CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2711

 

 

 

 

 

 

                        55th Legislature

                      1998 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 25, 1998     Yeas 96   Nays 0

 

 

 

Speaker of the

      House of Representatives

 

Passed by the Senate March 11, 1998

  Yeas 45   Nays 3

             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 2711  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

President of the Senate

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.   

                                FILED

          

 

 

Governor of the State of Washington

                   Secretary of State

                  State of Washington


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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2711

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             Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1998 Regular Session

 

By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Parlette, Chandler, Mulliken and Sump)

 

Read first time 02/09/98.  Referred to Committee on .

Providing tax exemptions for small irrigation districts.


    AN ACT Relating to tax exemptions for small irrigation districts; amending RCW 82.04.312 and 82.16.042; providing an effective date; and providing expiration dates.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 82.04.312 and 1997 c 407 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) This chapter does not apply to amounts received for water services supplied by a water-sewer district established under Title 57 RCW or by an irrigation district established under Title 87 RCW that ((has been certified by the department of health as)):

    (a) ((Having)) Has less than one thousand five hundred connections; and

    (b) ((Charging)) Charges residential water rates that exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the state-wide average residential water rate published on or before July 1st of each year by the department of health.

    (2) This chapter does not apply to amounts received for water services supplied by a water system that ((has been certified by the department of health as)):

    (a) ((Being)) Is operated or owned by a qualified satellite management agency under RCW 70.116.134;

    (b) ((Having)) Has less than two hundred connections; and

    (c) ((Charging)) Charges residential water rates that exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the state-wide average residential water rate published on or before July 1st of each year by the department of health.

    (3) To receive an exemption under this section, the water system or irrigation district shall supply to the department of ((health)) revenue proof that an amount equal to at least ninety percent of the value of the exemption shall be expended to repair, equip, maintain, and upgrade the water system.

    (4) The department of health ((shall certify to the department of revenue the eligibility of water districts and water systems under this section.  In order to determine eligibility, the department of health may use rate information provided in surveys and reports produced by the association of Washington cities, an association of elected officials, or other municipal association to estimate a state-wide average residential water rate.  The department of health shall update the estimated state-wide average residential water rate by July 1 of each year that this section remains in effect)) may use rate information provided in surveys and reports produced by the association of Washington cities, an association of elected officials, or other municipal association to estimate a state-wide average residential water rate.

    (5) This section expires July 1, ((2003)) 2004.

 

    Sec. 2.  RCW 82.16.042 and 1997 c 407 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    (1) This chapter does not apply to amounts received for water services supplied by a water-sewer district established under Title 57 RCW or by an irrigation district established under Title 87 RCW that ((has been certified by the department of health as)):

    (a) ((Having)) Has less than one thousand five hundred connections; and

    (b) ((Charging)) Charges residential water rates that exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the state-wide average residential water rate published on or before July 1st of each year by the department of health.

    (2) This chapter does not apply to amounts received for water services supplied by a water system that ((has been certified by the department of health as)):

    (a) ((Being)) Is operated or owned by a qualified satellite management agency under RCW 70.116.134;

    (b) ((Having)) Has less than two hundred connections; and

    (c) ((Charging)) Charges residential water rates that exceed one hundred twenty-five percent of the state-wide average residential water rate.

    (3) To receive an exemption under this section, the water system or irrigation district shall supply to the department of ((health)) revenue proof that an amount equal to at least ninety percent of the value of the exemption shall be expended to repair, equip, maintain, and upgrade the water system.

    (4) ((The department of health shall certify to the department of revenue the eligibility of water districts and water systems under this section.  In order to determine eligibility, the department of health may use rate information provided in surveys and reports produced by the association of Washington cities, an association of elected officials, or other municipal association to estimate a state-wide average residential water rate.  The department of health shall update the estimated state-wide average residential water rate by July 1 of each year that this section remains in effect.)) For the purposes of this section, "state-wide average residential water rate" means the state-wide average residential water rate published under RCW 82.04.312.

    (5) This section expires July 1, ((2003)) 2004.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  This act takes effect July 1, 1998.

 


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