By Representative Reykdal

 

On page 39, after line 31, insert the following:

"(c) Taxpayers claiming the tax preference provided in (a) of this subsection, must disclose that they are a recipient of a tax preference provided by the Washington state legislature in a font size and style identical to the font size and style used in a newspaper endorsement for partisan legislative offices. The disclosure must appear on the page immediately following a newspaper endorsement for a state legislative race for any newspaper claiming this tax preference. If a taxpayer chooses not to take the tax preference provided in (a) of this subsection during any part of the year in which a partisan legislative endorsement has been printed, they are not subject to the printed disclosure described herein."

EFFECT: Requires newspapers to disclose they are the recipient of a tax preference in their newspaper, if the newspaper is running a partisan legislative endorsement.