WA People
BILL · 1997–98 SESSION

HB 2234: electric utility taxation

Limiting excise taxation of electrical utilities by cities and towns.

Summary

  • Provides that no city or town may make an assessment or correction of an assessment for additional taxes, penalties, or interest due for the privilege of conducting an electrical energy business in the city or town more than four years after the close of the tax year, except (1) upon a showing of fraud or of misrepresentation of a material fact by the taxpayer, or (2) if a taxpayer has executed a written waiver of…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedMar 3, 1997
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed House
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Brian Thomas (R-5)
Introduced
March 3, 1997 in the House
Last action
January 12, 1998

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Brian Thomas (R-5)

Votes

No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.

History

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HB 2234 in other sessions

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