor's centennial document preservation and
modernization account to be used solely for ongoing preservation of
historical documents of all county offices and departments and shall
not be added to the county current expense fund((.)); and
(b) Fifty percent ((of the revenue generated by this surcharge))
shall be retained by the county and deposited in the auditor's
operation and maintenance fund for ongoing preservation of historical
documents of all county offices and departments.
(3) The centennial document preservation and modernization account
is hereby created in the custody of the state treasurer and shall be
classified as a treasury trust account. State distributions from the
centennial document preservation and modernization account shall be
made without appropriation.