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                         SENATE BILL 6477

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State of Washington      53rd Legislature     1994 Regular Session

By Senators Fraser, Morton and Moore

Read first time 01/24/94.  Referred to Committee on Ecology & Parks.

Extending the tire fee to November 30, 1996.

    AN ACT Relating to recycling of tires; amending RCW 70.95.510; and providing for submission of this act to a vote of the people.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

    Sec. 1.  RCW 70.95.510 and 1989 c 431 s 92 are each amended to read as follows:

    There is levied a one dollar per tire fee on the retail sale of new replacement vehicle tires for a period ((of five years,)) beginning ((October)) December 1, ((1989)) 1994, and ending November 30, 1996.  The fee imposed in this section shall be paid by the buyer to the seller, and each seller shall collect from the buyer the full amount of the fee.  The fee collected from the buyer by the seller less the ten percent amount retained by the seller as provided in RCW 70.95.535 shall be paid to the department of revenue in accordance with RCW 82.32.045.  All other applicable provisions of chapter 82.32 RCW have full force and application with respect to the fee imposed under this section.  The department of revenue shall administer this section.

    For the purposes of this section, "new replacement vehicle tires" means tires that are newly manufactured for vehicle purposes and does not include retreaded vehicle tires.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  If required under section 13, chapter 2, Laws of 1994, this act shall be submitted to the people for their adoption and ratification, or rejection, at the next succeeding general election to be held in this state, in accordance with Article II, section 1 of the state Constitution, as amended, and the laws adopted to facilitate the operation thereof.

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