BILL REQ. #:  H-0905.1 

Read first time 02/13/2003.   Referred to Committee on Local Government.

     AN ACT Relating to the equality of utility taxation on water and sewer services provided within cities and towns; and adding a new section to chapter 35.21 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 35.21 RCW to read as follows:
     A city or town in which a water-sewer district operates works, plants, or facilities for the distribution and sale of water or sewer services has the power to levy and collect from the district a tax on the gross revenues derived by the district from the sale of water or sewer services within the city or town, exclusive of the revenues derived from the sale of water or sewer services for purposes of resale. The tax shall be levied only when the services are also provided by a city or town. The tax when levied shall be a debt of the district, and may be collected as such. The district has the power to add the amount of tax to the rates or charges it makes for water or sewer services sold within the limits of the city or town.