RCW 82.08.02567
Exemptions -- Sales related to machinery and
equipment used in generating electricity. (Expires June 30,
2009.)
(1) The tax levied by RCW 82.08.020 shall not apply to
sales of machinery and equipment used directly in generating
electricity using fuel cells, wind, sun, or landfill gas as the
principal source of power, or to sales of or charges made for
labor and services rendered in respect to installing such
machinery and equipment, but only if the purchaser develops with
such machinery, equipment, and labor a facility capable of
generating not less than two hundred watts of electricity and
provides the seller with an exemption certificate in a form and
manner prescribed by the department. The seller shall retain a
copy of the certificate for the seller's files.
(2) For purposes of this section and RCW 82.12.02567:
(a) "Landfill gas" means biomass fuel of the type qualified
for federal tax credits under 26 U.S.C. Sec. 29 collected from a
landfill. "Landfill" means a landfill as defined under RCW 70.95.030;
(b) "Machinery and equipment" means industrial fixtures,
devices, and support facilities that are integral and necessary
to the generation of electricity using fuel cells, wind, sun, or
landfill gas as the principal source of power;
(c) "Machinery and equipment" does not include: (i)
Hand-powered tools; (ii) property with a useful life of less than
one year; (iii) repair parts required to restore machinery and
equipment to normal working order; (iv) replacement parts that do
not increase productivity, improve efficiency, or extend the
useful life of machinery and equipment; (v) buildings; or (vi)
building fixtures that are not integral and necessary to the
generation of electricity that are permanently affixed to and
become a physical part of a building;
(d) Machinery and equipment is "used directly" in generating
electricity with fuel cells or by wind energy, solar energy, or
landfill gas power if it provides any part of the process that
captures the energy of the wind, sun, or landfill gas, converts
that energy to electricity, and stores, transforms, or transmits
that electricity for entry into or operation in parallel with
electric transmission and distribution systems;
(e) "Fuel cell" means an electrochemical reaction that
generates electricity by combining atoms of hydrogen and oxygen
in the presence of a catalyst.
(3) This section expires June 30, 2009.
[2004 c 152 § 1; 2001 c 213 § 1; 1999 c 358 § 4; 1998 c 309 § 1; 1996 c 166 § 1.]
NOTES:
Effective date -- 2001 c 213: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2001." [2001 c 213 § 3.]
Effective date -- 1999 c 358 §§ 1 and 3-21: See note following RCW 82.04.3651.
Effective date -- 1998 c 309: "This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately [April 3, 1998]." [1998 c 309 § 3.]
Effective date -- 1996 c 166: "This act shall take effect July 1, 1996." [1996 c 166 § 3.]