RELATING TO TAXATION.
Summary
Authorizes a county with a population greater than 500,000 to extend the county surcharge on state tax to December 31, 2047. Requires a county that uses the surcharge on state tax for a mass transit project to submit quarterly progress reports to the legislature. Permits counties to use the surcharge on state tax for infrastructure for affordable housing and transit-oriented development. Authorizes the legislature to hold revenues collected from the surcharge on state tax for county use by concurrent resolution. Deducts twenty-five per cent of the amount from the gross proceeds of a county's surcharge on state tax for costs associated with handling the assessment, collection, and disposition of the county surcharge on state tax, and the construction of transit-oriented development and other related transportation projects.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2017
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 25, 2017
Last action Jan 27, 2017
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3
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Committee
1
Jan 27, 2017
Committee
Referred to TRE/HOU/PSM, WAM.
legislature
Jan 25, 2017
Introduced
Introduced.
legislature
5 primary · 0 co-sponsors
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