File #: 2025-0071    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/18/2025 In control: Local Services and Land Use Committee
On agenda: Final action: 4/1/2025
Enactment date: 4/11/2025 Enactment #: 19911
Title: AN ORDINANCE relating to retail establishments; changing the effective date of the requirement that retailers in unincorporated King County, unless otherwise exempted, must accept payment in cash; and amending Ordinance 19639, Section 6.
Sponsors: Girmay Zahilay
Indexes: Cash, Payment
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 19911, 2. 2025-0071_SR_Cash-Extend-Date, 3. 2025-0071_ATT2_Ordinance 19639, 4. 2025-0071_ATT3_2024 Implementation Plan
Related files: 2023-0027
Staff: Bourguignon, Mary

Drafter

Clerk 02/12/2025

Title

AN ORDINANCE relating to retail establishments; changing the effective date of the requirement that retailers in unincorporated King County, unless otherwise exempted, must accept payment in cash; and amending Ordinance 19639, Section 6.

Body

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  Findings:

                     A.  King County strives to be an equitable and inclusive place and strives to empower all residents to participate in the economic life of the county.  A key aspect of participation in economic life is the ability to purchase food, consumer goods and consumer services.

                     B.  On July 10, 2023, Ordinance 19639 was enacted, which requires retailers in unincorporated King County, unless otherwise exempted, to accept payment in cash.  The effective date of Ordinance 19639 is July 1, 2025.

                     C.  Additional time and effort are necessary to ensure that retailers in unincorporated King County are educated about the requirements of Ordinance 19639 and prepared to accept payment in cash.

                     SECTION 2.  Ordinance 19639, Section 6, is hereby amended to read as follows:                      ((This o))Ordinance 19639 takes effect July 1, ((2025)) 2026.