BILL · 1999–00 SESSION
SB 6040: Federal employment losses
Making counties with sudden federal employment losses eligible for the distressed county sales tax credit.
Summary
- Applies to a county where federal employment is more than three thousand five hundred persons fewer than in the previous calendar year as verified by the Washington state employment security department. A county qualifying under this provision may levy the sales and use tax for a period of five years.
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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
- IntroducedFeb 24, 1999
- Out of committeestopped here
- Passed Senate
- Passed House
- Governor
- Law
- Prime sponsor
- Betti Sheldon (D-23)
- Introduced
- February 24, 1999 in the Senate
- Last action
- January 10, 2000
- Budget
- Has a fiscal note
Sponsors
Prime sponsor: Betti Sheldon (D-23)
6 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 2 Republicans)
Votes
No recorded floor votes. This measure never reached a floor vote.
History
The Legislature's online data doesn't include step-by-step history for sessions before 2001. Its final status is shown above, and the official bill page may have more.
SB 6040 in other sessions
Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.
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