2015-S.E AMS TRUD S2963.2
ESHB 2015 - S AMD TO WM COMM AMD (S-2749.2/25) 426
By Senator Trudeau
WITHDRAWN 04/16/2025
On page 7, line 24, after "(3)" strike "Moneys" and insert "(a) Except as provided in (b) of this subsection, moneys"
On page 7, after line 25, insert the following:
"(b) A city or county receiving funding from a grant program under RCW 10.101.050 must use moneys from the tax under this section for public defense services in the amount that is no less than the lesser of:
(i) The amount received by the city or county under the grant program in RCW 10.101.050; or
(ii) 10 percent of the moneys collected from the tax authorized in this section.
(c) The requirement in (b) of this subsection does not apply to a frontier one county as defined in RCW 82.02.010."
EFFECT: Requires a city or county receiving grant funding from the Office of Public Defense to use a portion of revenue from the tax created in this act for public defense services in an amount that is at least equal to the grant award or 10 percent of tax revenues, whichever is less; and exempts frontier one counties receiving grant funding from the Office of Public Defense from the requirement that a certain portion of revenue must be used for public defense services.
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