CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1417

                        55th Legislature

                      1997 Regular Session

Passed by the House January 24, 1997   Yeas 61   Nays 32 Speaker of the       House of Representatives Passed by the Senate January 29, 1997   Yeas 30   Nays 17

CERTIFICATE I, Timothy A. Martin, Chief Clerk of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1417 as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

President of the Senate

Chief Clerk

Approved Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.

FILED

Governor of the State of Washington

Secretary of State                   State of Washington

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                     ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 1417

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             Passed Legislature - 1997 Regular Session

State of Washington      55th Legislature     1997 Regular Session

By Representatives B. Thomas, Carrell, Cairnes, Dyer, L. Thomas, Mulliken, Sheldon, Robertson, Thompson, Cooke, Mielke and Van Luven.

Read first time 1/24/97.

Reducing total state levy amounts by 4.7187 percent.    

    AN ACT Relating to reducing total state levy amounts by 4.7187 percent; amending RCW 84.55.012; adding a new section to chapter 84.55 RCW; creating a new section; providing for submission of a section of this act to a vote of the people; 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)) 1997 shall be set at the amount that would be allowed otherwise under this chapter if the state ((levy)) levies for collection in 1996 and 1997 had been set without the reduction under subsection (1) of this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  A new section is added to chapter 84.55 RCW to read as follows:

    The state property tax levy for collection in 1998 shall be reduced by 4.7187 percent of the levy amount that would otherwise be allowed under this chapter without regard to this section.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 3.  Section 1 of this act applies to taxes levied for collection in 1997.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 4.  Section 1 of 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.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 5.  The secretary of state shall submit section 2 of this act to the people for their adoption and ratification, or rejection, at the next general election to be held in this state, in accordance with Article II, section 1 of the state Constitution and the laws adopted to facilitate its operation.

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