CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                   ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 3011

 

 

                   Chapter 317, Laws of 2002

 

 

                        57th Legislature

                      2002 Regular Session

 

 

JOINT TASK FORCE ON LOCAL EFFORT ASSISTANCE

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  4/2/02

Passed by the House March 13, 2002

  Yeas 62   Nays 35

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 13, 2002

  Yeas 35   Nays 13

             CERTIFICATE

 

I, Cynthia Zehnder, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 3011 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

 

 

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved April 2, 2002 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.                

                                FILED                

 

           April 2, 2002 - 10:39 a.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                     ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 3011

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             Passed Legislature - 2002 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      57th Legislature     2002 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Fromhold, McIntire and Sommers

 

Read first time .  Referred to Committee on .

Modifying and studying the local effort assistance program.  


    AN ACT Relating to local effort assistance; amending RCW 28A.500.030; creating new sections; providing an expiration date; and declaring an emergency.

 

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

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1.  The legislature finds that the purpose of the local effort assistance program is stated in RCW 28A.500.010 as follows:  "The purpose of these funds is to mitigate the effect that above average property tax rates might have on the ability of a school district to raise local revenues to supplement the state's basic program of education.  These funds serve to equalize the property tax rates that individual taxpayers would pay for such levies and to provide tax relief to taxpayers in high tax rate school districts."

    The legislature further finds that changes in state and federal funding that have taken place since the local effort assistance program began in 1989 make it necessary to reexamine the local effort assistance funding formula and to determine whether the purpose of the program is being fulfilled.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2.  (1) The joint task force on local effort assistance is created, to consist of nineteen members:

    (a) Six members of the house of representatives, three appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives and three appointed by the minority leader;

    (b) Six members of the senate, three appointed by the majority leader and three appointed by the minority leader;

    (c) The superintendent of public instruction;

    (d) A member chosen by the Washington state school directors' association;

    (e) A member chosen by the Washington association of school administrators;

    (f) A member chosen by the rural education center;

    (g) A fiscal officer of an educational service district chosen by the superintendent of public instruction in consultation with the superintendents of the educational service districts; and

    (h) Two members from school districts with student enrollments greater than twenty thousand, chosen by the office of the superintendent of public instruction.

    (2) Legislative members of the task force shall be reimbursed for travel expenses as provided in RCW 44.04.120.  The staff of the office of superintendent of public instruction, senate committee services, and the office of program research of the house of representatives shall provide support to the task force.

    (3) The task force shall be cochaired by one senator, chosen by the task force, and one representative, chosen by the task force.  The task force shall establish rules of procedure at its first meeting.

    (4) The task force shall seek input and advice from stakeholders.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 3.  The joint task force on local effort assistance shall:

    (1) Complete a thorough analysis of the history of the local effort assistance program and its impacts, including a thorough examination of the revenues included in the levy base;

    (2) Determine whether the purpose of the local effort assistance program, as stated in RCW 28A.500.010, is being met under the current allocation formula; and

    (3) Present its findings and provide recommendations to the legislature by December 1, 2002.

 

    Sec. 4.  RCW 28A.500.030 and 1999 c 317 s 3 are each amended to read as follows:

    Allocation of state matching funds to eligible districts for local effort assistance shall be determined as follows:

    (1) Funds raised by the district through maintenance and operation levies shall be matched with state funds using the following ratio of state funds to levy funds:

    (a) The difference between the district's twelve percent levy rate and the statewide average twelve percent levy rate; to

    (b) The statewide average twelve percent levy rate.

    (2) The maximum amount of state matching funds for districts eligible for local effort assistance shall be the district's twelve percent levy amount, multiplied by the following percentage:

    (a) The difference between the district's twelve percent levy rate and the statewide average twelve percent levy rate; divided by

    (b) The district's twelve percent levy rate.

    (3) Calendar year 2003 allocations and maximum eligibility under this chapter shall be multiplied by 0.99.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 5.  Sections 1 through 3 of this act expire December 31, 2002.

 

    NEW SECTION.  Sec. 6.  This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.


    Passed the House March 13, 2002.

    Passed the Senate March 13, 2002.

Approved by the Governor April 2, 2002.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 2, 2002.