1484-S3 AMH ORCU PETE 024

3SHB 1484 - H AMD 675

By Representative Orcutt

FAILED 2/9/2006

         On page 2, line 16, strike subsection (3) and insert:

   "(3) A tax levy under this section must be specifically authorized by a majority of at least three-fifths of the registered voters thereof approving a proposition authorizing the levies 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; or by a majority of at least three-fifths of the registered voters thereof voting on the proposition when the number of registered voters voting on the proposition exceeds forty percent of the total number of voters voting in such taxing district in the last preceding general election. If the proposition is approved the county shall impose a levy not to exceed the lesser of the amount necessary to fully fund the cost-of-living supplements defined in subsection (5) of this section or seventy-five cents per thousand dollars of assessed value."

EFFECT: Require sixty percent voter approval of tax. Also requires the same voter turn out requirement as school district excess levies.