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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.
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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