AN ACT Relating to
notifying the assessor's office when actions are taken relating to real
property; amending RCW 36.70B.130 and 84.41.030; adding a new section to
chapter 35.22 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 35.63 RCW; adding a new
section to chapter 35A.63 RCW; adding a new section to chapter 36.70 RCW;
adding a new section to chapter 36.70B RCW; and adding a new section to chapter
90.60 RCW.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 36.70B.130 and 1995
c 347 s 417 are each amended to read as follows:
A local government
planning under RCW 36.70A.040 shall provide a notice of decision that also
includes a statement of any threshold determination made under chapter 43.21C
RCW and the procedures for administrative appeal, if any. The notice of
decision may be a copy of the report or decision on the project permit
application. The notice shall be provided to the applicant and to any person
who, prior to the rendering of the decision, requested notice of the decision
or submitted substantive comments on the application. The local government
shall provide for notice of its decision as provided in RCW 36.70B.110(4),
which shall also state that affected property owners may request a change in
valuation for property tax purposes notwithstanding any program of
revaluation. The local government shall provide notice of decision to the
county assessor's office of the county or counties in which the property is
situated.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
2. A new section is added
to chapter 35.22 RCW to read as follows:
By July 31, 1997, a
first class city planning under RCW 36.70A.040 shall provide to the county
assessor a copy of the first class city's comprehensive plan and development
regulations in effect on July 1st of that year and shall thereafter provide any
amendments to the plan and regulations that were adopted before July 31st of
each following year.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
3. A new section is added
to chapter 35.63 RCW to read as follows:
By July 31, 1997, a
city planning under RCW 36.70A.040 shall provide to the county assessor a copy
of the city's comprehensive plan and development regulations in effect on July
1st of that year and shall thereafter provide any amendments to the plan and
regulations that were adopted before July 31st of each following year.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
4. A new section is added
to chapter 35A.63 RCW to read as follows:
By July 31, 1997, a
code city planning under RCW 36.70A.040 shall provide to the county assessor a
copy of the code city's comprehensive plan and development regulations in
effect on July 1st of that year and shall thereafter provide any amendments to
the plan and regulations that were adopted before July 31st of each following
year.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
5. A new section is added
to chapter 36.70 RCW to read as follows:
By July 31, 1997, a
county planning under RCW 36.70A.040 shall provide to the county assessor a
copy of the county's comprehensive plan and development regulations in effect
on July 1st of that year and shall thereafter provide any amendments to the
plan and regulations that were adopted before July 31st of each following year.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
6. A new section is added
to chapter 36.70B RCW to read as follows:
By July 31, 1997, a
local government planning under RCW 36.70A.040 shall provide to the county
assessor a copy of the local government's comprehensive plan and development
regulations in effect on July 1st of that year and shall thereafter provide any
amendments to the plan and regulations that were adopted before July 31st of
each following year.
Sec. 7. RCW 84.41.030 and 1982
1st ex.s. c 46 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
Each county assessor
shall maintain an active and systematic program of revaluation on a continuous
basis, and shall establish a revaluation schedule which will result in
revaluation of all taxable real property within the county at least once each
four years and physical inspection of all taxable real property within the
county at least once each six years. Each county assessor may disregard any
program of revaluation, if requested by a property owner, and change, as
appropriate, the valuation of real property upon the receipt of a notice of
decision received under RCW 36.70B.130, section 8 of this act, or chapter
35.22, 35.63, 35A.63, or 36.70 RCW pertaining to the value of the real
property.
NEW SECTION. Sec.
8. A new section is added
to chapter 90.60 RCW to read as follows:
(1) A state permit
agency shall forward to the appropriate county assessor a notice of the
agency's final decision with respect to a permit sought from the agency in
connection with a project permit application as defined in RCW 36.70B.020.
(2) For the purposes of
this section:
(a) "Permit"
means a license, certificate, registration, permit, or other form of
authorization required by a permit agency in connection with a project permit
application as defined in RCW 36.70B.020; and
(b)
"State permit agency" means the department of ecology, the department
of natural resources, the department of fish and wildlife, or the department of
health.
