Passed by the House March 8, 2006 Yeas 98 Nays 0 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 8, 2006 Yeas 47 Nays 0 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate		CERTIFICATE I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2778 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. RICHARD NAFZIGER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk
Approved March 29, 2006. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington		FILED March 29, 2006 - 4:04 p.m. Secretary of State State of Washington

AN ACT Relating to the business and occupation taxation of payments and contributions to nonprofit convention and tourism promotion corporations by public entities; and adding a new section to chapter 82.04 RCW.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1 A new section is added to chapter 82.04 RCW to read as follows:
This chapter does not apply to amounts received by a nonprofit corporation organized under chapter 24.03 RCW as payments or contributions from the state or any county, city, town, municipal corporation, quasi-municipal corporation, federally recognized Indian tribe, port district, or public corporation for the promotion of conventions and tourism.