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Code · Washington · Title 52 — Fire Protection Districts · Chapter 52.16

RCW 52.16.140

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Notwithstanding the limitation of dollar rates contained in RCW 52.16.130 , the board of fire commissioners of any district may levy, in addition to any levy for the payment of the principal and interest of outstanding general obligation bonds, an ad valorem tax on all property located in the district of not to exceed fifty cents per thousand dollars of assessed value and which will not cause the combined levies to exceed the constitutional or statutory limitations, and the additional levy, or any portion of the levy, may also be made when dollar rates of other taxing units are released by agreement with the other taxing units from their authorized levies.
[ 1984 c 230 s 45 ; 1983 c 167 s 127 ; 1973 1st ex.s. c 195 s 53 ; 1951 2nd ex.s. c 24 s 9 .]
Notes:
Liberal construction — Severability — 1983 c 167: See RCW 39.46.010 and note following.
Severability — Effective dates and termination dates — Construction — 1973 1st ex.s. c 195: See notes following RCW 84.52.043 .
Levy of taxes: Chapter 84.52 RCW.
Protection from levy prorationing: RCW 84.52.120 .
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