CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1273
Chapter
320, Laws of 1995
54th
Legislature
1995
Regular Session
INDIAN TRIBES‑-REFUND
OF MOTOR VEHICLE AND SPECIAL FUEL TAXES TO
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 5/11/95
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Passed by
the House April 19, 1995
Yeas 97 Nays 0
CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker
of the
House
of Representatives
Passed by
the Senate April 13, 1995
Yeas 43 Nays 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Timothy
A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of
Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL
1273 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the
dates hereon set forth.
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JOEL PRITCHARD
President
of the Senate
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TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief
Clerk
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Approved
May 11, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style
Off Codes below.
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FILED
May
11, 1995 - 1:12 p.m.
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MIKE LOWRY
Governor
of the State of Washington
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Secretary
of State
State
of Washington
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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1273
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1995
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/09/95.
Refunding motor
vehicle fuel and special fuel taxes to Indian tribes.
AN ACT Relating to
refunding motor vehicle fuel and special fuel taxes to Indian tribes; adding a
new section to chapter 82.36 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.38 RCW;
creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE
OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec.
1. The legislature
recognizes that certain Indian tribes located on reservations within this state
dispute the authority of the state to impose a tax upon the tribe, or upon tribal
members, based upon the distribution, sale, or other transfer of motor vehicle
and other fuels to the tribe or its members when that distribution, sale, or
other transfer takes place upon that tribe's reservation. While the
legislature believes it has the authority to impose state motor vehicle and
other fuel taxes under such circumstances, it also recognizes that all of the
state citizens may benefit from resolution of these disputes between the
respective governments.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. A new section is added
to chapter 82.36 RCW to read as follows:
The department of
licensing may enter into an agreement with any federally recognized Indian
tribe located on a reservation within this state regarding the imposition, collection,
and use of this state's motor vehicle fuel tax, or the budgeting or use of
moneys in lieu thereof, upon terms substantially the same as those in the
consent decree entered by the federal district court (Eastern District of
Washington) in Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation v. DOL, et
al., District Court No. CY-92-248-JLO.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
3. A new section is added
to chapter 82.38 RCW to read as follows:
The department of
licensing may enter into an agreement with any federally recognized Indian
tribe located on a reservation within this state regarding the imposition,
collection, and use of this state's special fuel tax, or the budgeting or use
of moneys in lieu thereof, upon terms substantially the same as those in the
consent decree entered by the federal district court (Eastern District of
Washington) in Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation v. DOL, et
al., District Court No. CY-92-248-JLO.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
4. If any provision of this
act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the
remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or
circumstances is not affected.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
5. This act is necessary for
the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support
of the state government and its existing public institutions, and shall take
effect immediately.
Passed
the House April 19, 1995.
Passed
the Senate April 13, 1995.
Approved by the Governor May 11, 1995.
Filed in Office of
Secretary of State May 11, 1995.