Passed by the Senate April 19, 2019 Yeas 47 Nays 0
President of the Senate Passed by the House April 9, 2019 Yeas 97 Nays 0
Speaker of the House of Representatives | CERTIFICATE I, Brad Hendrickson, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5132 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
Secretary Secretary |
Approved | FILED |
| Secretary of State State of Washington |
SENATE BILL 5132
AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE
Passed Legislature - 2019 Regular Session
State of Washington | 66th Legislature | 2019 Regular Session |
BySenators Takko and Short
Prefiled 01/11/19.
AN ACT Relating to noncollection of taxes by county treasurers; and amending RCW
84.56.250.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW
84.56.250 and 2001 c 299 s 19 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) If any county treasurer willfully refuses ((
or neglects)) to collect any taxes assessed upon personal property, where the same is collectible, or to file the delinquent list and affidavit, as ((
herein)) provided
in RCW 84.56.300, the treasurer shall be held, in his or her next settlement with the county legislative authority, liable for the whole amount of such taxes uncollected, and the same shall be deducted from his or her salary and applied to the several funds for which they were levied.
(2) By June 30 of each year, each county treasurer must report
the amount of uncollected personal property and real property taxes
from the previous calendar year, where a treasurer refused to collect
such taxes under subsection (1) of this section, to the department of
commerce. The department of commerce must submit a summarized list of
uncollected taxes by county to the legislature by July 15 of each
year.
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