BILL REQ. #:  S-4195.1 

Read first time 01/16/08.   Referred to Committee on Natural Resources, Ocean & Recreation.

     AN ACT Relating to earmarking sales taxes collected by park vendors; adding a new section to chapter 82.32 RCW; and providing an effective date.

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:
     (1) Fifty percent of the tax collected under RCW 82.08.020(1) by sellers in public parks during new events shall be distributed to the governmental entity that owns the park. As used in this section, "new event" means a festival, promotion, or other event that is not substantially identical to an event held in the park before the effective date of this section.
     (2) Money distributed under this section may be used only as additional resources for the support of public parks and may not be used to supplant other sources of funding for those purposes. Money distributed under this section may not be used to purchase real estate.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act takes effect January 1, 2009.