CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1555

Chapter 181, Laws of 2005

59th Legislature
2005 Regular Session



SPECIAL DISTRICTS--MONETARY ASSESSMENTS



EFFECTIVE DATE: 7/24/05

Passed by the House March 3, 2005
  Yeas 97   Nays 0

FRANK CHOPP
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Speaker of the House of Representatives


Passed by the Senate April 15, 2005
  Yeas 46   Nays 0


BRAD OWEN
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President of the Senate
 
CERTIFICATE

I, Richard Nafziger, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1555 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.


RICHARD NAFZIGER
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Chief Clerk
Approved April 26, 2005.








CHRISTINE GREGOIRE
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Governor of the State of Washington
 
FILED
April 26, 2005 - 2:07 p.m.







Secretary of State
State of Washington


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HOUSE BILL 1555
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Passed Legislature - 2005 Regular Session
State of Washington59th Legislature2005 Regular Session

By Representatives Wallace, Newhouse, Haigh, Dunn, Takko, Grant, Blake, Quall, Linville, Conway, Orcutt and Kretz

Read first time 01/27/2005.   Referred to Committee on Local Government.



     AN ACT Relating to monetary assessments by drainage, diking, flood control, and mosquito control districts; amending RCW 17.28.255; and adding a new section to chapter 85.38 RCW.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 85.38 RCW to read as follows:
     (1) Every special district must use the assessed value applicable to forest land, farm and agricultural land, or open space land, under chapter 84.33 or 84.34 RCW, when the land has been designated as such and the assessed value is used as a component in determining the district assessment.
     (2) If a district uses a fractional amount of assessed value as a component in determining the district assessment, then a fractional amount of the value applicable to forest land, farm and agricultural land, or open space land, under chapter 84.33 or 84.34 RCW, shall be used.

Sec. 2   RCW 17.28.255 and 1959 c 64 s 7 are each amended to read as follows:
     The board of trustees shall annually determine the amount of money necessary to carry on the operations of the district and shall classify the property therein in proportion to the benefits to be derived from the operations of the district and in accordance with such classification shall apportion and assess the several lots, blocks, tracts, and parcels of land or other property within the district, which assessment shall be collected with the general taxes of the county or counties. A mosquito control district must use the assessed value applicable to forest land, farm and agricultural land, or open space land, under chapter 84.33 or 84.34 RCW, when the land has been designated as such and the assessed value is used as a component in determining the district assessment. If a district uses a fractional amount of assessed value as a component in determining the district assessment, then a fractional amount of the value applicable to forest land, farm and agricultural land, or open space land, under chapter 84.33 or 84.34 RCW, shall be used.


         Passed by the House March 3, 2005.
         Passed by the Senate April 15, 2005.
         Approved by the Governor April 26, 2005.
         Filed in Office of Secretary of State April 26, 2005.