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Provides a sales and use tax exemption on highway improvement and preservation projects administered by the department of transportation. The exemptions apply to: (1) Highway improvement or preservation projects that are identified by the legislature as connecting Washington projects until June 30, 2019.

Exempts highway improvement and preservation projectsthat are administered by the state department of transportation fromsales and use tax. The exemption applies only to projects that areidentified as connecting Washington projects until July 1, 2019, andto all highway improvement and preservation projects that areadministered by the state department of transportation after July 1,2019. The transfer of state sales and use tax from the general fundto the connecting Washington account in the underlying bill isclarified to only apply to transportation projects that are funded ina transportation appropriations act that are not exempt from salesand use tax.

Makes the sales and use tax transfer and exemption applyonly to connecting Washington projects.

Provides that the sales and use tax exemptions and transfer does not gointo effect until the Washington State Supreme Court terminates itsjurisdiction over McCleary v. State.