2104-S AMS HARG RAMS 050

SHB 2104 - S AMD 374

    By Senators Hargrove, Rossi, Brown and Sheldon, T.

    On page 3, after line 25, insert the following:

    "In addition to the procedures under this subsection, property owners with multiple parcels in a single county who qualify for a refund under this section may apply to the department on an application listing all the parcels owned in order to have the assessment computed on all parcels but billed to a single parcel.  Property owners with the following number of parcels may apply to the department in the year indicated:

Year Number of Parcels

2002 10 or more parcels

2003 8 or more parcels

2004 6 or more parcels

2005 4 or more parcels

2006 and thereafter 2 or more parcels

The department must compute the correct assessment and allocate one parcel in the county to use to collect the assessment.  The county must then bill the forest fire protection assessment on that one allocated identified parcel.  The landowner is responsible for notifying the department of any changes in parcel ownership."

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EFFECT: Allows a landowner to submit to the Department of Natural Resources a list of parcels in a single county that are subject to the assessment and qualify for a refund.  The DNR will calculate the assessment on all parcels and bill the assessment to a single parcel.  The number of parcels qualifying for refunds decreases from 10 parcels in 2002 to 2 parcels in 2006.