RCW 84.52.816 Flood control zone—Prorationing protection.

A flood control zone district in a county with a population of seven hundred seventy-five thousand or more, or a county within the Chehalis river basin, that is coextensive with a county may protect the levy under RCW 86.15.160 from prorationing under *RCW 84.52.010(3)(b)(ii) by imposing up to a total of twenty-five cents per thousand dollars of assessed value of the tax levy authorized under RCW 86.15.160 outside of the five dollars and ninety cents per thousand dollars of assessed value limitation under RCW 84.52.043(2), if those taxes otherwise would be prorated under *RCW 84.52.010(3)(b)(ii).

[ 2015 c 170 § 3.]

NOTES:

*Reviser's note: RCW 84.52.010 was amended by 2015 3rd sp.s. c 44 § 325 and 2015 3rd sp.s. c 24 § 405, changing subsection (3)(b)(ii) to subsection (3)(b)(iii).

Effective date—2015 c 170: "This act takes effect January 1, 2018." [ 2015 c 170 § 6.]

Findings—Intent—2015 c 170: "The legislature finds that flooding is a critical problem in Washington. The legislature further finds that flooding can result in loss of human life, damage to property, destruction of infrastructure, and bring economic activity to a standstill. The legislature further finds that flood control zone districts offer critical services that protect our state by mitigating the devastating impacts of flooding. It is the legislature's public policy objective to maximize available financing tools to flood control zone districts to continue their important work. Therefore, it is the legislature's intent to exempt levies imposed by a qualifying flood control zone district from certain limitations upon regular property tax levies." [ 2015 c 170 § 1.]

Application—2015 c 170: "This act applies to taxes levied for collection in 2018 and thereafter." [ 2015 c 170 § 5.]