Providing local governments tax resources and fund flexibility.
Summary
Expands the authorized uses of local real estate excise tax revenues, local sales and use tax revenues for housing and related services, county rental car sales tax revenue, and flood control zone district funds.
Authorizes a new local sales and use tax of 0.01 percent to fund services for children and families.
Extends the maximum length that a levy lid lift may be approved for by voters.
Authorizes a new county property tax levy for public health clinic expenses.
Makes changes to the veterans' assistance levy and the levy for developmental disabilities and mental health, including allowing the levies to be levied outside of the aggregate property tax rate limit applicable to local districts.
Requires a city with a population of 500,000 or less to reduce its general levy rate by the levy rate of a fire protection district that was formed based initially on a resolution of the city legislative authority, rather than requiring that the city levy be reduced by the amount levied by such a fire protection district, and exempts 25 cents of a levy available to such fire protection districts from the aggregate $5.90 taxing rate limit application to local districts.
From the Engrossed Substitute House Bill Report (ESHB 2442), written by the Legislature's nonpartisan staff. Read the full report ↗