Senate Journal: Page 459: Wednesday, March 12, 2003
SSB 1167 Education
Providing for a special education alternative reading instruction
pilot project and including a contingent effectiveness clause and an
effective date.
SSB 1168 Ways and Means
Relating to state and local taxes and budgets by imposing a single
rate tax, phasing out the taxes on pensions and social security,
eliminating the deduction for federal income taxes paid, and
eliminating the alternative minimum tax under the individual
income tax, by increasing the sales and use tax rate; by increasing the
state cigarette tax rate; and by establishing an ending fund balances
limitation for counties, defining terms related to the county budgeting
process, providing for an ad valorem tax on mobile homes and
manufactured homes, allowing counties to join in employment of a
multicounty assessor, relating to property assessment guidelines and
providing for state payment reductions, setting assessment
limitations on residential and agricultural property and on
commercial and industrial property as one taxation class, allowing for
appeal of assessments of industrial property as one taxation class,
allowing for appeal of assessments of industrial property to the
director of revenue and finance, establishing a property tax limitation
for cities and counties; and including effective and applicability date
provisions.
SSB 1169 Commerce
Relating to advanced telecommunications services, including
modification of rate provisions, economic development promotional
certification, and a study of competition and access charges by the
utilities board.
SSB 1170 Human Resources
Relating to public health and safety programs and regulations
under the authority of the department of public health.

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