2585-S AMS WM S6128.1

SHB 2585  - S COMM AMD
     By Committee on Ways & Means

ADOPTED AS AMENDED 03/12/2008

     Strike everything after the enacting clause and insert the following:

"Sec. 1   RCW 82.04.214 and 1994 c 22 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1)(a) Until June 30, 2011, "newspaper" means:
     (i) A
publication issued regularly at stated intervals at least twice a month and printed on newsprint in tabloid or broadsheet format folded loosely together without stapling, glue, or any other binding of any kind, including any supplement of a printed newspaper; and
     (ii) An electronic version of a printed newspaper that:
     (A) Shares content with the printed newspaper; and
     (B) Is prominently identified by the same name as the printed newspaper or otherwise conspicuously indicates that it is a complement to the printed newspaper.
     (b) For purposes of this section, "supplement" means a printed publication, including a magazine or advertising section, that is:
     (i) Labeled and identified as part of the printed newspaper; and
     (ii) Circulated or distributed:
     (A) As an insert or attachment to the printed newspaper; or
     (B) Separate and apart from the printed newspaper so long as the distribution is within the general circulation area of the newspaper
.
     (2) Beginning July 1, 2011, "newspaper" means a publication issued regularly at stated intervals at least twice a month and printed on newsprint in tabloid or broadsheet format folded loosely together without stapling, glue, or any other binding of any kind.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect July 1, 2008."

SHB 2585  - S COMM AMD
     By Committee on Ways & Means

ADOPTED AS AMENDED 03/12/2008

     On page 1, line 2 of the title, after "supplements;" strike the remainder of the title and insert "amending RCW 82.04.214; and providing an effective date."

EFFECT:  The definition is changed for "newspaper" until June 30, 2011, to allow for a lower business and occupation tax rate on internet advertising by newspapers. Beginning July 1, 2011, the definition reverts back to the current definition.

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