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BILL · 2003–04 SESSION · LATEST VERSION SSB 6198

SB 6198: First-time home buyer

Eliminating the state sales tax on construction costs for qualifying residential construction in counties where housing is not affordable for first-time buyers.

Summary

  • In any county where the first-time buyer housing affordability index is less than 100 for three quarters in a year, measured on the same calendar as the state fiscal year, for the following two calendar years, the state portion of the retail sales tax does not apply to sales or charges for labor and services for clearing land, moving earth, site preparation, constructing, repairing, renovating, expanding, or…

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee
  1. IntroducedJan 14, 2004
  2. Out of committeestopped here
  3. Passed Senate
  4. Passed House
  5. Governor
  6. Law
Prime sponsor
Don Benton (R-17)
Introduced
January 14, 2004 in the Senate
Last action
January 21, 2004
Budget
Has a fiscal note
Versions
SB 6198, SSB 6198

AN ACT Relating to restoring the American dream by eliminating the state sales tax on construction labor and services in counties where the first-time home buyers housing affordability index shows that housing is not affordable;

Sponsors

Prime sponsor: Don Benton (R-17)

Votes

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

History

  1. Referred to Ways & Means. (SSB 6198)
  2. Referred to Ways & Means.
  3. And refer to Ways & Means. (SSB 6198)
  4. FSIH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass. (SSB 6198)
  5. FSIH - Majority; 1st substitute bill be substituted, do pass.
  6. And refer to Ways & Means.
  7. First reading, referred to Financial Services, Insurance & Housing.

SB 6198 in other sessions

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

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