Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 67 Sports And Recreation -- Convention Facilities - Chapter 67.40 Convention And Trade Facilities

67.40.010 Legislative finding
The legislature finds and declares as the express purpose of this chapter: (1) The convention and trade show business will provide both direct and indirect ...

67.40.020 State convention and trade center -- Public nonprofit corporation authorized -- Board of directors -- Powers and duties
(1) The governor is authorized to form a public nonprofit corporation in the same manner as a private nonprofit corporation is formed under chapter 24.03 ...

67.40.025 State convention and trade center operations account -- Operating revenues -- Expenditures
All operating revenues received by the corporation formed under RCW 67.40.020 shall be deposited in the state convention and trade center operations account, hereby created ...

67.40.027 Compensation and travel expenses of board members
Members of the board shall be compensated in accordance with RCW 43.03.250 and shall be reimbursed for travel expenses under RCW 43.03.050 and 43.03.060.[1985 c ...

67.40.030 General obligation bonds -- Authorized -- Appropriation required
For the purpose of providing funds for the state convention and trade center, the state finance committee is authorized to issue, upon request of the ...

67.40.040 Deposit of proceeds in state convention and trade center account and appropriate subaccounts -- Credit against future borrowings -- Use
(1) The proceeds from the sale of the bonds authorized in RCW 67.40.030, proceeds of the taxes imposed under RCW 67.40.090 and 67.40.130, and all ...

67.40.045 Authorization to borrow from state treasury for project completion costs -- Limits -- "Project completion" defined -- Legislative intent -- Application
(1) The director of financial management, in consultation with the chairpersons of the appropriate fiscal committees of the senate and house of representatives, may authorize ...

67.40.050 Administration of proceeds
The moneys deposited pursuant to RCW 67.40.040 in the state convention and trade center account of the general fund shall be administered by the corporation ...

67.40.055 Transfer of funds to account -- Repayment of borrowed funds with interest
The state treasurer shall from time to time transfer from the state general fund, or such other funds as the state treasurer deems appropriate, to ...

67.40.060 Retirement of bonds from nondebt-limit proprietary appropriated bond retirement account -- Transfer from accounts -- Pledge and promise -- Remedies of bondholders
The nondebt-limit proprietary appropriated bond retirement account shall be used for the payment of the principal of and interest on the bonds authorized in RCW ...

67.40.070 Legislature may provide additional means for payment of bonds
The legislature may increase the rate of tax imposed in RCW 67.40.090 (1) and (2) or may provide additional means for raising moneys for the ...

67.40.080 Bonds legal investment for public funds
The bonds authorized in RCW 67.40.030 shall be a legal investment for all state funds or funds under state control and for all funds of ...

67.40.090 Lodging tax imposed in King county -- Rates -- Proceeds
(1) Commencing April 1, 1982, there is imposed, and the department of revenue shall collect, in King county a special excise tax on the sale ...

67.40.100 Limitation on license fees and taxes on hotels, motels, rooming houses, trailer camps, etc
Except as provided in chapters 67.28 and 82.14 RCW and RCW 67.28.181, after January 1, 1983, no city, town, or county in which the tax ...

67.40.105 Exemption from tax -- Emergency lodging for homeless persons -- Conditions
(1) The tax levied by RCW 67.40.090 and the tax authorized under *RCW 67.40.100(2) shall not apply to emergency lodging provided for homeless persons for ...

67.40.107 Exemption from tax -- Temporary medical housing
The tax imposed in RCW 67.40.090 and the tax authorized under RCW 67.40.130 do not apply to sales of temporary medical housing exempt under RCW ...

67.40.110 Use of revenues from convention and trade center facilities excise tax by cities for professional sports franchise facilities limited
No city imposing the tax authorized under chapter 67.28 RCW may use the tax proceeds directly or indirectly to acquire, construct, operate, or maintain facilities ...

67.40.120 Contracts for marketing facility and services
The state convention and trade center corporation may contract with the Seattle-King county convention and visitors bureau for marketing the convention and trade center facility ...

67.40.130 Convention and trade facilities -- Tax on transient lodging authorized -- Rates
(1) The governing body of a city, while not required by legislative mandate to do so, may, after July 1, 1995, by resolution or ordinance ...

67.40.140 Convention and trade facilities -- Remittance of tax -- Credit
When remitting sales tax receipts to the state under RCW 82.14.050, the city treasurer, or its designee, shall at the same time remit the sales ...

67.40.150 Convention and trade facilities -- Contract of administration and collection to department of revenue -- Disposition of tax -- Procedure
(1) The cities shall contract, prior to the effective date of a resolution or ordinance imposing a sales tax under RCW 67.40.130, the administration and ...

67.40.160 Convention and trade facilities -- Tax on construction -- Disposition
The state sales tax on construction performed under RCW 67.40.170 collected by the department of revenue under chapter 82.08 RCW shall be deposited by the ...

67.40.170 Convention and trade facilities -- Use of collected taxes
All taxes levied and collected under RCW 67.40.130 shall be credited to the state convention and trade center account in the state treasury and used ...

67.40.180 Convention and trade facilities -- Use of funds -- Acceptance by board of directors of funding commitment
Upon May 16, 1995, the corporation may proceed with preliminary design and planning activities, environmental studies, and real estate appraisals for convention center improvements. No ...

67.40.190 Convention and trade facilities -- Use of funds -- Encumbered revenue
(1) Moneys received from any tax imposed under RCW 67.40.130 shall be used for the purpose of providing funds to the corporation for the costs ...

67.40.900 Severability -- 1982 c 34
If any provision of this act or its application to any municipality, person, or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the ...

67.40.901 Severability -- 1988 ex.s. c 1
See RCW 36.100.900. ...