CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                  SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5443

                        54th Legislature

                      1995 Regular Session

Passed by the Senate April 19, 1995   YEAS 44   NAYS 0 President of the Senate Passed by the House April 7, 1995   YEAS 92   NAYS 0

CERTIFICATE I, Marty Brown, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5443 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.

Speaker of the       House of Representatives

Secretary

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                    SUBSTITUTE SENATE BILL 5443

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                      AS AMENDED BY THE HOUSE

             Passed Legislature - 1995 Regular Session

State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senate Committee on Government Operations (originally sponsored by Senators Drew, Fairley, Quigley, McAuliffe, Hargrove, Haugen, Owen, Rasmussen, Loveland, Smith, Gaspard and Franklin)

Read first time 02/22/95.

Requiring taxing districts to hold hearings about using the authorized amount of property tax.

    AN ACT Relating to public hearings for collection of authorized taxes; and adding a new section to chapter 84.55 RCW.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to chapter 84.55 RCW to read as follows:

    A taxing district, other than the state, that collects regular levies shall hold a public hearing on revenue sources for the district's following year's current expense budget.  The hearing must include consideration of possible increases in property tax revenues and shall be held prior to the time the taxing district levies the taxes or makes the request to have the taxes levied.  The county legislative authority, or the taxing district's governing body if the district is a city, town, or other type of district, shall hold the hearing.  For purposes of this section, "current expense budget" means that budget which is primarily funded by taxes and charges and reflects the provision of ongoing services.  It does not mean the capital, enterprise, or special assessment budgets of cities, towns, counties, or special purpose districts.

    If the taxing district is otherwise required to hold a public hearing on its proposed regular tax levy, a single public hearing may be held on this matter.

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