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                                          SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL NO. 1329

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State of Washington                               51st Legislature                              1989 Regular Session

By House Committee on Local Government (originally sponsored by Representatives Ferguson, Van Luven, Betrozoff, Horn, Miller, Heavey, Patrick, May and Morris)

Read first time 3/1/89 and referred to Committee on Revenue.

AN ACT Relating to taxation of commercial construction; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.     The legislature finds that in certain instances, commercial development stresses the ability of local governments to provide infrastructure needs, such as streets, roads, bridges, sidewalks, sewer systems, water systems, and drainage systems, and that local governments do not possess the authority to generate sufficient revenues to finance these needs.

          The local government, transportation, trade and economic development, and revenue committees shall study jointly the ability of local governments to finance their infrastructure needs arising from commercial construction and for introduction at the 1990 legislative session shall prepare any needed legislation authorizing the taxation of commercial construction to finance such needs.