CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

                   ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2297

                    Chapter 10, Laws of 1999

                        56th Legislature

                    1999 1st Special Session

MAXIMUM LEVY AMOUNT CALCULATIONS

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  7/1/99

Passed by the House May 18, 1999   Yeas 96   Nays 0              CLYDE BALLARD Speaker of the House of Representatives               FRANK CHOPP Speaker of the House of Representatives Passed by the Senate May 18, 1999   Yeas 42   Nays 0

CERTIFICATE We, Dean R. Foster and Timothy A. Martin, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2297  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.            DEAN R. FOSTER                           Chief Clerk           TIMOTHY A. MARTIN                           Chief Clerk

R. LORRAINE WOJAHN President of the Senate

Approved June 7, 1999 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.	FILED                              June 7, 1999 - 1:47 p.m.
GARY LOCKE Governor of the State of Washington	Secretary of State                  State of Washington

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                     ENGROSSED HOUSE BILL 2297

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              Passed Legislature - 1999 First Special

State of Washington       56^th Legislature  1999 1^st Special Session

By Representatives H. Sommers, Doumit and Kenney

Prefiled May 14, 1999.  Read first time May 17, 1999.

Calculating maximum levy amounts.     

    AN ACT Relating to maximum levy amount calculations; adding a new section to 1999 c 309 (uncodified); providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

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

NEW SECTION. Sec. 1.  A new section is added to part V, chapter 309, Laws of 1999 (uncodified) to read as follows:

    For purposes of RCW 84.52.0531, the increase per full-time equivalent student in state basic education appropriations provided under chapter 309, Laws of 1999, including appropriations for salary and benefits increases, is 4.0 percent from the 1998-99 school year to the 1999-00 school year, and 3.4 percent from the 1999-00 school year to the 2000-01 school year.

NEW SECTION. Sec. 2.  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 July 1, 1999.

    Passed the House May 18, 1999.

    Passed the Senate May 18, 1999.

Approved by the Governor June 7, 1999.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State June 7, 1999.