CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
HOUSE BILL 2137
Chapter 68, Laws of 2024
68TH LEGISLATURE
2024 REGULAR SESSION
TOURISM PROMOTION AREA ASSESSMENTS—EXEMPTIONS
EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the House February 8, 2024
  Yeas 97  Nays 0
LAURIE JINKINS

Speaker of the House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate February 27, 2024
  Yeas 48  Nays 0
DENNY HECK

President of the Senate
CERTIFICATE
I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2137 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.
BERNARD DEAN

Chief Clerk
Chief Clerk
Approved March 13, 2024 2:13 PM
FILED
March 14, 2024
JAY INSLEE

Governor of the State of Washington
Secretary of State
State of Washington

HOUSE BILL 2137

Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
State of Washington
68th Legislature
2024 Regular Session
ByRepresentatives Berg, Orcutt, Sandlin, Doglio, Dent, and Reeves
Prefiled 01/04/24.Read first time 01/08/24.Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to technical changes to allowable exemptions from charges for tourism promotion area assessments; amending RCW 35.101.055; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 35.101.055 and 2008 c 137 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
The lodging charge authorized in RCW 35.101.050 does not apply to temporary medical housing exempt under RCW 82.08.997, or any lodging business, lodging unit, or lodging guest so designated by the legislative authority.
NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2. This act applies to any tourism promotion area established before, on, or after the effective date of this section.
Passed by the House February 8, 2024.
Passed by the Senate February 27, 2024.
Approved by the Governor March 13, 2024.
Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2024.
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