Imposing local property tax levies wholly credited against the state property tax to provide support and services for veterans' assistance and for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health needs.

 H-0146.1

HOUSE BILL 1397

State of Washington

69th Legislature

2025 Regular Session

By Representatives Orcutt, Leavitt, Schmick, Jacobsen, and Reeves

Read first time 01/20/25. Referred to Committee on Finance.

AN ACT Relating to imposing local property tax levies wholly credited against the state property tax to provide support and services for veterans' assistance and for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health needs; amending RCW 71.20.110 and 73.08.080 ; providing an effective date; and declaring an emergency.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON:

Sec. 1. RCW 71.20.110 and 2013 c 123 s 1 are each amended to read as follows:

(1) In order to provide additional funds for the coordination and provision of community services for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health services, the county governing authority of each county in the state must budget and levy annually a tax in a sum equal to the amount which would be raised by a levy of (( two and one-half )) 2.5 cents per (( thousand dollars )) $1,000 of assessed value against the taxable property in the county(( , or as such amount is modified pursuant to subsection (2) or (3) of this section, )) to be used for such purposes. (( However, all )) The levy must be deducted from the amount of tax otherwise required to be collected or paid to the department of revenue for the state levy under RCW 84.36.005 at no cost to the county.