SB 6490 — Authorizing cities planning under the growth management act to impose certain real estate excise taxes by councilmatic action.

S-4372.1SUBSTITUTES-3998.2SENATE SENATE BILL 6490State of Washington65th Legislature2018 Regular SessionBy Senate Local Government (originally sponsored by Senators Takko and Walsh)READWalshRead FIRSTfirst TIMEtime 01/26/18.AN01/19/18. ACT Relating to authorizing counties and cities planning under the growth management act to impose certain real estate excise taxes by councilmanic action;

Referred to Committee on Local Government.AN ACT Relating to authorizing cities planning under the growth management act to impose certain real estate excise taxes by councilmatic action;

If a county uses available funds for payment of existing debt service under RCW 82.46.010, the total amount used for payment of debt service and any amounts used for operations and maintenance is subject to the limits in this subsection.(8)(a)(i)subsection.--- AnyEND referendum--- petition to repeal a county or city ordinance imposing a tax authorized by subsection (2) of this section must be filed with a filing officer, as identified in the ordinance, within seven days of passage of the ordinance.

Within ten days of receiving a referendum petition, the filing officer must confer with the petitioner concerning form and style of the petition, issue an identification number for the petition, and write a ballot title for the measure.

The ballot title must be posed as a question so that an affirmative answer to the question and an affirmative vote on the measure results in the tax being imposed and a negative answer to the question and a negative vote on the measure results in the tax not being imposed.

The petitioner must be notified of the identification number and ballot title within this ten-day period.(ii) Within thirty days of notification of the identification number and ballot title, the petitioner must secure and file with the filing officer petition forms with the signatures of at least fifteen percent of the registered voters of the county for county measures, or at least fifteen percent of the registered voters of the city for city measures.

Each petition form must contain the ballot title and the full text of the measure to be referred.

The filing officer must verify the sufficiency of the signatures on the petitions.

If sufficient valid signatures are properly submitted, the filing officer must submit the referendum measure to the county or city voters at a general or special election held on one of the dates provided in RCW 29A.04.321 as determined by the county or city legislative authority.

The election must not take place later than one hundred twenty days after the signed petition has been filed with the filing officer.(b) The referendum and initiative procedure provided in (a) of this subsection applies only to ordinances imposing a tax authorized in subsection (2) of this section enacted by a county choosing to plan under RCW 36.70A.040(2) and any city within such a county.--- END ---