CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 2331

Chapter 462, Laws of 2009

61st Legislature
2009 Regular Session



DOCUMENT RECORDING SURCHARGE--SERVICES FOR THE HOMELESS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/26/09

Passed by the House April 25, 2009
  Yeas 50   Nays 44

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 25, 2009
  Yeas 25   Nays 24


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2331 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


BARBARA BAKER
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Chief Clerk
Approved May 12, 2009, 2:53 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
May 13, 2009







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 2331
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2009 Regular Session
State of Washington61st Legislature2009 Regular Session

By Representatives Darneille, Dickerson, Pettigrew, Kenney, Williams, Simpson, Nelson, and Ormsby

Read first time 04/01/09.   Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.



     AN ACT Relating to the existing document recording fee for services for the homeless; and amending RCW 36.22.179.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 36.22.179 and 2007 c 427 s 4 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) In addition to the surcharge authorized in RCW 36.22.178, and except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, an additional surcharge of ten dollars shall be charged by the county auditor for each document recorded, which will be in addition to any other charge allowed by law. During the 2009-11 and 2011-13 biennia, the surcharge shall be thirty dollars. The funds collected pursuant to this section are to be distributed and used as follows:
     (a) The auditor shall retain two percent for collection of the fee, and of the remainder shall remit sixty percent to the county to be deposited into a fund that must be used by the county and its cities and towns to accomplish the purposes of ((this)) chapter 484, Laws of 2005, six percent of which may be used by the county for administrative costs related to its homeless housing plan, and the remainder for programs which directly accomplish the goals of the county's local homeless housing plan, except that for each city in the county which elects as authorized in RCW 43.185C.080 to operate its own local homeless housing program, a percentage of the surcharge assessed under this section equal to the percentage of the city's local portion of the real estate excise tax collected by the county shall be transmitted at least quarterly to the city treasurer, without any deduction for county administrative costs, for use by the city for program costs which directly contribute to the goals of the city's local homeless housing plan; of the funds received by the city, it may use six percent for administrative costs for its homeless housing program.
     (b) The auditor shall remit the remaining funds to the state treasurer for deposit in the home security fund account. The department may use twelve and one-half percent of this amount for administration of the program established in RCW 43.185C.020, including the costs of creating the statewide homeless housing strategic plan, measuring performance, providing technical assistance to local governments, and managing the homeless housing grant program. The remaining eighty-seven and one-half percent is to be used by the department to:
     (i) Provide housing and shelter for homeless people including, but not limited to: Grants to operate, repair, and staff shelters; grants to operate transitional housing; partial payments for rental assistance; consolidated emergency assistance; overnight youth shelters; and emergency shelter assistance; and
     (ii) Fund the homeless housing grant program.
     (2) The surcharge imposed in this section does not apply to (a) assignments or substitutions of previously recorded deeds of trust, or (b) documents recording a birth, marriage, divorce, or death or any documents otherwise exempted from a recording fee under state law.


         Passed by the House April 25, 2009.
         Passed by the Senate April 25, 2009.
         Approved by the Governor May 12, 2009.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 13, 2009.