CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2639

                   Chapter 181, Laws of 2002

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

TAXATION--INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/13/02

Passed by the House February 17, 2002   Yeas 94   Nays 0               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 7, 2002   Yeas 48   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2639 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk
BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved March 27, 2002 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                            March 27, 2002 - 9:01 a.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2639

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             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

By Representatives Ruderman, Crouse, Bush, Nixon, Casada, Carrell, Anderson, Hunt, Van Luven, Talcott, Benson, Murray, Miloscia and Esser

Read first time 01/23/2002.  Referred to Committee on Finance.

Continuing a moratorium that prohibits a city or town from imposing a specific fee or tax on an internet service provider. 

    AN ACT Relating to extending the prohibition on taxes or fees specific to internet service providers; and amending RCW 35.21.717.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 35.21.717 and 1999 c 307 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    Until July 1, ((2002)) 2004, a city or town may not impose any new taxes or fees specific to internet service providers.  A city or town may tax internet service providers under generally applicable business taxes or fees, at a rate not to exceed the rate applied to a general service classification.  For the purposes of this section, "internet service" has the same meaning as in RCW 82.04.297.

    Passed the House February 17, 2002.

    Passed the Senate March 7, 2002.

Approved by the Governor March 27, 2002.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2002.