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SENATE BILL 5130
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Senators McAuliffe, Sheldon, Patterson and Oke
Read first time 01/16/97. Referred to Committee on Transportation.
AN ACT Relating to motor vehicle excise tax exemptions; adding a new section to chapter 82.44 RCW; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 82.44 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Motor homes, as defined under RCW 46.04.305, owned by persons who are eligible under this section are exempt from one-half of the taxes imposed in RCW 82.44.020 (1) and (2).
(2) A person is eligible under this section if the person meets the qualifications in (a) and (b) of this subsection.
(a)(i) The person is at least sixty-two years of age; or
(ii) The person is disabled as defined by the social security administration and receives social security benefits for that disability, or any other benefits for that disability from any other governmental or nongovernmental source, or is entitled to benefits for developmental disability under RCW 71A.10.020(2) due to unemployability full time at the minimum wage, or is legally blind or profoundly deaf, or has been issued a card, decal, or special license plate for a permanent disability under RCW 46.16.381.
(b) The person and the person's spouse have a combined income that would qualify the person for a property tax exemption under RCW 84.36.381. The financial eligibility requirements of this subsection (2)(b) apply regardless of whether the applicant owns taxable property or has obtained or applied for the property tax exemption.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act applies to motor vehicle excise taxes due after December 31, 1997.
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