Section 43.135.033. "Raises taxes" defined.  


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  • For the purposes of this chapter, "raises taxes" means any action or combination of actions by the state legislature that increases state tax revenue deposited in any fund, budget, or account, regardless of whether the revenues are deposited into the general fund.
    [2016 c 1 § 6 (Initiative Measure No. 1366, approved November 3, 2015).]
    NOTES:
    Reviser's note: The Washington state supreme court ruled in Lee v. Washington (2016) that Initiative Measure No. 1366 (chapter 1, Laws of 2016) is in violation of the single-subject rule of Article II, section 19 of the state Constitution and is therefore void in its entirety.
2016 c 1 § 6 (Initiative Measure No. 1366, approved November 3, 2015).