CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2055

Chapter 76, Laws of 2004

58th Legislature
2004 Regular Session



TAXATION--TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES



EFFECTIVE DATE: 6/10/04

Passed by the House February 16, 2004
  Yeas 97   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 5, 2004
  Yeas 49   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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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 2055 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 22, 2004.








GARY F. LOCKE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
March 22, 2004 - 5:22 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2055
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Passed Legislature - 2004 Regular Session
State of Washington58th Legislature2004 Regular Session

By House Committee on Technology, Telecommunications & Energy (originally sponsored by Representatives Morris, Crouse and Bush)

READ FIRST TIME 02/06/04.   



     AN ACT Relating to bundled telecommunications services; and adding a new section to chapter 82.32 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 82.32 RCW to read as follows:
     If a taxing jurisdiction does not subject some charges for telephone services to taxation, but these charges are aggregated with and not separately stated from charges that are subject to taxation, then the charges for nontaxable telephone services may be subject to taxation unless the telephone service or provider can reasonably identify charges not subject to the tax, charge, or fee from its books and records that are kept in the regular course of business and for purposes other than merely allocating the sales price of an aggregated charge to the individually aggregated items.


         Passed by the House February 16, 2004.
         Passed by the Senate March 5, 2004.
         Approved by the Governor March 22, 2004.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 22, 2004.