CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

HOUSE BILL 1037

55th Legislature

1997 Regular Session

Passed by the House January 17, 1997

Yeas 62 Nays 34

Speaker of the

House of Representatives

Passed by the Senate January 20, 1997

Yeas 27 Nays 18

CERTIFICATE

I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 1037 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State

State of Washington

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HOUSE BILL 1037

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Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington 55th Legislature 1997 Regular Session

By Representatives B. Thomas, Mulliken, Honeyford, Johnson, Mastin, Thompson, McMorris, Koster, DeBolt, Carlson, Boldt, Hickel, Alexander, Lambert, Buck, Schoesler, Sterk, Mitchell, D. Schmidt, Wensman, Sherstad, Carrell, Sheldon, Linville, Huff, Cooke, Bush, Smith, Dunn, Dyer, Van Luven, Mielke, Chandler, Cairnes, Talcott, Robertson and Backlund

Read first time 01/13/97. Referred to Committee on Finance.

AN ACT Relating to making the 4.7187% state property tax levy reduction permanent; amending RCW 84.55.012; creating a new section; and declaring an emergency.

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

Sec. 1. RCW 84.55.012 and 1995 2nd sp.s. c 13 s 2 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) The state property tax levy for collection in 1996 shall be reduced by 4.7187 percent of the levy amount that would otherwise be allowed under this chapter without regard to this section or any other tax reduction legislation enacted in 1995.

(2) The tax reduction provided in this section is in addition to any other tax reduction legislation that may be enacted by the legislature.

(((3) State levies for collection after 1996 shall be set at the amount that would be allowed otherwise under this chapter if the state levy for collection in 1996 had been set without the reduction under subsection (1) of this section.))

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2. This act applies to taxes levied for collection in 1997 and thereafter.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3. This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect immediately.