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AN ORDINANCE establishing the Doors Open Program fund; and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4A.200.
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STATEMENT OF FACTS:
1. In December 2023, the King County council adopted Ordinance 19710 to authorize an additional one-tenth of one percent sales and use tax imposed on all taxable events within the county as defined in chapter 82.08, 82.12, or 82.14 RCW for seven years beginning on April 1, 2024, to support cultural organizations through the King County doors open program.
2. Ordinance 19710, Section 7, requires the proceeds of the sales and use tax imposed by the county to be deposited in the doors open program fund.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
NEW SECTION. SECTION 1. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 4A.200 a new section to read as follows:
A. There is hereby created the Doors Open Program fund.
B. The fund shall be a first tier fund. It is a special revenue fund.
C. The director of the office of performance strategy and budget shall be the manager of the fund.
D. The fund shall receive all proceeds of an additional one-tenth of one percent sales and use tax imposed by the county as authorized in chapter 36.160 RCW.
E. Proceeds of the sales tax shall be used to support cultural organizations consistent with RCW 36.160.110 and Ordinance 19710, including transfer of proceeds to the cultural development authority, as the county's designated public agency under RCW 36.160.070, to perform its functions under Ordinance 19710.