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HOUSE BILL 2788
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1992 Regular Session
By Representatives Forner, Orr, Zellinsky, Paris and Wood
Read first time 01/28/92. Referred to Committee on Local Government.
AN ACT Relating to fire protection districts; adding a new section to chapter 52.30 RCW; and repealing RCW 52.30.020.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. A new section is added to chapter 52.30 RCW to read as follows:
(1) Every public entity that owns a building shall pay a fire protection district for fire protection services necessary for the protection and safety of the building, equipment in the building, and persons in the building. Fire protection services are necessary if the building is located in the fire protection district, or is located in a city or town contracting with the fire protection district for fire protection services, or is located adjacently to the fire protection district but is not within another district or a city or town providing fire protection services with its own personnel and equipment. The assessment shall not apply to a public building: (a) Leased to a nontax exempt organization or person; (b) receiving fire protection services performed by the staff and equipment of the public entity that owns the building; or (c) receiving fire protection services by contract from a city, town, or another fire protection district.
(2) The amount that a school district pays a fire protection district shall be determined from uniform rates established by the insurance commissioner. The rates shall be based upon criteria developed by the superintendent of public instruction, the insurance commissioner, the director of financial management, and the executive director of the Washington fire commissions association, or their designees. Each biennial budget that is submitted to the governor by the superintendent of public instruction shall include an amount sufficient to reimburse affected school districts for the moneys necessary to pay the fire protection district assessments.
(3) The amount paid each year by other public entities shall be fifteen one-hundredths of one percent of the value of the building, as listed on the records of the county assessor. The county treasurer shall send a notice of this obligation to the owner of the public property at the same time notices are sent for property taxes due. Payment of the fire protection fees shall be made to the county treasurer at the same time property taxes are due. The county treasurer shall disburse the fire protection district payments to the appropriate fire protection districts.
(4) As used in this section, the term "public entity" includes every state agency, state institution, municipal corporation, and quasi-municipal corporation.
NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. RCW 52.30.020 and 1979 c 151 s 164, 1974 ex.s. c 88 s 1, 1973 1st ex.s. c 64 s 1, & 1941 c 139 s 1 are each repealed.