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                           SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8201

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators Madsen, Sutherland, Conner, Barr, Bauer and Roach.

Read first time January 21, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Governmental Operations.Amending the Constitution to authorize the county assessor to use assessment practices that provide that the true and fair value of real property be based on current use.

     BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:

     THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article VII, section 11 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

     Article VII, section 11.  Nothing in this Article VII as amended shall prevent the legislature from providing, subject to such conditions as it may enact, that either:

(1) The true and fair value in money (a) of farms, agricultural lands, standing timber and timberlands, and (b) of other open space lands which are used for recreation or for enjoyment of their scenic or natural beauty shall be based on the use to which such property is currently applied, and such values shall be used in computing the assessed valuation of such property in the same manner as the assessed valuation is computed for all property; or

(2) The true and fair value in money of all real property shall be based on the use to which such property is currently applied, and such values shall be used in computing the assessed valuation of such property in the same manner as the assessed valuation is computed for all property.