Introduced by Rep. Mike Hope, (R-Lake Stevens) (R) on February 9, 2009, provides a temporary exemption from sales tax for the purchase of certain items used for school, such as art supplies, computer hardware under fifteen hundred dollars and clothing intended for school wear. Expires at the time the United
States congress grants individual states the authority to impose sales and use tax collection duties on remote sellers or when/if it is determined by a court of competent jurisdiction that a state can impose sales and use tax collection duties on remote sellers.
Referred to the House Finance Committee on February 9, 2009.