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Clerk 09/24/2025
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AN ORDINANCE updating references to the 2026-2031 Parks Levy in the parks and recreation fund and the parks capital fund; and amending Ordinance 14793, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.480 and Ordinance 15966, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.490.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 14793, Section 2, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.480 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. There is hereby created the parks and recreation fund.
B. The fund shall be a first tier fund. It is a special revenue fund.
C. The director of the department of natural resources and parks shall be the manager of the fund.
D. The fund shall account for the receipt of tax levy revenues and other moneys, and for the disbursement in accordance with ((this section)) the following:
1.a. The proceeds of the six-year property tax levy approved by the voters of King County on August ((20, 2019)) 5, 2025, under Ordinance ((18890)) 19922, in excess of the levy limitation in chapter 84.55 RCW, shall be deposited, in accordance with Ordinance ((18890, Section 3)) 19922, Section 4,, in a levy subfund of the parks and recreation fund, or its successor((.));
b. The levy proceeds shall be used only for the eligible purposes specified in Ordinance ((18890, Section 4, consistent with Ordinance 18890, Section 6.)) 19922, Section 5;
c. The levy proceeds to be used for the purposes specified in Ordinance ((18890)) 19922, Section ((4.C., D. and E.2)) 5.D., G., H., and I.2. shall be transferred to the parks capital fund created under K.C.C. 4A.200.490; and
d. The levy proceeds to be used for the purposes specified in Ordinance 19922, Section 5.E., shall be transferred to the youth and amateur sports fund created under K.C.C. 4A.200.810.
2. Any other moneys deposited in the fund shall be used for parks and recreation purposes.
E. The fund shall be managed in such a way as to distinguish betw...

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