CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1124

Chapter 95, Laws of 2013

63rd Legislature
2013 Regular Session



SPIRITS--TAX AND FEE REPORTING



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/28/13

Passed by the House March 9, 2013
  Yeas 98   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 15, 2013
  Yeas 48   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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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 HOUSE BILL 1124 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 1, 2013, 1:47 p.m.








JAY INSLEE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 1, 2013







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1124
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Passed Legislature - 2013 Regular Session
State of Washington63rd Legislature2013 Regular Session

By Representatives Hurst and Condotta

Read first time 01/16/13.   Referred to Committee on Government Accountability & Oversight.



     AN ACT Relating to recommendations for streamlining reporting requirements for taxes and fees on spirits; adding a new section to chapter 66.08 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   The legislature finds that the adoption of Initiative Measure No. 1183 by the voters in 2011 privatized the sale and distribution of spirits in Washington. The legislature also finds that reporting requirements for all liquor taxes and fees are administratively complex and require payment and reporting to multiple state agencies.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   A new section is added to chapter 66.08 RCW to read as follows:
     By September 30, 2013, and in compliance with RCW 43.01.036, the board and the department of revenue must make recommendations to the legislature that detail the statutory changes necessary to: Streamline the collection of liquor taxes, fees, and reports; and require a singular state agency to be responsible for the collection of this revenue and information.


         Passed by the House March 9, 2013.
         Passed by the Senate April 15, 2013.
         Approved by the Governor May 1, 2013.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 1, 2013.