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AN ORDINANCE extending the purpose of the best starts for kids levy fund to include revenues and expenditures related to the original levy and all successive levies; and amending Ordinance 18203, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.148.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 18203, Section 1, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.148 are hereby amended as follows.
A. There is hereby created the best starts for kids fund.
B. The fund shall be a first tier fund. It is a special revenue fund.
C. The director of the department of community and human services shall be the manager of the fund.
D.((1.)) The fund shall account for the proceeds of the property tax ((levy)) levies in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW that were approved by the voters of King County((, in accordance with Ordinance 18088 on November 3, 2015, in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW. The six-year levy commencing in 2016, has been approved by the voters for the express purpose of paying costs as outlined in Ordinance 18088, Section 5)) in 2015 and 2021 in accordance with Ordinances 18088 and 19267, and any successive levies, unless otherwise required by ordinance. The levy proceeds are for the express purpose of paying eligible expenditures as provided in Ordinances 18088 and 19267, and any successive levy ordinances.
((2. Out of the first year's levy proceeds:
a. nineteen million dollars shall be used to plan, provide and administer a youth and family homelessness prevention initiative; and
b. such sums as are necessary to provide for the costs and charges incurred by the county that are attributable to the election.
3. The remaining levy proceeds shall be used to plan, provide and administer the provision of a wide range of strategies to:
a. improve health and well-being outcomes of children and youth, as well as the families and the communities in which they live, i...
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