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payment amount to be transferred to the state under subsection (6) of <br />this section. <br />(8) The department of revenue must perform the collection of such <br />taxes on behalf of the public facilities district at no cost to the <br />district, and the state treasurer must distribute those taxes as <br />available on a monthly basis to the district or, upon the direction of <br />the district, to a fiscal agent, paying agent, or trustee for <br />obligations issued or incurred by the district. <br />(9) Except as expressly provided in this chapter, all of the <br />provisions contained in RCW 82.08.050 and 82.08.060 and chapter 82.32 <br />RCW have full force and application with respect to taxes imposed <br />under the provisions of this section. <br />(10) In determining the effective combined rate of tax for <br />purposes of the limit in subsection (3) of this section, the tax rate <br />under RCW 82.14.530 is not included. <br />(11) The taxes imposed in this section do not apply to sales of <br />temporary medical housing exempt under RCW 82.08.997. <br />(12) The definitions in this subsection apply throughout this <br />section unless the context clearly requires otherwise. <br />(a)(i) "Hostel" means a structure or facility where a majority of <br />the rooms for sleeping accommodations are hostel dormitories <br />containing a minimum of four standard beds designed for single -person <br />occupancy within the facility. Hostel accommodations are supervised <br />and must include at least one common area and at least one common <br />kitchen for guest use. <br />(ii) For the purpose of this subsection (12)(a), "hostel <br />dormitory" means a single room, containing four or more standard beds <br />designed for single -person occupancy, used exclusively as nonprivate <br />communal sleeping quarters, generally for unrelated persons, where <br />such persons independently acquire the right to occupy individual <br />beds, with the operator supervising and determining which bed each <br />person will occupy. <br />(b) "Short-term rental" means a lodging use, that is not a hotel <br />or motel, in which a dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is <br />offered or provided to a guest or guests by a short-term rental <br />operator for a fee for fewer than thirty consecutive nights. The term <br />"short-term rental" does not include: <br />(i) A dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is used by the same <br />person for thirty or more consecutive nights; and <br />(ii) A dwelling unit, or portion thereof, that is operated by an <br />organization or government entity that is registered as a charitable <br />organization with the secretary of state, state of Washington, and/or <br />is classified by the federal internal revenue service as a public <br />charity or a private foundation, and provides temporary housing to <br />individuals who are being treated for trauma, injury, or disease <br />and/or their family members. <br />(13) Taxes authorized under subsections (4) and (5) of this <br />section are deemed to have been imposed on December 1, 2000, for the <br />purposes of RCW 82.14.410. <br />(14)(a) Beginning on the date that the condition in (b) of this <br />subsection is satisfied, a public facilities district created within a <br />county with a population of one million five hundred thousand or more <br />for the purpose of acquiring, owning, operating, renovating, and <br />expanding a convention and trade center must make quarterly payments <br />from tax revenue collected by a public facilities district as a result <br />of the tax imposed in chapter 245, Laws of 2018 to a city in which the <br />convention and trade center is located that has authorized on or <br />