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SUBSTITUTE SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 8212
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State of Washington 51st Legislature 1990 Regular Session
By Senate Committee on Economic Development & Labor (originally sponsored by Senators Lee, Williams and Fleming)
Read first time 1/31/90.
BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:
THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state there shall be submitted to the qualified voters of the state for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to Article VII, section 11 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:
Article VII, section
11. Nothing in
this Article VII as amended shall prevent the legislature from providing,
subject to such conditions as it may enact, that the true and fair value in
money (a) of farms, agricultural lands, standing timber, and
timberlands, ((and)) (b) of other open space lands ((which)) that
are used for recreation or for enjoyment of their scenic or natural beauty,
(c) of historic properties, and (d) of property with buildings that comply with
health and safety standards, are devoted primarily to low-income housing, and
contain five or more low-income dwelling units, shall be based on the use
to which such property is currently applied, and such values shall be used in
computing the assessed valuation of such property in the same manner as the
assessed valuation is computed for all property.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause notice of the foregoing constitutional amendment to be published at least four times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal newspaper in the state.