BILL REQ. #: S-0403.1
| State of Washington | 60th Legislature | 2007 Regular Session |
Read first time 01/12/2007. Referred to Committee on Government Operations & Elections.
BE IT RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
STATE OF WASHINGTON, IN LEGISLATIVE SESSION ASSEMBLED:
THAT, At the next general election to be held in this state the
secretary of state shall submit to the qualified voters of the state
for their approval and ratification, or rejection, an amendment to
Article VII, section ... of the Constitution of the state of Washington
to read as follows:
Article VII, section .... Notwithstanding any other provision of
this Constitution, the legislature may, by appropriate legislation,
provide a homestead exemption equal to fifty thousand dollars of
valuation from property taxes imposed on real property occupied as a
principal residence by the owner of the real property. The legislature
may place restrictions and conditions upon the granting of the
homestead exemption as the legislature deems proper.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, That the secretary of state shall cause
notice of this constitutional amendment to be published at least four
times during the four weeks next preceding the election in every legal
newspaper in the state.