H-1681.1

HOUSE BILL 2071

ByRepresentatives Reeves, Fey, Goodman, and Appleton

AN ACT Relating to modifying the definition of retail car rental for the purposes of chapter 82.08 RCW in order to create tax equity; and amending RCW 82.08.011.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 82.08.011 and 1992 c 194 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

For purposes of this chapter, "retail car rental" means renting ((a)), to a consumer, a:

(1) Rental car, as defined in RCW 46.04.465((, to a consumer)); or

(2) Any other passenger car, as defined in RCW 46.04.382, that the owner, as defined in RCW 46.04.380, offers for rental, without an operator, through a marketplace facilitator. A rental for periods exceeding thirty consecutive days is not a retail car rental under this subsection (2).

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