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Clerk 09/26/2016
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the county property tax levies for collection in 2017, and implementing RCW 84.55.120.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The King County charter mandates that the council enact tax ordinances for the next fiscal year, by December 1, 2016, which is thirty days prior to the end of the current fiscal year. This ordinance sets the amount of property tax to be collected in 2017 for the regular property tax levy, the transit levy, the road district levy, the conservation futures levy, the emergency medical services levy and the marine levy. In accordance with RCW 84.55.120, the council has given proper notice of this ordinance to the public.
SECTION 2. For collection of the property tax levies in 2017, the council hereby authorizes property tax changes compared to the amounts authorized for collection in 2016 as follows:
Levy Estimated % Increase Estimated Total Levy Dollar
Increase
Regular Levy $6,815,375 1.21% $581,017,812
Regular - Transit -$3,874,371 -14.38% $23,077,019
Road District $5,195,580 6.30% $87,620,074
Conservation Futures $145,828 0.77% $19,356,878
Emergency Medical Services $948,708 0.79% $122,928,761
Marine $4,559,947 385.37% $5,743,199
The changes shown above are exclusive of any amounts resulting from new construction valued in 2016, any increases in value of state-assessed property for 2017 and any amounts necessary to fund tax refunds paid in 2016.
SECTION 3. Upon enactment, the clerk is directed to forward this ordinance to the assessor in accordance with RCW 84.52.070.