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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8211
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State of Washington 52nd Legislature 1991 Regular Session
By Senators Sutherland, A. Smith, Skratek, Bauer, Williams and Madsen.
Read first time January 24, 1991. Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.
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, section 11 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:
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VII, section 11. Nothing in this Article VII as amended shall prevent the
legislature from providing, subject to such conditions as it may enact, that
the true and fair value in money (a) of farms, agricultural lands, standing
timber, and timberlands, ((and)) (b) of other open space lands ((which))
that are used for recreation or for enjoyment of their scenic or natural
beauty, or (c) of properties that are devoted to residential uses, shall
be based on the use to which such property is currently applied, and such
values shall be used in computing the assessed valuation of such property in
the same manner as the assessed valuation is computed for all property.
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.