CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        SENATE BILL 6511

 

 

                   Chapter 113, Laws of 1996

 

 

                        54th Legislature

                      1996 Regular Session

 

 

   LASER INTERFEROMETER GRAVITATIONAL WAVE OBSERVATORY--SALES

       AND USE TAX EXEMPTIONS FOR CONSTRUCTION MATERIALS

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  3/20/96

Passed by the Senate March 7, 1996

  YEAS 47   NAYS 0

 

 

 

            JOEL PRITCHARD

President of the Senate

 

Passed by the House March 7, 1996

  YEAS 97   NAYS 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6511 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 20, 1996 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

                                FILED          

 

 

          March 20, 1996 - 10:09 a.m.

 

 

 

              MIKE LOWRY

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                         SENATE BILL 6511

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             Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1996 Regular Session

 

By Senators Loveland and Hale; by request of Governor Lowry

 

Read first time 01/16/96.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

 

Providing sales and use tax exemptions for materials used in the construction of a laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory.


    AN ACT Relating to sales and use tax exemptions for materials used in the construction of a laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; 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 sales of tangible personal property to a consumer as defined in RCW 82.04.190(6) if the tangible personal property is incorporated into, installed in, or attached to a building or other structure that is an integral part of a laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory on which construction is commenced before December 1, 1996.

 

    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 in respect to the use of tangible personal property by a consumer as defined in RCW 82.04.190(6) if the tangible personal property is incorporated into, installed in, or attached to a building or other structure that is an integral part of a laser interferometer gravitational wave observatory on which construction is commenced before December 1, 1996.

 

    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 immediately.


    Passed the Senate March 7, 1996.

    Passed the House March 7, 1996.

Approved by the Governor March 20, 1996.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 20, 1996.