CERTIFICATION OF ENROLLMENT

 

                        HOUSE BILL 2505

 

 

                   Chapter 242, Laws of 2000

 

 

                        56th Legislature

                      2000 Regular Session

 

 

MULTIPLE-UNIT DWELLINGS--TAX EXEMPTION

 

 

 

                    EFFECTIVE DATE:  6/8/00

Passed by the House February 11, 2000

  Yeas 88   Nays 8

 

 

             CLYDE BALLARD

Speaker of the House of Representatives

     

 

 

              FRANK CHOPP

Speaker of the House of Representatives

 

 

 

Passed by the Senate March 3, 2000

  Yeas 46   Nays 0

             CERTIFICATE

 

We, Timothy A. Martin and Cynthia Zehnder, Co-Chief Clerks of the House of Representatives of the State of Washington, do hereby certify that the attached is HOUSE BILL 2505  as passed by the House of Representatives and the Senate on the dates hereon set forth.

 

 

 

          TIMOTHY A. MARTIN

                          Chief Clerk

 

 

           CYNTHIA ZEHNDER

                          Chief Clerk

               BRAD OWEN

President of the Senate

 

 

 

Approved March 31, 2000 Place Style On Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.            

                                FILED                

 

           March 31, 2000 - 3:19 p.m.

 

              GARY LOCKE

Governor of the State of Washington

                 Secretary of State

                 State of Washington


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                          HOUSE BILL 2505

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             Passed Legislature - 2000 Regular Session

 

State of Washington      56th Legislature     2000 Regular Session

 

By Representatives Cairnes, Veloria, O'Brien, Morris, Radcliff, Scott, Barlean, Esser, Kagi, Keiser, Fortunato, Schual‑Berke, Edwards and Miloscia

 

Read first time 01/14/2000.  Referred to Committee on Finance.

Modifying the definition of "city" for the multiple-unit dwellings property tax exemption.   


    AN ACT Relating to the definition of "city" for the multiple-unit dwellings property tax exemption; and amending RCW 84.14.010.

 

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

 

    Sec. 1.  RCW 84.14.010 and 1997 c 429 s 40 are each amended to read as follows:

    Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter.

    (1) "City" means either (a) a city or town with a population of at least ((one hundred)) fifty thousand or (b) the largest city or town, if there is no city or town with a population of at least ((one hundred)) fifty thousand, located in a county planning under the growth management act.

    (2) "Governing authority" means the local legislative authority of a city having jurisdiction over the property for which an exemption may be applied for under this chapter.

    (3) "Growth management act" means chapter 36.70A RCW.

    (4) "Multiple-unit housing" means a building having four or more dwelling units not designed or used as transient accommodations and not including hotels and motels.  Multifamily units may result from new construction or rehabilitated or conversion of vacant, underutilized, or substandard buildings to multifamily housing.

    (5) "Owner" means the property owner of record.

    (6) "Permanent residential occupancy" means multiunit housing that provides either rental or owner occupancy on a nontransient basis.  This includes owner-occupied or rental accommodation that is leased for a period of at least one month.  This excludes hotels and motels that predominately offer rental accommodation on a daily or weekly basis.

    (7) "Rehabilitation improvements" means modifications to existing structures, that are vacant for twelve months or longer, that are made to achieve a condition of substantial compliance with existing building codes or modification to existing occupied structures which increase the number of multifamily housing units.

    (8) "Residential targeted area" means an area within an urban center that has been designated by the governing authority as a residential targeted area in accordance with this chapter.

    (9) "Substantial compliance" means compliance with local building or housing code requirements that are typically required for rehabilitation as opposed to new construction.

    (10) "Urban center" means a compact identifiable district where urban residents may obtain a variety of products and services.  An urban center must contain:

    (a) Several existing or previous, or both, business establishments that may include but are not limited to shops, offices, banks, restaurants, governmental agencies;

    (b) Adequate public facilities including streets, sidewalks, lighting, transit, domestic water, and sanitary sewer systems; and

    (c) A mixture of uses and activities that may include housing, recreation, and cultural activities in association with either commercial or office, or both, use.


    Passed the House February 11, 2000.

    Passed the Senate March 3, 2000.

Approved by the Governor March 31, 2000.

    Filed in Office of Secretary of State March 31, 2000.