S-1449.1
SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5516
State of Washington
69th Legislature
2025 Regular Session
By Senate Ways & Means (originally sponsored by Senators Conway and Nobles)
READ FIRST TIME 02/18/25.
AN ACT Relating to modifying the property tax exemption for community centers; amending RCW 84.36.010 ; and creating new sections.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 84.36.010 and 2020 c 272 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) All property belonging exclusively to the United States, the state, or any county or municipal corporation; all property belonging exclusively to any federally recognized Indian tribe, if (a) the tribe is located in the state, and (b) the property is used exclusively for essential government services; all state route number 16 corridor transportation systems and facilities constructed under chapter 47.46 RCW; all property under a financing contract pursuant to chapter 39.94 RCW or recorded agreement granting immediate possession and use to the public bodies listed in this section or under an order of immediate possession and use pursuant to RCW 8.04.090 ; and, except as provided in subsection (2)(a)(ii) of this section, for a period of (( forty )) 40 years from acquisition, all property of a community center; is exempt from taxation. All property belonging exclusively to a foreign national government is exempt from taxation if that property is used exclusively as an office or residence for a consul or other official representative of the foreign national government, and if the consul or other official representative is a citizen of that foreign nation.