| Passed by the House March 13, 2008 Yeas 92 FRANK CHOPP ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate March 12, 2008 Yeas 48 BRAD OWEN ________________________________________ President of the Senate | I, Barbara Baker, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2585 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BARBARA BAKER ________________________________________ Chief Clerk | |
| Approved March 31, 2008, 2:20 p.m. CHRISTINE GREGOIRE ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | April 1, 2008 Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2008 Regular Session |
READ FIRST TIME 02/12/08.
AN ACT Relating to the business and occupation taxation of newspaper-labeled supplements; amending RCW 82.04.214; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 82.04.214 and 1994 c 22 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
(1)(a) Until June 30, 2011, "newspaper" means:
(i) A publication issued regularly at stated intervals at least
twice a month and printed on newsprint in tabloid or broadsheet format
folded loosely together without stapling, glue, or any other binding of
any kind, including any supplement of a printed newspaper; and
(ii) An electronic version of a printed newspaper that:
(A) Shares content with the printed newspaper; and
(B) Is prominently identified by the same name as the printed
newspaper or otherwise conspicuously indicates that it is a complement
to the printed newspaper.
(b) For purposes of this section, "supplement" means a printed
publication, including a magazine or advertising section, that is:
(i) Labeled and identified as part of the printed newspaper; and
(ii) Circulated or distributed:
(A) As an insert or attachment to the printed newspaper; or
(B) Separate and apart from the printed newspaper so long as the
distribution is within the general circulation area of the newspaper.
(2) Beginning July 1, 2011, "newspaper" means a publication issued
regularly at stated intervals at least twice a month and printed on
newsprint in tabloid or broadsheet format folded loosely together
without stapling, glue, or any other binding of any kind, including any
supplement of a printed newspaper as defined in subsection (1)(b) of
this section.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2 This act takes effect July 1, 2008.