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HB 341                                                                       
A message dated May 1, 1996 was read stating the Senate has passed             
CSHB 341(FIN) with the following amendment and it is transmitted               
for consideration:                                                             
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 341(FIN)                                  
An Act relating to administrative adjudication and judicial                   
appeals and to the informal resolution of certain factual disputes             
between taxpayers and the Department of Revenue; establishing                  
                                                                               

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the office of tax appeals as a quasi-judicial agency in the                   
Department of Administration; revising the procedures for hearing              
certain tax appeals, including appeals regarding seafood marketing             
assessments; relating to consideration and determination by the                
superior court of disputes involving certain taxes and penalties               
due, and amending provisions relating to the assessment, levy, and             
collection of taxes and penalties by the state and to the tax liability        
of taxpayers; providing for the release of agency records relating             
to formal administrative tax appeals; relating to litigation                   
disclosure of public records; clarifying administrative subpoena               
power in certain tax matters; and providing for an effective date.             
                                                                               
CSHB 341(FIN) is under Unfinished Business.