CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1322



58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Passed by the House March 4, 2004
  Yeas 68   Nays 28


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 11, 2004
  Yeas 40   Nays 2



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President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1322 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.



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Chief Clerk
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Governor of the State of Washington
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Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1322
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Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives G. Simpson, Cairnes, McCoy and Roach)

READ FIRST TIME 03/04/04.   



     AN ACT Relating to exempting from taxation certain property belonging to any federally recognized Indian tribe located in the state; and amending RCW 84.36.010.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 84.36.010 and 1998 c 179 s 8 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) All property belonging exclusively to the United States, the state, or any county or municipal corporation((,)); all property belonging exclusively to any federally recognized Indian tribe located in the state, if that property is used exclusively for essential government services; all state route number 16 corridor transportation systems and facilities constructed under chapter 47.46 RCW((,)); and all property under a financing contract pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW or recorded agreement granting immediate possession and use to ((said)) the public bodies listed in this section or under an order of immediate possession and use pursuant to RCW 8.04.090((, shall be)); is exempt from taxation. All property belonging exclusively to a foreign national government ((shall be)) is exempt from taxation if ((such)) that property is used exclusively as an office or residence for a consul or other official representative of ((such)) the foreign national government, and if the consul or other official representative is a citizen of ((such)) that foreign nation.
     (2) For the purposes of this section, "essential government services" means services such as tribal administration, public facilities, fire, police, public health, education, sewer, water, environmental and land use, transportation, and utility services.

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