| Passed by the Senate April 20, 2011 YEAS 47 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 6, 2011 YEAS 96 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SECOND SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5595 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. THOMAS HOEMANN ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved May 16, 2011, 2:47 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | May 17, 2011 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 62nd Legislature | 2011 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/25/11.
AN ACT Relating to distribution of the public utility district privilege tax; amending RCW 54.28.090; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 54.28.090 and 1980 c 154 s 9 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1) The county legislative authority of each county ((shall)) must
direct the county treasurer to deposit funds to the credit of each
taxing district in the county, other than school districts, according
to the manner they deem most equitable; except not less than an amount
equal to three-fourths of one percent of the gross revenues obtained by
a district from the sale of electric energy within any incorporated
city or town ((shall)) must be remitted to such city or town.
Information furnished by the district to the county legislative
authority ((shall)) must be the basis for the determination of the
amount to be paid to such cities or towns under this subsection.
(2) In the event that a county receives tax proceeds under RCW
54.28.050 because a public utility district operated by another county
owns fee title to property in a city or town in the county that
receives such tax proceeds, and that city or town adjoins a reservoir
on the Columbia river wholly or partially created by such district's
hydroelectric facility which began commercial power generation in 1967,
but the district has no sales of electrical energy in that city or
town, the county may retain seventy percent of such tax proceeds. The
county must remit the remainder of the tax proceeds to the city or town
in which the district owns fee title to property but has no sales of
electrical energy. If the district owns fee title to property in more
than one city or town in the county receiving such tax proceeds, and
has no sales of electrical energy in those cities or towns, the
remainder of the tax must be divided evenly among all such cities and
towns.
(3) The provisions of this section ((shall)) do not apply to the
distribution of taxes collected under RCW 54.28.025.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 This act applies to public utility district
privilege taxes to be distributed in 2012 and each year thereafter.