File #: 2006-0384    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Lapsed
File created: 8/21/2006 In control: Operating Budget Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/5/2007
Enactment date: Enactment #:
Title: AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on November 7, 2006, of a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a six-year period, at a rate of not more than $0.0568 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation for collection in 2007 and as allowed by chapter 84.55 RCW for the five succeeding years, for the purpose of funding the continued operation of the automated fingerprint identification system; this proposition shall be placed on the November 7, 2006, ballot by the King County manager of records, elections and licensing services only if the automated fingerprint identification system proposition, authorized by Ordinance 15537 and submitted to the voters on September 19, 2006, is not approved by the voters; and appointing a committee to write the voters' pamphlet statement for the November 7, 2006, election.
Sponsors: Dow Constantine
Indexes: AFIS, Elections, levy
Attachments: 1. 2006-0384 Attachment 2 to 08-23-06 Staff Report.pdf, 2. 2006-0384 Attachment 3 - Property Tax Limitations to Staff Report.doc, 3. 2006-0384 Attachment 4 Initiatives 2007-2012 to Staff Report.doc, 4. 2006-0384 Attachment 5 - Process for Levy Approval to Staff Report.doc, 5. 2006-0384 Staff Report 08-23-06.doc
Staff: St. John, Polly
Drafter
Clerk 08/17/2006
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AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on November 7, 2006, of a proposition authorizing a property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a six-year period, at a rate of not more than $0.0568 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation for collection in 2007 and as allowed by chapter 84.55 RCW for the five succeeding years, for the purpose of funding the continued operation of the automated fingerprint identification system; this proposition shall be placed on the November 7, 2006, ballot by the King County manager of records, elections and licensing services only if the automated fingerprint identification system proposition, authorized by Ordinance 15537 and submitted to the voters on September 19, 2006, is not approved by the voters; and appointing a committee to write the voters' pamphlet statement for the November 7, 2006, election.
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PREAMBLE:
The automated fingerprint identification system levy is intended as supplemental funding to provide crime scene identification, positive identification and criminal history services on a regional basis. This levy shall not at any time provide general criminal justice funding or fund programs or purposes not otherwise consistent with this ordinance.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings: The council makes the following findings:
A. On November 4, 1986, the voters of King County approved an additional property tax levy of $0.025 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation for five years for the purchase and implementation of an automated fingerprint identification system ("AFIS"). This ballot measure was authorized by Ordinance 7747. The primary goal for the establishment of AFIS was to identify perpetrators of crimes by matching their crime scene fingerprints to known prints stored in the AFIS database...

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