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                   SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION 8211

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State of Washington      54th Legislature     1995 Regular Session

By Senators West, Morton and Winsley

Read first time 01/26/95.  Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

Amending the state Constitution to provide property tax relief for property leased to disabled persons as a residence.

    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 10 of the Constitution of the state of Washington to read as follows:

    Article VII, section 10.  Notwithstanding the provisions of Article 7, section 1 (Amendment 14) and Article 7, section 2 (Amendment 17), the following tax exemption shall be allowed as to real property:

    The legislature shall have the power, by appropriate legislation, to grant to retired property owners relief from the property tax on the real property occupied as a residence by those owners and to grant to property owners relief from the property tax on the real property which is leased to disabled persons as a residence.  The legislature may place such restrictions and conditions upon the granting of such relief as it shall deem proper.  Such restrictions and conditions may include, but are not limited to, the limiting of the relief to those property owners below a specific level of income and those fulfilling certain minimum residential requirements.

    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.

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