Expanding opportunities for higher education students.

Creates the medical student loan program to increase the physician workforce in rural and underserved areas in the state.

Requires the office of student financial assistance to administer the program.

Requiring the beneficiaries of the Alaskan Way viaduct project to pay for cost overruns from the project.

Authorizes the city of Seattle to: (1) Impose a sales and use tax that does not exceed 0.1 percent of the selling price or the value of the article used;

(2) Impose an additional regular property tax levy that does not exceed twenty-five cents per thousand dollars of the assessed value of property in the city; or

(3) Adopt an ordinance creating an independent taxing district in a portion of the area of the city.

Prohibits funds from being distributed to the city of Seattle unless the city has adopted one of the taxing options mentioned above to pay for Alaskan Way viaduct replacement project cost overruns.

Requires the funds that would otherwise be distributed to the city of Seattle to instead be transferred to the transportation partnership account--state in the department of transportation's highway improvements program.

Concerning use of out-of-state materials for public works projects.

Requiring revaluation of property in response to water rulings.

Requires real property to be reassessed to reflect the true and fair value of the property, if the water supply to the property placed upon the assessment roll of that year is impacted by a water ruling.

Allows a taxpayer to appeal the amount of reduction to the county board of equalization.

-- 2017 REGULAR SESSION --
Mar 31	First reading, referred to Finance (Not Officially read and referred until adoption of Introduction report).