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                                                    HOUSE BILL NO. 203

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State of Washington                              49th Legislature                              1985 Regular Session

By Representatives Patrick, Holland, Leonard, Brough, Schmidt, Crane, Todd, Padden, Lux, Zellinsky, Schoon, Bond, Sanders, Isaacson, May and J. Williams

Read first time 1/23/85 and referred to Committee on Transportation.

AN ACT Relating to counties; amending  RCW 36.82.040 and 36.33.220; and adding a new section to chapter 36.82 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

        Sec. 1.  Section 36.82.040, chapter 4, Laws of 1963 as last amended by section 41, chapter 195, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and RCW 36.82.040 are each amended to read as follows:

          For the purpose of raising revenue for establishing, laying out, constructing, altering, repairing, improving, and maintaining county roads, bridges, and wharves necessary for vehicle ferriage and for other proper county road purposes, the board shall annually at the time of making the levy for general purposes make a uniform tax levy throughout the county, or any road district thereof, of not to exceed  two dollars and twenty-five cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the last assessed valuation of the taxable property in the county, or road district thereof, unless other law of the state requires a lower maximum levy, in which event such lower maximum levy shall control.  All funds accruing from such levy shall be credited to and deposited in the county road fund except that revenue diverted under RCW 36.33.220 shall be placed in a separate and identifiable account within the county current expense fund.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 36.82 RCW to read as follows:

          The boards of county commissioners of the several counties of the state of Washington may expend up to one percent of the county road fund tax levy, and may rent county road equipment from the county road equipment rental and revolving fund, for the maintenance and operation of garbage disposal sites within the county.

          The use of the county road fund tax levy and the rental of county road equipment for the maintenance and operation of garbage disposal sites is a county road purpose under RCW 36.82.040.

          This section does not apply to class A or class AA counties.

        Sec. 3.  Section 1, chapter 25, Laws of 1971 ex. sess. as last amended by section 32, chapter 195, Laws of 1973 1st ex. sess. and RCW 36.33.220 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) To the extent stated in subsection (2) of this section, the legislative authority of any county may budget, in accordance with the provisions of chapter 36.40 RCW, and expend ((any)) a portion of the county road property tax revenues for any service to be provided in the unincorporated area of the county notwithstanding any other provision of law, including chapter 36.82 RCW and RCW 84.52.050 and RCW 84.52.043.

(2) The portion of the county road property tax revenues that may be budgeted and expended pursuant to subsection (1) of this section shall be limited to the following amounts:

(a) For the county's fiscal year commencing before December 31, 1985, any portion of the county road property tax revenues may be budgeted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

(b) For the county's first fiscal year commencing after December 31, 1985, sixty-seven percent of the county road property tax revenues may be budgeted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

(c) For the county's second fiscal year commencing after December 31, 1985, thirty-three percent of the county road property tax revenues may be budgeted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.

(d) For the county's third fiscal year commencing after December 31, 1985, and for subsequent fiscal years, no portion of the county road property tax revenues may be budgeted pursuant to subsection (1) of this section.