CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2585

Chapter 273, Laws of 2008

60th Legislature
2008 Regular Session



NEWSPAPER-LABELED SUPPLEMENTS--TAXATION



EFFECTIVE DATE: 07/01/08

Passed by the House March 13, 2008
  Yeas 92   Nays 4

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate March 12, 2008
  Yeas 48   Nays 1


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

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
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Chief Clerk
Approved March 31, 2008, 2:20 p.m.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 1, 2008







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2585
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE

Passed Legislature - 2008 Regular Session
State of Washington60th Legislature2008 Regular Session

By House Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives McIntire and Kessler)

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.


         Passed by the House March 13, 2008.
         Passed by the Senate March 12, 2008.
         Approved by the Governor March 31, 2008.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 1, 2008.