BILL · 2005–06 SESSION

HB 2180: Bonds for outdoor recreation

Issuing bonds for outdoor recreation purposes.

Summary

Authorizes the State Finance Committee to issue up to $500 million in bonds to finance acquisition, preservation, and development of recreation areas and facilities.
Establishes the Parks and Outdoor Recreation Account, and equally divides the moneys for athletic fields and for improvements at State Parks.
Creates an admission tax of one percent beginning in 2005, increasing to five percent in 2009, and deposits these moneys into an account to pay the debt service on the parks and outdoor recreation bonds.
Requires professional sports teams that do business in Washington to apportion their income for the purposes of determining taxable amounts under the Business and Occupation tax, and deposits these moneys into an account to pay the debt service on the parks and outdoor recreation bonds

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Did not pass Did not pass · died in committee

AN ACT Relating to bonds for outdoor recreation purposes such as parks and athletic fields;

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

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