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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT
                               HOUSE BILL 2137
                           Chapter 68, Laws of 2024
                               68th Legislature
                             2024 Regular Session
           TOURISM PROMOTION AREA ASSESSMENTS—EXEMPTIONS
                      EFFECTIVE DATE: June 6, 2024
Passed by the House February 8, 2024                 CERTIFICATE
  Yeas 97 Nays 0
                                       I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the
                                       House of Representatives of the
            LAURIE JINKINS             State of Washington, do hereby
Speaker of the House of                certify that the attached is HOUSE
Representatives                        BILL 2137 as passed by the House of
                                       Representatives and the Senate on
                                       the dates hereon set forth.
Passed by the Senate February 27,
2024                                                BERNARD DEAN
  Yeas 48 Nays 0                                                   Chief Clerk
              DENNY HECK
President of the Senate
Approved March 13, 2024 2:13 PM                         FILED
                                                    March 14, 2024
                                                 Secretary of State
              JAY INSLEE                         State of Washington
Governor of the State of Washington
                                HOUSE BILL 2137
                   Passed Legislature - 2024 Regular Session
     State of Washington       68th Legislature       2024 Regular Session
     By Representatives Berg, Orcutt, Sandlin, Doglio, Dent, and Reeves
     Prefiled 01/04/24. Read first time 01/08/24.    Referred to Committee
     on Local Government.
1        AN ACT Relating to technical changes to allowable exemptions from
2    charges for tourism promotion area assessments; amending RCW
3    35.101.055; and creating a new section.
4    BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
 5       Sec. 1.   RCW 35.101.055 and 2008 c 137 s 6 are each amended to
 6   read as follows:
 7       The lodging charge authorized in RCW 35.101.050 does not apply to
 8   temporary medical housing exempt under RCW 82.08.997, or any lodging
 9   business, lodging unit, or lodging guest so designated by the
10   legislative authority.
11       NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act applies to any tourism promotion
12   area established before, on, or after the effective date of this
13   section.
         Passed by the House February 8, 2024.
         Passed by the Senate February 27, 2024.
         Approved by the Governor March 13, 2024.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 14, 2024.
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Statutes affected: 
Original Bill: 35.101.055
Bill as Passed Legislature: 35.101.055
Session Law: 35.101.055