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Code · Washington · Title 82 — Excise Taxes · Chapter 82.12

RCW 82.12.02685

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(1)The provisions of this chapter shall not apply in respect to the use of tangible personal property that becomes an ingredient or component of buildings or other structures, in which at least 50 percent of housing units in the development are used as farmworker housing, during the course of constructing, repairing, decorating, or improving the buildings or other structures by any person.
(2)The exemption provided in this section for farmworker housing provided on a year-round basis only applies if that housing is built to the current building code for single-family or multifamily dwellings according to the state building code, chapter 19.27 RCW.
(3)Any farmworker housing built under this section shall be used according to this section for at least five consecutive years from the date the housing is approved for occupancy, or the full amount of a tax otherwise due shall be immediately due and payable together with interest, but not penalties, from the date the housing is approved for occupancy until the date of payment. If at any time farmworker housing ceases to be used in the manner specified in subsection
(2)of this section, the full amount of tax otherwise due shall be immediately due and payable with interest, but not penalties, from the date the housing ceases to be used as farmworker housing until the date of payment.
(4)The exemption provided in this section shall not apply to housing built for the occupancy of an employer, family members of an employer, or persons owning stock or shares in a farm partnership or corporation business.
(5)If during any agricultural season in the qualifying five years under subsection
(3)of this section the housing is occupied by a farmworker who does not have an H-2A visa, then the housing will be considered not to be exclusively built for workers on an H-2A visa.
(6)The definitions in RCW 82.08.02745
(6)apply to this section.
(7)This section expires January 1, 2032.
[ 2022 c 56 s 7 ; 2021 c 250 s 2 ; 1997 c 438 s 2 ; 1996 c 117 s 2 .]
Notes:
Tax preference performance statement — Effective date — 2021 c 250: See notes following RCW 82.08.02745 .
Effective date — 1997 c 438: See note following RCW 82.08.02745 .
Effective date — 1996 c 117: See note following RCW 82.08.02745 .
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