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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5648

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State of Washington      57th Legislature     2001 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Environment, Energy & Water (originally sponsored by Senators Eide, Fairley, Fraser, Costa, Haugen, Hale, Regala, Rasmussen, Kastama, McDonald, Winsley, Kohl‑Welles, Shin, Prentice, Long, Patterson, Franklin, Constantine, Roach, Oke and T. Sheldon; by request of Governor Locke)

READ FIRST TIME 02/16/01.

Providing sales and use tax exemptions for energy efficient lights, household appliances, and cooling and heating systems.

    AN ACT Relating to providing sales and use tax exemptions for energy efficient lights, household appliances, cooling systems, and heating systems; adding a new section to chapter 82.08 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 82.12 RCW; and declaring an emergency.

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:

    The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 shall not apply to lighting, clothes washers, dishwashers, central air conditioners, room air conditioners, furnaces, boilers, and programmable thermostats that meet or exceed the applicable energy saving efficiency requirements developed by the United States department of energy and the United States environmental protection agency under Presidential Executive Order 13123, as it exists on the effective date of this act, and that have received their energy star rating.  This section applies to lighting, clothes washers, dishwashers, central air conditioners, room air conditioners, furnaces, boilers, and programmable thermostats purchased after the effective date of this act and before July 1, 2003.

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

    The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in respect to the use of lighting, clothes washers, dishwashers, central air conditioners, room air conditioners, furnaces, boilers, and programmable thermostats that meet or exceed the applicable energy saving efficiency requirements developed by the United States department of energy and the United States environmental protection agency under Presidential Executive Order 13123, as it exists on the effective date of this act, and that have received their energy star rating.  This section applies to lighting, clothes washers, dishwashers, central air conditioners, room air conditioners, furnaces, boilers, and programmable thermostats that were acquired after the effective date of this act and before July 1, 2003.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.

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