SHB 2585 -
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 -
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.