CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                        HOUSE BILL 2081

                   Chapter 307, Laws of 1999

                        56th Legislature

                      1999 Regular Session

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS--EXTENSION ON TAX PROHIBITION

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/25/99

Passed by the House March 9, 1999   Yeas 87   Nays 4              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 15, 1999   Yeas 46   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2081  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.            DEAN R. FOSTER                           Chief Clerk           TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved May 13, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                              May 13, 1999 - 3:57 p.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                          HOUSE BILL 2081

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             Passed Legislature - 1999 Regular Session

State of Washington      56th Legislature     1999 Regular Session

By Representatives Ruderman, Crouse, Dunshee, Thomas, Kessler, Murray, O'Brien, Ogden, Rockefeller, Stensen, Constantine and Lantz; by request of Governor Locke

Read first time 02/15/1999.  Referred to Committee on Technology, Telecommunications & Energy.

Continuing a moratorium that prohibits a city or town from imposing a specific fee or tax on an internet service provider.   

    AN ACT Relating to extending the prohibition on taxes or fees specific to internet service providers; and amending RCW 35.21.717.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 35.21.717 and 1997 c 304 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

    Until July 1, ((1999)) 2002, a city or town may not impose any new taxes or fees specific to internet service providers.  A city or town may tax internet service providers under generally applicable business taxes or fees, at a rate not to exceed the rate applied to a general service classification.  For the purposes of this section, "internet service" has the same meaning as in RCW 82.04.297.

    Passed the House March 9, 1999.

    Passed the Senate April 15, 1999.

Approved by the Governor May 13, 1999.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 13, 1999.