CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 6452
Chapter 202, Laws of 1992
52nd
Legislature
1992
Regular Session
LODGING TAX‑-AUTHORIZED USES FOR
REVENUES
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/11/92
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Passed by the Senate March 8,
1992
Yeas 46 Nays 1
 JOEL PRITCHARD
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 6,
1992
Yeas 96 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Gordon Golob, Secretary of
the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is
SENATE BILL 6452 as passed by the Senate and the House of
Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
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 JOE KING
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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 GORDON A. GOLOB
Secretary
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Approved April 2, 1992 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
April 2, 1992 -
11:43 a.m.
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BOOTH GARDNER
Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State of
Washington
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SENATE
BILL 6452
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AS
AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed
Legislature - 1992 Regular Session
State of Washington 52nd
Legislature 1992 Regular Session
Read first time 01/31/92.
Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.Expanding
the uses of the proceeds from the county or city special excise tax on lodging
to include special event promotional infrastructures.
AN ACT
Relating to the allowed uses of the proceeds from the special excise tax on
lodging; and amending RCW 67.28.210.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
67.28.210 and 1991 c 331 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
All
taxes levied and collected under RCW 67.28.180, ((67.28.230,))
67.28.240, and 67.28.260 shall be credited to a special fund in the treasury of
the county or city imposing such tax. Such taxes shall be levied only for the
purpose of paying all or any part of the cost of acquisition, construction, or
operating of stadium facilities, convention center facilities, performing arts
center facilities, and/or visual arts center facilities or to pay or secure the
payment of all or any portion of general obligation bonds or revenue bonds
issued for such purpose or purposes under this chapter, or to pay for
advertising, publicizing, or otherwise distributing information for the purpose
of attracting visitors and encouraging tourist expansion when a county or city
has imposed such tax for such purpose, or as one of the purposes hereunder, and
until withdrawn for use, the moneys accumulated in such fund or funds may be
invested in interest bearing securities by the county or city treasurer in any
manner authorized by law. In addition such taxes may be used to develop
strategies to expand tourism: PROVIDED, That any county, and any city within a
county, bordering upon Grays Harbor may use the proceeds of such taxes for
construction and maintenance of a movable tall ships tourist attraction in
cooperation with a tall ships restoration society, except to the extent that
such proceeds are used for payment of principal and interest on debt incurred
prior to June 11, 1986: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any city or county may use the
proceeds of such taxes for the refurbishing and operation of a steam railway
for tourism promotion purposes: PROVIDED FURTHER, That any city bordering
on the Pacific Ocean with a population of not less than one thousand and the
county in which such a city is located may use the proceeds of such taxes for
funding special events or festivals, or promotional infrastructures including
but not limited to an ocean beach boardwalk.
Passed the
Senate March 8, 1992.
Passed the
House March 6, 1992.
Approved by the Governor April 2, 1992.
Filed in Office of Secretary
of State April 2, 1992.