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CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1258 Chapter 280, Laws of 2025 69TH LEGISLATURE 2025 REGULAR SESSION REGIONAL 911 EMERGENCY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEM—FUNDING—CERTAIN MUNICIPALITIES EFFECTIVE DATE: July 27, 2025 Passed by the House April 19, 2025 Yeas 57 Nays 38 LAURIE JINKINS Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate April 9, 2025 Yeas 28 Nays 21 DENNY HECK President of the Senate CERTIFICATE I, Bernard Dean, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1258 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth. BERNARD DEAN Chief Clerk Chief Clerk Approved May 15, 2025 1:41 PM FILED May 19, 2025 BOB FERGUSON Governor of the State of Washington Secretary of State State of Washington ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 1258 AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE Passed Legislature - 2025 Regular Session State of Washington 69th Legislature 2025 Regular Session By House Finance (originally sponsored by Representatives Ormsby and Hill) READ FIRST TIME 02/26/25. AN ACT Relating to providing funding for municipalities participating in the regional 911 emergency communications system; and adding a new section to chapter 82.14B RCW. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON: NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 82.14B RCW to read as follows: (1) A county located east of the crest of the Cascade mountains with a population between 530,000 and 1,500,000 receiving tax revenues under this chapter that operates a regional 911 emergency communications system must transfer a portion of the county 911 excise tax revenues received under RCW 82.14B.030 (1), (2), and (3) to the corresponding local government operating a municipal public safety answering point or receiving calls transferred from the regional 911 emergency communications system for disposition and dispatch. The portion of the county 911 excise tax to be transferred by a county operating a regional 911 communications system is the same percentage used for the tax imposed pursuant to RCW 82.14.420 (7) and (8). (2) Beginning in calendar year 2026, the amount calculated in subsection (1) of this section must be transferred quarterly by the county operating the regional 911 emergency communications system to the corresponding local government operating a municipal public safety answering point or receiving calls transferred from the regional 911 emergency communications system to a municipal public safety answering point for disposition and dispatch for the quarter. (3) For the purposes of this section, "regional 911 emergency communications system" means a 911 emergency communications system operated by a county that is responsible for receiving incoming 911 emergency calls for multiple local government law enforcement and fire response agencies. Passed by the House April 19, 2025. Passed by the Senate April 9, 2025. Approved by the Governor May 15, 2025. Filed in Office of Secretary of State May 19, 2025.
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