CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE BILL 5132
Chapter 433, Laws of 2019
66TH LEGISLATURE
2019 REGULAR SESSION
NONCOLLECTION OF TAXES BY COUNTY TREASURERS
EFFECTIVE DATE: July 28, 2019
Passed by the Senate April 19, 2019
  Yeas 47  Nays 0
KAREN KEISER
President of the Senate
Passed by the House April 9, 2019
  Yeas 97  Nays 0
FRANK CHOPP
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.
BRAD HENDRICKSON
Secretary
Secretary
Approved May 21, 2019 11:18 AM
FILED
May 21, 2019
JAY INSLEE
Governor of the State of Washington
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.
Passed by the Senate April 19, 2019.
Passed by the House April 9, 2019.
Approved by the Governor May 21, 2019.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 21, 2019.
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