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STATE OF WASHINGTON
COUNTY OF JEFFERSON
In the Matter of Property
Tax Reform
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Resolution No. 7-97
Whereas, the real estate market has been experiencing several years of inflation; and,
Whereas, real estate inflation directly impacts the property tax burden on individual
taxpayers; and,
Whereas, the limitations in place now do not adequately protect the homeowner; and,
Whereas, other States with similar property tax systems and laws have significantly
reduced or eliminated a State property tax levy; and,
Whereas, the 1995 Washington State Legislature passed and Governor Lowry signed
ESB5000, which reduced the State property tax levy by $54 million; and,
Whereas, the Legislature in 1996 failed to take any further action to reduce or restrict the
State property tax levy; and,
Whereas, in 1997 the State property tax levy is the largest annual increase in the history of
the State of Washington; now, therefore,
Be it Hereby Resolved that the Board of Jefferson County Commissioners does hereby
proclaim its effort to encourage the 1997 State Legislature to pass legislation in the first two
weeks of the legislative session that will roll back the increase in the State property tax levy; and
systematically reduce and ultimately eliminate the State's portion of the property tax levy.
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Adopted this /3 day of January 1997.
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Lorna L. Delaney
Clerk of the Board
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