FINAL BILL REPORT
SHB
1931
C 161 L 91
Synopsis As Enacted
Brief Description: Raising the limit on nonprofit raffles.
By House Committee on Commerce & Labor (originally sponsored by Representatives Brough, Grant, Brumsickle, Broback, Neher, Morris, Mielke, Cantwell, Chandler, Van Luven, D. Sommers, Holland, Wilson, Bowman, Mitchell, Ferguson, Wynne and Forner).
House Committee on Commerce & Labor
House Committee on Revenue
Senate Committee on Commerce & Labor
Background: No taxes may be imposed on a charitable or nonprofit organization's bingo games, raffles, or amusement games when the gross income from all of these events does not exceed $5,000 per year.
Summary: Taxes may be imposed on charitable or nonprofit raffles only on net receipts exceeding $10,000 dollars per year. The lower limit for taxation of bingo and amusement games remains $5,000.
Votes on Final Passage:
House 98 0
Senate 38 0
Effective: July 28, 1991