SENATE BILL REPORT

SB 5131

BYSenator McCaslin

Providing a limitation on the raising of local improvement district assessments.

Senate Committee on Governmental Operations

Senate Hearing Date(s):February 13, 1989; February 23, 1989

Majority Report:  That Substitute Senate Bill No. 5131 be substituted therefor, and the substitute bill do pass.

      Signed by Senators McCaslin, Chairman; Thorsness, Vice Chairman; Pullen, Sutherland.

Senate Staff:Sam Thompson (786-7754); Eugene Green (786-7405)

                  February 23, 1989

AS REPORTED BY COMMITTEE ON GOVERNMENTAL OPERATIONS, FEBRUARY 23, 1989

BACKGROUND:

Procedures for the formation of a local improvement district (LID) or a utility local improvement district (ULID) enable property that should have been included within a district to be added to an assessment roll.  A hearing must be held to consider the amended assessment roll.  Occasionally, the addition of omitted property results in the raising of assessments to other property within an LID or ULID.

SUMMARY:

An assessment for property within an LID or ULID may not be raised due solely to the addition of omitted property to the assessment roll.

EFFECT OF PROPOSED SUBSTITUTE:

An assessment may not be raised due solely to the addition of omitted property unless all property within the improvement district is owned by one party.

Appropriation:    none

Revenue:    none

Fiscal Note:      none requested

Senate Committee - Testified: Joe Daniels, Washington State Association of Water and Wastewater Districts; Stan Finkelstein, Association of Washington Cities