5111-S2.E AMH TEC H2890.1

E2SSB 5111  - H COMM AMD
     By Committee on Technology, Energy & Communications

NOT ADOPTED 04/13/2005

     On page 2, line 36, strike "2014" and insert "2010"

     On page 6, line 24, strike "2014" and insert "2010"

     On page 7, line 1, strike "2014" and insert "2010"

     On page 7, line 4, strike "2014" and insert "2010"

     On page 8, line 10, strike "2014" and insert "2010"

     On page 8, line 23, strike "2014" and insert "2010"

     On page 9, after line 23, insert the following:

"NEW SECTION.  Sec. 9   (1) Using existing sources of information, the department shall report to the house appropriations committee, the house committee dealing with energy issues, the senate committee on ways and means, and the senate committee dealing with energy issues by December 1, 2009. The report shall measure the impacts of this act, including the total number of solar energy system manufacturing companies in the state, any change in the number of solar energy system manufacturing companies in the state, and, where relevant, the effect on job creation, the number of jobs created for Washington residents, and any other factors the department selects.
     (2) The department shall not conduct any new surveys to provide the report in subsection (1) of this section."

     Renumber the remaining section consecutively, correct internal references accordingly, and correct the title.

EFFECT:  Changes the year in which all of the tax incentives provided in the act will expire to 2010 instead of 2014.
     Provides that, using existing information, the Department of Revenue must, by December 1, 2009, report to the appropriate committees of the legislature regarding the impact of the act. The report shall measure impacts of the act, including the total number of solar energy system manufacturing companies in the state, any change in the number of solar energy system manufacturing companies in the state, and, where relevant, the effect on job creation, the number of jobs created for Washington residents, and such other factors as the department selects.

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