CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1521

                   Chapter 177, Laws of 2002

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

LOCAL LEASEHOLD EXCISE TAX ACCOUNT--DISTRIBUTIONS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/13/02

Passed by the House January 23, 2002   Yeas 95   Nays 0               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 8, 2002   Yeas 48   Nays 0	CERTIFICATE I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1521 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.            CYNTHIA ZEHNDER                           Chief Clerk
BRAD OWEN President of the Senate

Approved March 27, 2002 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                            March 27, 2002 - 8:57 a.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1521

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             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

By House Committee on Local Government & Housing (originally sponsored by Representatives Simpson, Mulliken, Dunshee, Mielke and Haigh)

Read first time 01/14/2002.  Referred to Committee on .

Authorizing the state treasurer to distribute interest from the local leasehold excise tax account. 

    AN ACT Relating to authorizing the state treasurer to distribute interest from the local leasehold excise tax account; and amending RCW 82.29A.090.

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

    Sec. 1.  RCW 82.29A.090 and 1981 2nd ex.s. c 4 s 9 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) Bimonthly the state treasurer shall make distribution from the local leasehold excise tax account to the counties and cities the amount of tax collected on behalf of each county or city.

(2) Earnings accrued through July 31, 2002, shall be disbursed to counties and cities proportionate to the amount of tax collected annually on behalf of each county or city.

(3) After July 31, 2002, bimonthly the state treasurer shall disburse earnings from the local leasehold excise tax account to the counties or cities proportionate to the amount of tax collected on behalf of each county or city.

(4) The state treasurer shall make the distribution under this section without appropriation.

    Passed the House January 23, 2002.

    Passed the Senate March 8, 2002.

Approved by the Governor March 27, 2002.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 27, 2002.