CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2335

Chapter 21, Laws of 2007

60th Legislature
2007 Regular Session



EXCISE TAX EXEMPTION--AMATEUR RADIO REPEATERS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/22/07

Passed by the House March 10, 2007
  Yeas 97   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 2, 2007
  Yeas 45   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2335 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 10, 2007, 11:12 a.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 10, 2007







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2335
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Passed Legislature - 2007 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2007 Regular Session

By House Committee on Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Priest and Miloscia)

READ FIRST TIME 3/5/07.   



     AN ACT Relating to exempting certain amateur radio repeaters from leasehold excise taxes; and adding a new section to chapter 82.29A RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 82.29A RCW to read as follows:
     (1) All leasehold interests in property used for the placement of amateur radio repeaters that are made available for use by, or are used in support of, a public agency in the event of an emergency or potential emergency to which the agency is, or may be, a qualified responder, are exempt from tax under this chapter.
     (2) For purposes of this act, "amateur radio repeater" means an electronic device that receives a weak or low-level amateur radio signal and retransmits it at a higher level or higher power, so that the signal can cover longer distances without degradation, and is used by amateur radio operators possessing a valid license issued by the federal communications commission.


         Passed by the House March 10, 2007.
         Passed by the Senate April 2, 2007.
         Approved by the Governor April 10, 2007.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 10, 2007.