CERTIFICATION
OF ENROLLMENT
SENATE
BILL 6123
Chapter
201, Laws of 2000
56th
Legislature
2000
Regular Session
PARKING AND BUSINESS
IMPROVEMENT AREAS
EFFECTIVE
DATE: 6/8/00
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Passed by the Senate February 7, 2000
YEAS 48 NAYS 0
 BRAD OWEN
President of the Senate
Passed by the House March 1, 2000
YEAS 98 NAYS 0
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CERTIFICATE
I, Tony M. Cook, Secretary of the Senate of the State of Washington,
do hereby certify that the attached is SENATE BILL 6123 as passed by
the Senate and the House of Representatives on the dates hereon set forth.
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CLYDE BALLARD
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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 TONY M. COOK
Secretary
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FRANK CHOPP
Speaker of the
House of Representatives
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Approved March 29, 2000 Place Style On
Codes above, and Style Off Codes below.
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FILED
March 29, 2000 - 2:51 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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SENATE
BILL 6123
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Passed
Legislature - 2000 Regular Session
State
of Washington 56th Legislature 2000 Regular Session
By
Read
first time 01/10/2000. Referred to Committee on State & Local Government.
Authorizing parking and business improvement areas to
sponsor public events.
AN
ACT Relating to sponsorship of public events by parking and business
improvement areas; and amending RCW 35.87A.010.
BE IT
ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:
Sec.
1. RCW
35.87A.010 and 1993 c 429 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:
To
aid general economic development and neighborhood revitalization, and to
facilitate the cooperation of merchants, businesses, and residential property
owners which assists trade, economic viability, and liveability, the
legislature hereby authorizes all counties and all incorporated cities and
towns, including unclassified cities and towns operating under special
charters:
(1)
To establish, after a petition submitted by the operators responsible for sixty
percent of the assessments by businesses and multifamily residential or
mixed-use projects within the area, parking and business improvement areas,
hereafter referred to as area or areas, for the following purposes:
(a)
The acquisition, construction or maintenance of parking facilities for the
benefit of the area;
(b)
Decoration of any public place in the area;
(c)
Sponsorship or promotion of public events which are to take place on or
in public places in the area;
(d)
Furnishing of music in any public place in the area;
(e)
Providing professional management, planning, and promotion for the area,
including the management and promotion of retail trade activities in the area;
or
(f)
Providing maintenance and security for common, public areas.
(2)
To levy special assessments on all businesses and multifamily residential or
mixed-use projects within the area and specially benefited by a parking and
business improvement area to pay in whole or in part the damages or costs
incurred therein as provided in this chapter.
Passed the Senate February 7, 2000.
Passed the House March 1, 2000.
Approved by the Governor
March 29, 2000.
Filed
in Office of Secretary of State March 29, 2000.