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HOUSE BILL 1911
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State of Washington 53rd Legislature 1993 Regular Session
By Representatives Zellinsky, Reams and H. Myers
Read first time 02/15/93. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to the location of fire protection districts in newly incorporated cities and towns; and adding a new section to chapter 52.04 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 52.04 RCW to read as follows:
If the area of a newly incorporated city or town is located in a single fire protection district, the city or town is deemed to have been annexed by the fire protection district effective immediately on the city's or town's official date of incorporation, unless the city or town council adopts a resolution during the interim transition period precluding the annexation of the newly incorporated city or town by the fire protection district. The newly incorporated city or town shall remain annexed to the fire protection district for one year after the city's or town's official date of incorporation and shall be withdrawn from the fire protection district at the end of this one-year period unless during this one-year period the voters of the city or town approve a ballot proposition authorizing the city or town to remain within the fire protection district.
If the city or town is withdrawn from the fire protection district, the maximum rate of the first property tax levy that is imposed by the city or town after the withdrawal is calculated as if the city or town never had been annexed by the fire protection district.
If a ballot proposition under this subsection is approved by the voters of the city or town, the fire protection district may not be withdrawn from the city or town for at least three years after the ballot proposition authorizing the city or town to remain within the fire protection district was approved.
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