ENGROSSED SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2061
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By House Appropriations (originally sponsored by Representatives Fitzgibbon, Gregerson, Kloba, and Ramel)
READ FIRST TIME 04/08/25.
AN ACT Relating to concession fees by duty-free sales enterprises; amending RCW 43.384.040 and 14.08.330 ; adding a new section to chapter 43.31 RCW; adding a new chapter to Title 19 RCW; creating new sections; and providing an effective date.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. (1) The legislature finds that federal law in 19 U.S.C. Sec. 1555 recognizes the authority of states and governmental authorities, incident to their jurisdiction over any airport, seaport, or other exit point facility, to require a concession or other form of approval to be obtained with respect to the operation of a duty-free sales enterprise under which merchandise is delivered to or through such facility for exportation.
(2) The legislature finds that congress in enacting the omnibus trade and competitiveness act of 1988, H.R. 4848, specifically recognized that concession fees derived from the operations of authorized duty-free sales enterprises constitute an important source of revenue for the state and other governmental authorities that collect such fees.