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                         SENATE BILL 6700

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State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

By Senators Swecker, Rasmussen, Snyder, Eide, Hargrove, Roach, Honeyford, Jacobsen, Sheahan, Zarelli, Oke, Hochstatter, Fraser and Benton

Read first time 01/24/2000.  Referred to Committee on Energy, Technology & Telecommunications.

Removing provisions that would forfeit the sales and use tax exemption for coal-fired thermal electric generation facilities if the coal used was mined outside of specified counties.

    AN ACT Relating to the sales and use tax exemption for coal-fired thermal electric generation facilities; and repealing RCW 82.08.812 and 82.12.812.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  The following acts or parts of acts are each repealed:

(1) RCW 82.08.812 (Exemptions--Coal used at coal-fired thermal electric generation facility--Forfeiture upon use of nonlocal coal sources--Reinstatement) and 1997 c 368 s 5; and

(2) RCW 82.12.812 (Exemptions--Coal used at coal-fired thermal electric generation facility--Forfeiture upon use of nonlocal coal sources--Reinstatement) and 1997 c 368 s 7.

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