Saturday, March 20, 2010

SB 6889, Convention Center and Public Facilities District bill moves to the Senate Floor Calenar

SB 6889 is on the Senate Floor “Regular Calendar”.

The Senate Ways and Means Committee passed SB 6889 on Friday.

Here is the Senate Ways & Means Committee Report that says on page 3 that the new PFD would gain control over not just the Seattle hotel tax that pays off the Convention Center, but it also controls the county wide 2.8 hotel tax.

All committee members but one vote for the bill, Senator Mike Carroll.