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SUBSTITUTE HOUSE BILL 2682
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AS AMENDED BY THE SENATE
Passed Legislature - 1996 Regular Session
State of Washington 54th Legislature 1996
Regular Session
By
Read first time 02/02/96.
Authorizing elections to create
library capital facility areas at any general or special election.
AN ACT Relating to
library capital facility areas; and amending RCW 27.15.020 and 27.15.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF
WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1. RCW 27.15.020 and 1995 c
368 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:
Upon receipt of a
completed written request to both establish a library capital ((facilities))
facility area and submit a ballot proposition under RCW 27.15.050 to
finance library capital facilities, that is signed by a majority of the members
of the board of trustees of a library district or board of trustees of a city
or town library, the county legislative authority or county legislative
authorities for the county or counties in which a proposed library capital
facility area is to be established shall submit separate ballot propositions to
voters to authorize establishing the proposed library capital ((facilities))
facility area and authorizing the library capital ((facilities)) facility
area, if established, to finance library capital facilities by issuing general
indebtedness and imposing excess levies to retire the indebtedness. The ballot
propositions ((may only)) shall be submitted to voters at a
general or special election. If the proposed election date is not a
general election, the county legislative authority is encouraged to request an
election when another unit of local government with territory located in the
proposed library capital facility area is already holding a special election
under RCW 29.13.020. Approval of the ballot proposition to create a
library capital ((facilities)) facility area shall be by a simple
majority vote.
A completed request
submitted under this section shall include: (1) A description of the
boundaries of the library capital facility area; and (2) a copy of the
resolution of the legislative authority of each city or town, and board of
trustees of each library district, with territory included within the proposed
library capital ((facilities)) facility area indicating both:
(a) Its approval of the creation of the proposed library capital ((facilities))
facility area; and (b) agreement on how election costs will be paid for
submitting ballot propositions to voters that authorize the library capital ((facilities))
facility area to incur general indebtedness and impose excess levies to
retire the general indebtedness.
Sec. 2. RCW 27.15.050 and 1995 c
368 s 6 are each amended to read as follows:
(1) A library capital
facility area may contract indebtedness or borrow money to finance library
capital facilities and may issue general obligation bonds for such purpose not
exceeding an amount, together with any existing indebtedness of the library
capital facility area, equal to one and one-quarter percent of the value of the
taxable property in the district and impose excess property tax levies to
retire the general indebtedness as provided in RCW 39.36.050 if a ballot
proposition authorizing both the indebtedness and excess levies is approved by
at least three-fifths of the voters of the library capital facility area voting
on the proposition, and the total number of voters voting on the proposition
constitutes not less than forty percent of the total number of voters in the
library capital facility area voting at the last preceding general election.
The term "value of the taxable property" has the meaning set forth in
RCW 39.36.015. Such a proposition ((may only)) shall be
submitted to voters at a general or special election and may be
submitted to voters at the same election as the election when the ballot
proposition authorizing the establishing of the library capital ((facilities
district)) facility area is submitted. If the proposed election
date is not a general election, the county legislative authority is encouraged
to request an election when another unit of local government with territory
located in the proposed library capital facility area is already holding a
special election under RCW 29.13.020.
(2) A
library capital facility area may accept gifts or grants of money or property
of any kind for the same purposes for which it is authorized to borrow money in
subsection (1) of this section.
