BILL REQ. #:  S-3447.1 

Read first time 01/14/2004.   Referred to Committee on Technology & Communications.

     AN ACT Relating to extending the expiration date for the high-technology research and development sales and use tax deferral program; amending RCW 82.63.030; and providing an expiration date.

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

Sec. 1   RCW 82.63.030 and 1994 sp.s. c 5 s 5 are each amended to read as follows:
     (1) Except as provided in subsection (2) of this section, the department shall issue a sales and use tax deferral certificate for state and local sales and use taxes due under chapters 82.08, 82.12, and 82.14 RCW on each eligible investment project.
     (2) No certificate may be issued for an investment project that has already received a deferral under chapter 82.60 or 82.61 RCW or this chapter, except that an investment project for qualified research and development that has already received a deferral may also receive an additional deferral certificate for adapting the investment project for use in pilot scale manufacturing.
     (3) This section shall expire July 1, ((2004)) 2009.