Washington SB5285 incentivizes cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers by allowing a sales and use tax.

Washington SB5285 allows cities and counties to impose a sales and use tax to fund the employment of additional commissioned law enforcement officers. The tax is set at 0.10 percent of the selling price or value of the article used. The tax revenue must be used for criminal justice purposes, including domestic violence services and local government programs with a reasonable relationship to crime reduction. The Department of Revenue collects the tax at no cost to the jurisdictions and remits the funds accordingly.

Washington SB5285 incentivizes cities and counties to increase employment of commissioned law enforcement officers by allowing a sales and use tax.

Washington SB5285 allows cities and counties to impose a sales and use tax to fund the employment of additional commissioned law enforcement officers. The tax is set at 0.10 percent of the selling price or value of the article used. The tax revenue must be used for criminal justice purposes, including domestic violence services and local government programs with a reasonable relationship to crime reduction. The Department of Revenue collects the tax at no cost to the jurisdictions and remits the funds accordingly.