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                            HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 4206

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Representatives Heavey, Cole, Schmidt, Jacobsen, Fuhrman, Ludwig, R. Meyers, Betrozoff, Orr, Nelson and Rasmussen.

Read first time January 23, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Revenue.Amending the Constitution by directing the legislature to limit the increase of the aggregate of all taxes on residential property to ten percent per year.

     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 of the Constitution of the state Washington by adding a new section to read as follows:

     Article VII, section .... . Notwithstanding the requirement for uniform taxes contained in section 1 of this Article, the aggregate of all taxes on any residential property shall not increase by more than ten percent per year, but not including increases arising from:  (a) Levies authorized under section 2 (a), (b), or (c) of this Article; (b) changes in zoning or other restrictions on the use of the real property; (c) new construction or other physical changes made to the real property; (d) removal from tax exempt status; (e) removal from a special class of taxation or valuation, including, but not limited to, taxation on actual use; or (f) manifest error or omission.  The legislature shall enact legislation implementing this section.

     BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of the foregoing constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.