5433-S2 AMH ORCU H3361.1

2SSB 5433  - H AMD TO H AMD (H-3322.1/09)751
     By Representative Orcutt

NOT ADOPTED 04/17/2009

     On page 6, line 10 of the amendment, after "section." insert "A levy under this section must be specifically authorized by at least a sixty percent majority of the registered voters of the county voting on a proposition submitted at a general or special election, at which election the number of persons voting "yes" on the proposition shall constitute three-fifths of a number equal to forty percent of the total number of voters voting in such taxing district at the last preceding general election when the number of registered voters voting on the proposition does not exceed forty percent of the total number of voters voting in such taxing district in the last preceding general election; or by a majority of at least three-fifths of the registered voters thereof voting on the proposition when the number of registered voters voting on the proposition exceeds forty percent of the total number of voters voting in such taxing district in the last preceding general election."

EFFECT:  Requires 60 percent voter approval and a minimum voter turnout to impose the 7.5 cent county property tax.

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