Washington SB 5568: Restoring liquor sales revenue distributions to local governments.

Bill Text

AN  ACT  Relating  to  restoring  liquor  sales  revenue  distributions 1
to  local  governments;  amending  RCW 66.08.190  and 66.08.200;  and 2
repealing RCW 66.24.065.3
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:4
Sec.  1.   RCW  66.08.190  and  2012  2nd  sp.s.  c  5  s  8  are  each 5
amended to read as follows:6
(((1) Prior  to  making  distributions  described  in  subsection (2) 7
of this section, amounts must be retained to support allotments under 8
RCW 43.88.110 from  any  legislative  appropriation  for  municipal 9
research  and  services.  The  legislative  appropriation  for  such 10
services must be in the amount specified under RCW 66.24.065.11
(2)))  When  excess  funds  are  distributed  during  the  months  of 12
June, September, December, and March of each year, all moneys subject 13
to  distribution  must  be  disbursed ((to  border  areas,  counties, 14
cities, and towns as provided in RCW 66.24.065.15
(3) The  amount  remaining  after  distributions  under  subsections 16
(1) and (2) of this section must be deposited into the general fund)) 17
as follows:18
(1) Three-tenths of one percent to border areas; and19
(2) From   the   amount   remaining   after   distributions   under 20
subsection (1) of  this  section, (a) 50  percent  to  the  general  fund 21
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SENATE BILL 5568
State of Washington68th Legislature2023 Regular Session
By Senators  Wagoner,  Mullet,  Dozier,  King,  Lovelett,  Lovick, 
Shewmake, and Warnick
Read first time 01/26/23.  Referred to Committee on Labor & Commerce.
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state, (b) 10  percent  to  the  counties  of  the  state,  and (c) 40 1
percent to the incorporated cities and towns of the state.2
Sec.  2.   RCW  66.08.200  and  2012  2nd  sp.s.  c  5  s  10  are  each 3
amended to read as follows:4
With  respect  to  the ((distribution  of  funds)) 10  percent  share 5
coming  to  the  counties,  the  computations  for  distribution  must  be 6
made  by  the  state  agency  responsible  for  collecting  the  same  as 7
follows:8
(1) The share coming to each eligible county must be determined 9
by a division among the eligible counties according to the relation 10
which  the  population  of  the  unincorporated  area  of  such  eligible 11
county,  as  last  determined  by  the  office  of  financial  management, 12
bears to the population of the total combined unincorporated areas of 13
all  eligible  counties,  as  determined  by  the  office  of  financial 14
management.  However,  no  county  in  which  the  sale  of  liquor  is 15
forbidden  in  the  unincorporated  area  thereof  as  the  result  of  an 16
election  is  entitled  to  share  in  such  distribution.  "Unincorporated 17
area"  means  all  that  portion  of  any  county  not  included  within  the 18
limits of incorporated cities and towns.19
(2)  When  a  special  county  census  has  been  conducted  for  the 20
purpose   of   determining   the   population   base   of   a   county's 21
unincorporated area for use in the distribution of liquor funds, the 22
census figure becomes effective for the purpose of distributing funds 23
as  of  the  official  census  date  once  the  census  results  have  been 24
certified  by  the  office  of  financial  management  and  officially 25
submitted to the office of the secretary of state.26
NEW  SECTION.   Sec.  3.   RCW  66.24.065  (Spirits  license  fee 27
distribution)  and  2012  c  2  s  302  (Initiative  Measure  No.  1183, 28
approved November 8, 2011) are each repealed.29
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