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                                                   HOUSE BILL NO. 2002

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State of Washington                              50th Legislature                              1988 Regular Session

By Representatives Dellwo, Haugen and Jacobsen

Read first time 2/5/88 and referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

AN ACT Relating to liquor excise tax distributions; amending RCW 82.08.171; and providing an effective date.

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

        Sec. 1.  Section 1, chapter 16, Laws of 1987 and RCW 82.08.171 are each amended to read as follows:

          ((For the biennium beginning July 1, 1987,)) Distributions of liquor excise tax receipts to counties((, cities, and towns)) under RCW 82.08.170 shall be altered ((as follows:  After apportioning, but)) so that prior to distributing moneys in the liquor excise tax fund to counties((, cities, and towns)) under RCW 82.08.170, an amount equal to ((sixteen)) twenty thousand dollars from the amount to be apportioned to counties((, and sixteen thousand dollars from the amount to be apportioned to cities and towns)) shall be ((placed into the local governance study commission account)) distributed to the Washington state association of counties for each of the quarterly distributions on ((July 1, 1987, October 1, 1987, January 1, 1988, and April 1, 1988)) the first day of January, April, July, and October of each year.  These funds shall be expended only for financing a county research bureau.

          ((This section shall expire June 30, 1988.))

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.     This act shall take effect June 30, 1988.