1189-S AMS HEAV S2690.1

SHB 1189 - S AMD TO S COMM AMD (S-2516.1/99) - 391

By Senators Heavey, Horn and McCaslin

                                              OUT OF ORDER 4/14/99

    On page 2, after line 36 of the amendment, insert the following:

    "(3) No earlier than at the next special election occurring at least ninety days after the election resulting in the creation of the district under RCW 35.61.050(2), there shall be placed before the voters by the legislative authority a second, separate ballot proposition authorizing the property tax levy for the metropolitan park district.  The property tax is authorized only if a majority of at least three-fifths of the registered voters approve the proposition authorizing the levy submitted at a general or special election, at which election the number of persons voting "yes" on the proposition shall constitute three-fifths of a number equal to forty percent of the total number of voters voting in such taxing district at the last preceding general election when the number of registered voters voting on the proposition does not exceed forty percent of the total number of voters voting in such taxing district in the last preceding general election.  Included in this ballot proposition shall be the statement that (a) the revenues from the property tax may only be used to fund a zoo; and (b) a stipulation that the city will maintain at least its current funding for its zoo which may be measured by a set dollar amount, a dollar amount to be adjusted by the consumer price index, or a percentage of the general fund."

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