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SENATE BILL 5988
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 1st Special Session
By Senators Vognild and McCaslin.
Read first time June 12, 1991. Referred to Committee on Rules.
AN ACT Relating to tax levies for library improvements; and creating a new section.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
NEW SECTION. Sec. 1. Tax levies authorized by voter approval of a ballot proposition submitted by a city under RCW 84.55.050 at an election held prior to 1988 for the purpose of funding the cost of library improvements, plus the costs of borrowing such amount for up to twenty years, may be levied in the amounts and in the years authorized by the voters in addition to the levies otherwise allowed by this chapter until the expiration of the limited period or satisfaction of the limited purpose so authorized, whichever comes first, notwithstanding the provisions of RCW 84.55.050(2). This section is curative and shall apply retroactively to all limited ballot propositions described herein. The elections at which any such ballot propositions were submitted, and the tax levies authorized thereby, shall be valid and effective in all respects. This section shall not be construed to adversely affect the validity or reduce the amount of any tax levies authorized by any other ballot proposition heretofore or hereafter submitted under RCW 84.55.050.