CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6731

Chapter 201, Laws of 1998

55th Legislature

1998 Regular Session

LARGER AIRPORTS BELONGING TO OUT-OF-STATE MUNICIPAL CORPORATIONS--REMOVAL OF PROPERTY TAX EXEMPTION

EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/11/98

Passed by the Senate February 16, 1998

YEAS 45 NAYS 0

BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

Passed by the House March 6, 1998

YEAS 97 NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE

I, Mike O=Connell, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6731 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

MIKE O'CONNELL

Secretary

Approved March 27, 1998

FILED

March 27, 1998 - 3:43 p.m.

GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6731

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Passed Legislature - 1998 Regular Session

State of Washington 55th Legislature 1998 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Newhouse and Deccio)

Read first time 02/10/98.

AN ACT Relating to airport property in this state belonging to municipal corporations in adjoining states; and amending RCW 84.36.130.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 84.36.130 and 1961 c 15 s 84.36.130 are each amended to read as follows:

All property, whether real or personal, belonging exclusively to any municipal corporation in an adjoining state legally empowered by the laws of such adjoining state to acquire and hold property within this state, and which property is used primarily for airport purposes and other facilities for landing, terminals, housing, repair and care of dirigibles, airplanes and seaplanes for the aerial transportation of persons, property or mail, or in the armed forces of the United States, and upon which property there is expended funds by the federal, county or state agencies, or upon which funds are allocated by the federal government agencies on national defense projects, is hereby exempted from ad valorem taxation. The exemption in this section applies only to airports five hundred acres or less in size.