| Passed by the Senate April 19, 2009 YEAS 46 ________________________________________ President of the Senate Passed by the House April 7, 2009 YEAS 98 ________________________________________ Speaker of the House of Representatives | I, Thomas Hoemann, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 5355 as passed by the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth. ________________________________________ Secretary | |
| Approved ________________________________________ Governor of the State of Washington | Secretary of State State of Washington |
| State of Washington | 61st Legislature | 2009 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/20/09. Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
AN ACT Relating to initial levy rates for rural county library districts; and amending RCW 27.12.040 and 27.12.050.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec. 1 RCW 27.12.040 and 1990 c 259 s 1 are each amended to read
as follows:
The procedure for the establishment of a rural county library
district shall be as follows:
(1) Petitions signed by at least ten percent of the registered
voters of the county who voted in the last general election, outside of
the area of incorporated cities and towns, asking that the question,
"Shall a rural county library district be established?" be submitted to
a vote of the people, shall be filed with the county legislative
authority. For all districts created after the effective date of this
act, the petition may include a proposed initial maximum levy rate.
This initial maximum levy rate must not exceed the rate limit set forth
in RCW 27.12.050(1).
(2) The county legislative authority, after having determined that
the petitions were signed by the requisite number of registered voters,
shall place the proposition for the establishment of a rural county
library district on the ballot for the vote of the people of the
county, outside incorporated cities and towns, at the next succeeding
general or special election. If the petition to create the rural
county library district included a proposed initial maximum levy rate,
the ballot proposition for the establishment of the rural county
library district must include the initial maximum levy rate specified
in the petition. This ballot must be submitted in such form as to
enable the voters favoring the proposition to vote "Yes" and those
opposing to vote "No."
(3) If a majority of those voting on the proposition vote in favor
of the establishment of the rural county library district, the county
legislative authority shall forthwith declare it established.
Sec. 2 RCW 27.12.050 and 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 s 5 are each
amended to read as follows:
(1) After the board of county commissioners has declared a rural
county library district established, it shall appoint a board of
library trustees and provide funds for the establishment and
maintenance of library service for the district by making a tax levy on
the property in the district of not more than fifty cents per thousand
dollars of assessed value per year sufficient for the library service
as shown to be required by the budget submitted to the board of county
commissioners by the board of library trustees, and by making a tax
levy in such further amount as shall be authorized pursuant to RCW
27.12.222 or 84.52.052 or 84.52.056. Such levies shall be a part of
the general tax roll and shall be collected as a part of the general
taxes against the property in the district.
(2) The initial levy rate may not exceed the rate limit in
subsection (1) of this section or, if applicable, the initial maximum
levy rate contained in the ballot proposition approved by the voters to
create the district. In subsequent years, the levy rate may be
increased as authorized under chapter 84.55 RCW.