BILL REQ. #:  H-2392.1 

Read first time 03/04/2005.   Referred to Committee on Finance.

     AN ACT Relating to funding arts, cultural and heritage institutions, and publicly owned sports and entertainment facilities; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   It is the intent of the legislature to provide for a stable source of funding for art museums, cultural museums, heritage museums, the arts, and the performing arts in counties with a population of more than one million. It is also the intent of the legislature to protect investments in publicly owned multipurpose arenas located in counties with a population of more than one million. The legislature does not intend to authorize taxes to finance an expansion of a publicly owned multipurpose arena in a county with a population of more than one million.