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                           SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8220

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State of Washington              52nd Legislature             1991 Regular Session

By Senators McCaslin, Conner, Murray and A. Smith.

Read first time January 30, 1991.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.Amending the Constitution to assess low-income housing property and single family residential dwellings at their current use.

     BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND 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:

     Article 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, (c) of property with buildings that comply with health and safety standards and are devoted primarily to low‑income housing, and contain five or more low-income dwelling units, and (d) any single family residential dwelling, 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.