CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2968



58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session

Passed by the House February 17, 2004
  Yeas 96   Nays 0


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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 11, 2004
  Yeas 49   Nays 0



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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 ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2968 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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ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2968
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Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By Representatives Linville, Quall and Rockefeller

Read first time 01/26/2004.   Referred to Committee on Finance.



     AN ACT Relating to excise tax deductions for governmental payments to nonprofit organizations for salmon restoration; adding a new section to chapter 82.04 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 82.04 RCW to read as follows:
     In computing tax there may be deducted from the measure of tax amounts received by a nonprofit organization from the United States or any instrumentality thereof or from the state of Washington or any municipal corporation or political subdivision thereof as grants to support salmon restoration purposes. For the purposes of this section, "nonprofit organization" has the same meaning as in RCW 82.04.3651.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   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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