CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2110

                    Chapter 10, Laws of 1995

                        54th Legislature

                    1995 2nd Special Session

      JUVENILE DETENTION FACILITIES AND JAILS‑-ADDITIONAL

                      SALES TAX AUTHORIZED

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  8/24/95

Passed by the House May 24, 1995   Yeas 91   Nays 2 CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate May 24, 1995   Yeas 36   Nays 11

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2110 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

R. LORRAINE WOJAHN President of the Senate

TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

Approved June 15, 1995 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED                       June 15, 1995 - 4:19 p.m.

MIKE LOWRY Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2110

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           Passed Legislature - 1995 2nd Special Session

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Representatives Campbell, Smith, Talcott, Morris, Conway, Huff, Costa, Scott, Casada, McMahan, Brumsickle and Ebersole

Read first time 5/23/95. 

Authorizing the imposition of taxes by counties for correctional facilities and juvenile detention facilities.

    AN ACT Relating to the imposition of taxes by counties for juvenile detention facilities and jails; and adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 82.14 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) A county legislative authority in a county with a population of less than one million may submit an authorizing proposition to the county voters, and if the proposition is approved by a majority of persons voting, fix and impose a sales and use tax in accordance with the terms of this chapter for the purposes designated in subsection (3) of this section.

    (2) The tax authorized in this section shall be in addition to any other taxes authorized by law and shall be collected from those persons who are taxable by the state under chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW upon the occurrence of any taxable event within the county.  The rate of tax shall equal one-tenth of one percent of the selling price in the case of a sales tax, or value of the article used, in the case of a use tax.

    (3) Moneys received from any tax imposed under this section shall be used solely for the purpose of providing funds for costs associated with financing, design, acquisition, construction, equipping, operating, maintaining, remodeling, repairing, reequipping, and improvement of juvenile detention facilities and jails.

    (4) Counties are authorized to develop joint ventures to colocate juvenile detention facilities and to colocate jails.

    Passed the House May 24, 1995.

    Passed the Senate May 24, 1995.

Approved by the Governor June 15, 1995.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State June 15, 1995.