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HB 341                                                                       
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 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 was read the second time.                                                 
                                                                               
Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent for the                      
adoption of the Finance Senate Committee Substitute offered on page            
3721.  Senator Adams objected, then withdrew his objection.   There            
being no further objections, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE                        
BILL NO. 341(FIN) was adopted and read the second time.                        
                                                                               
                                                                               

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HB 341                                                                       
Senators Salo, Donley, Halford, Taylor, Kelly, Torgerson, Leman                
moved and asked unanimous consent that they be shown as cross                  
sponsors on the bill.  Without objection, it was so ordered.                   
                                                                               
Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent that the bill be             
considered engrossed, advanced to third reading and placed on final            
passage.  Without objection, it was so ordered.                                
                                                                               
SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 341(FIN) was read                          
the third time.                                                                
                                                                               
The question being: Shall 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 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 pass the Senate?              
The roll was taken with the following result:                                  
                                                                               
SCS CSHB 341(FIN)                                                              
Third Reading - Final Passage                                                  
Effective Date                                                                 
                                                                               
YEAS:  18   NAYS:  2   EXCUSED:  0   ABSENT:  0                              
                                                                               
Yeas:  Adams, Donley, Duncan, Frank, Green, Halford, Kelly,                    
Leman, Lincoln, Miller, Pearce, R.Phillips, Rieger, Salo, Sharp,               
Taylor, Torgerson, Zharoff                                                     
                                                                               
Nays:  Ellis, Hoffman                                                          
                                                                               
and so, SENATE CS FOR CS FOR HOUSE BILL NO. 341(FIN)                           
passed the Senate.                                                             

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HB 341                                                                       
Senator Halford moved and asked unanimous consent that the vote                
on the passage of the bill be considered the vote on the effective             
date clauses.  Without objection, it was so ordered and the bill was           
referred to the Secretary for engrossment.