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                         SENATE BILL 5704

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State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

 

By Senators Finkbeiner, Brown and Strannigan

 

Read first time 02/07/97.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

Providing tax exemptions for nonnuclear thermal electric generating facilities.


    AN ACT Relating to providing tax exemptions for nonnuclear thermal electric generating facilities; 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:

    (1) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to the sale of fuel used to power a nonnuclear thermal electric generating facility.

    (2) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 does not apply to:

    (a) Sales of tangible personal property for construction or installation of air pollution control facilities at a thermal electric generation facility; and

    (b) Sales of, cost of, or charges made for labor and services performed in respect to the construction or installation of air pollution control facilities at a thermal electric generation facility.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 82.12 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) The provisions of this chapter do not apply with respect to the use of fuel used to power a nonnuclear thermal electric generating facility.

    (2) The provisions of this chapter do not apply with respect to:

    (a) The use of tangible personal property for construction or installation of air pollution control facilities at a thermal electric generation facility; and

    (b) The use of labor and services performed in respect to the construction or installation of air pollution control facilities at a thermal electric generation facility.

 


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