BILL REQ. #:  S-0965.1 

Read first time 02/02/11.   Referred to Committee on Ways & Means.

     AN ACT Relating to a limited property tax exemption from the emergency medical services levy; adding a new section to chapter 84.36 RCW; and creating a new section.

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

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 1   A new section is added to chapter 84.36 RCW to read as follows:
     All real and personal property is exempt from a county emergency medical services property tax levy authorized under RCW 84.52.069 if the following requirements are met:
     (1) The property is located in a county with a population of more than one million five hundred thousand;
     (2) The property is located in a city included within two counties; and
     (3) The locally assessed value of the property in the portion of the city included within the county described under subsection (1) of this section is less than one hundred twenty-five million dollars.

NEW SECTION.  Sec. 2   This act applies to taxes levied for collection in 2012 and thereafter.