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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 6423

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

 

By Senate Committee on State & Local Government (originally sponsored by Senators Patterson, Gardner, Costa, Winsley, Spanel, Hale, Sellar, Shin, Haugen and Wojahn)

 

Read first time 02/04/2000.

Providing funds for local capital facilities plans.


    AN ACT Relating to funding for implementation of capital facilities plans by counties and cities; and adding a new section to chapter 82.14 RCW.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 82.14 RCW to read as follows:

    (1) Subject to the conditions in subsections (2) through (5) of this section, the legislative body of a county or city, through ordinance or resolution, may impose a sales and use tax in accordance with the terms of this chapter.  The tax is in addition to other taxes authorized by law and shall be collected on the sale of or charge made for new construction, as defined in subsection (6) of this section.  The tax shall be deducted from the amount of tax otherwise required to be collected or paid over to the department of revenue under chapter 82.08 RCW.

    (2) The rate of tax shall not exceed one percent of the selling price.

    (3) Any county ordinance or resolution adopted pursuant to this section shall contain a provision allowing as a credit against the county tax the full amount of any city tax imposed pursuant to this section upon the same taxable event.

    (4) A county or city may impose the tax authorized under subsection (1) of this section if it meets the requirements of (a) through (e) or (f) of this subsection:

    (a) The county or city is planning under RCW 36.70A.040;

    (b) The county or city is in compliance with all deadlines under chapter 36.70A RCW;

    (c) The county or city is not under an order of noncompliance issued by a growth management hearings board;

    (d) The county or city has adopted a capital facilities plan under chapter 36.70A RCW that is consistent with its comprehensive plan; and

    (e) The county or city files with the department a statement signed by the chief executive officer of the county or city that it meets the requirements set forth in (a) through (d) of this subsection; or

    (f) The county or city is not planning under RCW 36.70A.040, but has adopted a capital facilities plan that substantially meets the requirements of RCW 36.70A.070(3), and the county or city files with the department a statement signed by the chief executive officer of the county or city that its capital facilities plan substantially meets the requirements of RCW 36.70A.070(3).

    (5) Moneys collected under this section:  (a) Must be used for the purpose of implementing a county's or city's capital facilities plan; and (b) shall be used to supplement, and not supplant, any other funds expended by a county or city for the same purpose.

    (6) For purposes of this section, "new construction" means (a) the constructing, repairing, decorating, or improving of existing structures for the purpose of increasing the floor space by twenty-five percent or more; or (b) the constructing of new structures.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application of the provision to other persons or circumstances is not affected.

 


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