SENATE BILL REPORT

SSB 5131

BYSenate Committee on Governmental Operations (originally sponsored by Senator McCaslin)

Providing a limitation on the raising of local improvement district assessments.

Senate Committee on Governmental Operations

Senate Hearing Date(s):February 13, 1989; February 23, 1989

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5131 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

      Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chairman; Thorsness, Vice Chairman; Pullen, Sutherland.

Senate Staff:Rod McAulay (786-7754); Eugene Green (786-7405)

                  January 18, 1990

AS PASSED SENATE, JANUARY 17, 1990

BACKGROUND:

Procedures for the formation of a local improvement district (LID) or a utility local improvement district (ULID) enable property that should have been included within a district to be added to an assessment roll.  A hearing must be held to consider the amended assessment roll.  Occasionally, the addition of omitted property results in the raising of assessments to other property within an LID or ULID.

SUMMARY:

An assessment for property within an LID or ULID may not be raised due solely to the addition of omitted property to the assessment roll, unless all property within the improvement district is owned by one party.

Appropriation:    none

Revenue:    none

Fiscal Note:      none requested

Senate Committee - Testified: Joe Daniels, Washington State Association of Water and Wastewater Districts; Stan Finkelstein, Association of Washington Cities