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AN ORDINANCE related to notification concerning real estate taxes to all taxpayers whose lender has requested and received the tax information for the taxpayer's property; amending Ordinance 15865, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4.63.010, Ordinance 15865, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.63.020, Ordinance 15865, Section 4, and K.C.C. 4.63.030 and Ordinance 15865, Section 6, and K.C.C. 4.63.050 and repealing Ordinance 15865, Section 5, and K.C.C. 4.63.040 and Ordinance 15865, Section 7.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 15865, Section 2, and K.C.C. 4.63.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
A. RCW 84.56.050 requires the county treasurer to notify each taxpayer of the amount of the real and personal property, the current and delinquent amount of tax due on the real and personal property and to print on the notice the name of each tax and the levy included in the statement.
B. It is the intent of the council that all taxpayers, as listed on the tax roll, with a designated mortgage lender, be ((sent an annual written notice concerning)) able to view online the information for real estate taxes, fees and charges owed on their property when the lender of a taxpayer has requested and been sent the tax information.
SECTION 2. Ordinance 15865, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.63.020 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
((A.)) The treasury operations section of the finance and business operations division shall provide the ((notice)) information online set forth in K.C.C. 4.63.010 by ((the first Wednesday in April)) February 15 of each year.
((B. If the treasury operations section of the finance and business operations division does not send out the notice by the first Wednesday in April, the manager of the treasury operations section of the finance and business operations division shall file two copies of a written notice with the clerk of the council by March 15, for distribution to the chair of the council. The notification shall list the circumstances causing failure to meet the deadline and include a timeline for completing the mailing.))
The treasury operation section of the finance and business operations division shall determine the design and descriptive title for the ((notice)) online information concerning real estate taxes, which ((notice)) online information shall at a minimum ((contain amounts for)) include the following information:
A. The amount of the current tax year billing information, as set forth on the tax statement;
B. The current billing distribution of the current year taxes to local taxing districts as set forth on the tax statement. The current billing distribution includes:
1. State;
2. Local school support;
3. County;
4. City;
5. Unincorporated road;
6. Port;
7. Fire;
8. ((Sewer and water)) Hospital;
9. Library;
10. Ferry;
11. Flood control;
12. Other;
((11.)) 13. Emergency medical services; and
((12.)) 14. Other charges; and
C. Delinquency information including tax year, and delinquent principal taxes, fees and charge, interest and penalties.
SECTION 4. Ordinance 15865, Section 5, and K.C.C. 4.63.040 are each repealed.
The treasury operations section of the finance and business operations division shall ((begin mailing the notice of real estate taxes required under this ordinance in March 2008)) make the 2009 online information available no later than February 15 and each year thereafter no later than February 15.
SECTION 6. Ordinance 15865, Section 7, is repealed.