FINAL BILL REPORT

SHB 1430

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C 164 L 19

Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description: Concerning the licensing and enforcement system modernization project account.

Sponsors: House Committee on Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives MacEwen and Stanford; by request of Liquor and Cannabis Board).

House Committee on Appropriations

Senate Committee on Ways & Means

Background:

The Licensing and Enforcement System Modernization Project Account was created in 2015, and it is a nonappropriated account. It may only be used for expenses relating to replacing and modernizing licensing, enforcement, and the imaging system for the Liquor and Cannabis Board. A temporary fee applied to certain liquor licenses and the licenses of marijuana producers, processors and retailers provided revenue for the Account. That fee expired on June 30, 2017, and the Account expires June 30, 2019.

Summary:

The expiration date for the Licensing and Enforcement System Modernization Project Account is extended until September 1, 2023.

Votes on Final Passage:

House

97

0

Senate

45

0

Effective:

June 1, 2019