5638 AMS PFLU CARL 142

SB 5638 - S AMD 147

By Senators Pflug, Keiser

ADOPTED 03/04/2011

    On page 6, after line 11, insert the following:

"Sec. 3.  RCW 84.52.120 and 1995 c 99 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

    A metropolitan park district with a population of one hundred fifty thousand or more, or any metropolitan park district located in a county with a population of one million five hundred thousand or more, may submit a ballot proposition to voters of the district authorizing the protection of the district's tax levy from prorationing under RCW 84.52.010(2) by imposing all or any portion of the district's twenty-five cent per thousand dollars of assessed valuation tax levy outside of the five dollar and ninety cent per thousand dollar of assessed valuation limitation established under RCW 84.52.043(2), if those taxes otherwise would be prorated under RCW 84.52.010(2)(c), for taxes imposed in any year on or before the first day of January six years after the ballot proposition is approved.  A simple majority vote of voters voting on the proposition is required for approval."

    Renumber the remaining sections consecutively and correct any internal references accordingly.

SB 5638 - S AMD 147

By Senators Pflug, Keiser

ADOPTED 03/04/2011

On page 1, line 3 of the title, after "levies", insert "while protecting other levies from pro-rationing"

    On page 1, line 3 of the title, after "84.52.010" insert ", 84.52.120,"

EFFECT:

Allows any metropolitan park district in King County to go to a vote of the people to protect their levy, should their levy be subject to pro-rationing.  Previously only park districts over 150,000 persons could do this.

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