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SENATE BILL 5552
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State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session
By Senators Winsley, Wojahn, Schow, Franklin, Rasmussen and Haugen
Read first time 01/31/97. Referred to Committee on Government Operations.
AN ACT Relating to county jail construction and depreciation costs; and amending RCW 82.14.350.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 82.14.350 and 1995 2nd sp.s. c 10 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A county legislative authority in a county with a population of less than one million may submit an authorizing proposition to the county voters, and if the proposition is approved by a majority of persons voting, fix and impose a sales and use tax in accordance with the terms of this chapter for the purposes designated in subsection (3) of this section.
(2) The tax authorized in this section shall be in addition to any other taxes authorized by law and shall be collected from those persons who are taxable by the state under chapters 82.08 and 82.12 RCW upon the occurrence of any taxable event within the county. The rate of tax shall equal one-tenth of one percent of the selling price in the case of a sales tax, or value of the article used, in the case of a use tax.
(3)(a) Moneys received from any tax imposed under this section shall be used solely for the purpose of providing funds for costs associated with financing, design, acquisition, construction, equipping, operating, maintaining, remodeling, repairing, reequipping, and improvement of juvenile detention facilities and jails.
(b) The county may not charge a city that contracts for jail services for construction or depreciation costs, either as part of the daily rate for prisoner costs or any associated jail fees, for that proportion of the jail facility funded by the proceeds of the tax authorized in this section.
(4) Counties are authorized to develop joint ventures to colocate juvenile detention facilities and to colocate jails.
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