FINAL BILL REPORT
SHB 1456
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C 124 L 13
Synopsis as Enacted
Brief Description: Authorizing pretax payroll deductions for qualified transit and parking benefits.
Sponsors: House Committee on Government Operations & Elections (originally sponsored by Representatives Hunt, Moscoso, Seaquist, Blake, Riccelli, Reykdal, Stanford, Fitzgibbon and Bergquist).
House Committee on Government Operations & Elections
Senate Committee on Governmental Operations
Background:
Subject to specified requirements, public officers and state employees may request payroll deductions for the following:
credit union deposit deductions;
parking fee payment deductions;
United States savings bond deductions;
deductions for board, lodging, or uniforms, when furnished by the state;
membership dues and other fees to professional organizations;
insurance contributions for payment of premiums under contracts authorized by the Washington State Health Care Authority;
deductions for payments to a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association; and
contributions to the Washington State Combined Fund Drive.
Parking fee payroll deductions are authorized only for payments made for parking facilities furnished by an agency or by the Department of Enterprise Services (DES).
Summary:
Public officer and state employee parking fee payment deductions for qualified transit and parking benefits must, to the extent possible, be pretax for benefits allowed under the federal internal revenue code.
Votes on Final Passage:
House | 65 | 31 | |
Senate | 41 | 7 |
Effective: | July 28, 2013 |