A state Senate bill designed to provide incentives to create manufacturing jobs is receiving some support in Spokane, though it might reduce revenue for some public entities that were created to promote such job creation.
Senate Bill 5901 would create a sale-and-use tax deferral of up to $400,000 for new buildings, machinery, and equipment used for manufacturing, research and development, commercial testing, and vegetable-and-seed conditioning in qualifying counties, said Senate Majority Leader Andy Billig, D-Spokane, a co-sponsor of the bill.
“The bill is so important to Spokane,” Billig said. “The Legislature is focused on jobs and economic prosperity, and this bill is a natural fit.”
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