CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

             ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6284

 

 

                    Chapter 63, Laws of 1996

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

 

 

          PUBLIC RECORDS--SALES AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  4/1/96

Passed by the Senate February 8, 1996

  YEAS 48   NAYS 0

 

 

 

            JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House February 29, 1996

  YEAS 96   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6284 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

             MARTY BROWN

                            Secretary

 

 

Approved March 13, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                FILED           

 

 

           March 13, 1996 - 1:32 p.m.

 

 

 

              MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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               ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6284

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             Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Drew, Haugen, Winsley, McCaslin and Roach)

 

Read first time 01/25/96.

 

Providing sales and use tax exemptions for public records.


    AN ACT Relating to sales and use tax exemptions for public records; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 82.08 RCW to read as follows:

    The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 shall not apply to the sale of public records by state and local agencies, as the terms are defined in RCW 42.17.020, that are copied under a request for the record for which no fee is charged other than a statutorily set fee or a fee to reimburse the agency for its actual costs directly incident to the copying.  A request for a record includes a request for a document not available to the public but available to those persons who by law are allowed access to the document, such as requests for fire reports, law enforcement reports, taxpayer information, and academic transcripts.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

    The provisions of this chapter shall not apply with respect to the use of public records sold by state and local agencies, as the terms are defined in RCW 42.17.020, that are obtained under a request for the record for which no fee is charged other than a statutorily set fee or a fee to reimburse the agency for its actual costs directly incident to the copying.  A request for a record includes a request for a document not available to the public but available to those persons who by law are allowed access to the document, such as requests for fire reports, law enforcement reports, taxpayer information, and academic transcripts.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  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 April 1, 1996.


    Passed the Senate February 8, 1996.

    Passed the House February 29, 1996.

Approved by the Governor March 13, 1996.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 13, 1996.