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                          HOUSE BILL 1690

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives Mulliken, Koster, Sherstad, Bush, Cairnes, Backlund, Thompson, McDonald, Mielke, Van Luven, Zellinsky, Smith, Dunn, Pennington, Lambert, Sump, Clements, D. Schmidt, Hankins, D. Sommers, Delvin, Sheldon, Robertson and Kessler

Read first time 02/05/97.  Referred to Committee on Finance.

Exempting purchases by school districts from sales and use taxes.

    AN ACT Relating to excise tax exemptions for school districts; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; and adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW.

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 to school districts.

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 school districts.

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