Official Text and Analysis.

Modifies requirements related to interlocal agreements for the emergency communications systems and facilities local sales and use tax.

Eliminates the provisions that modify the requirements related to interlocal agreements for the use of emergency communication systems and facilities local sales and use tax. Creates a study group with membership from the legislature, elected officials from impacted entities in the largest county east of the Cascade Mountains, and members of impacted entities and citizens. Requires funding for the study group to be provided by the county and the two largest cities in the largest county east of the Cascade Mountains. Requires a report to the legislature by December 31, 2022.

Provides that if a county and city fail to enter into an interlocal agreement within the allotted time frame, the city or county may invoke binding arbitration on the equitable allocation of the tax and specifies the procedures to be used in such arbitration. Removes provisions that allowed a city or county to seek equitable apportionment in the county's superior court if the county and city fail to enter into an interlocal agreement within the allotted time frame.

Provides that the provisions requiring an interlocal agreement between certain counties imposing or seeking to impose the tax and certain cities in those counties, do not apply to any renewal of the tax.

Requires a city over 50,000 in a county with a population more than 500,000, but less than 1,500,000, to include a representative from the mayor's office and the city council president in the interlocal agreement process to determine the distribution of revenue from the local sales and use tax for emergency communication systems and facilities. For a city that operates under a council-manager form of government, the city representative in the interlocal agreement process must include the city manager or the city manager's designee.