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BILL · 2003–04 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SHB 2098

HB 2098: County & city financial asst

Declaring legislative intent to provide financial assistance to counties and cities.

Summary

  • Grants counties the same authority that is given to cities to impose business and utility taxes, and increases the maximum local utility taxation rate to eight percent of gross income.
  • Provides additional general retail sales and use tax authority to counties of 0.2 percent, and includes a formula for the distribution of revenues collected.
  • Adds new regular property tax levy authority of up to 10 cents per thousand dollars of assessed valuation for counties and up to 25 cents per thousand for cities.
  • Authorizes the creation of a new taxing district in county unincorporated areas, and provides regular property taxation authority of up to 25 cents per thousand.
  • Appropriates $25 million to the Department of Community, Trade, and Economic Development for financial assistance to local governments.

From the House Bill Analysis (HB 2098), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗

Did not pass Did not pass · stalled on the House floor
  1. IntroducedFeb 25, 2003
  2. Out of committeeMar 10, 2003
  3. Passed Housestopped here
  4. Passed Senate
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Bill Grant (D-16)
Introduced
February 25, 2003 in the House
Last action
January 14, 2004
Companion bill
SB 6006
Budget
Makes appropriations · Has a fiscal note
Versions
HB 2098, SHB 2098

AN ACT Relating to providing financial assistance to counties and cities;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Bill Grant (D-16)

7 co-sponsors (4 Democrats, 3 Republicans)

Fred Jarrett R-41Al O'Brien D-1Maralyn Chase D-32Jim McIntire D-46Shirley Hankins R-8Sharon Tomiko Santos D-37Jan Shabro R-31

Votes

No recorded floor votes.

History

  1. House Rules "X" file. (SHB 2098)
  2. House Rules "X" file.
  3. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 2098)
  4. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  5. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 2098)
  6. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  7. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status. (SHB 2098)
  8. By resolution, reintroduced and retained in present status.
  9. FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SHB 2098)
  10. Minority; do not pass. (SHB 2098)
  11. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading. (SHB 2098)
  12. Passed to Rules Committee for second reading.
  13. FIN - Executive action taken by committee.
  14. Minority; do not pass.
  15. FIN - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  16. First reading, referred to Finance.

HB 2098 in other sessions

Bill numbers restart every two years, so the same number is a different bill in each session.

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