CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
ENGROSSED
HOUSE BILL 1417
Chapter
2, Laws of 1997
55th
Legislature
1997
Regular Session
PROPERTY TAX LEVY REDUCTION‑-PARTIAL
REFERENDUM
EFFECTIVE
DATE: Section 1 becomes effective on 1/30/97. Section 2 becomes effective on
12/4/97 if approved by the voters. Sections 3 through 5 become effective 90
days after the end of the regular session.
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Passed by the House January 24, 1997
Yeas 61 Nays 32
 CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
Passed by the Senate January 29, 1997
Yeas 30 Nays 17
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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.
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BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
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 TIMOTHY A. MARTIN
Chief Clerk
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Approved January 30, 1997 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
January 30, 1997 - 4:37 p.m.
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GARY LOCKE
Governor of the State of Washington
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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, 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.
Passed the House January 24, 1997.
Passed the Senate January 29, 1997.
Approved by the Governor
January 30, 1997.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State January 30, 1997.