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Clerk 09/22/2014
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AN ORDINANCE making corrections and updating county code sections relating to county funds; amending Ordinance 17752, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.268, as amended, adding new sections to K.C.C. chapter 4A.200.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 17752, Section 6, as amended, and K.C.C. 4A.200.268 are hereby amended to read as follows:
A. There is hereby created the emergency medical services fund.
B. The fund shall be a first tier fund. It is a special revenue fund.
C. The director of the department of public health shall be the manager of the fund.
D. All receipts in the fund shall be used for the following purposes: ((of))
1. ((a))Accounting for the proceeds of the property tax levy approved by the voters of King County on November 5, 2013, in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW. The six-year levy, commencing in 2014, was approved by the voters for the express purpose of paying costs associated with the provision of emergency medical care or emergency medical services, as authorized by 84.52.069 RCW;
2. Accounting for grant funds received by emergency medical services division or accounting for grants related to research, evaluation, education, and provision of emergency medical services and restricted to the uses specified in the grant; and
3. Accounting for funds received from other revenue sources, including entrepreneurial programs and patent revenues.
E. The fund shall be considered a fund through the life of the levy approved in 2013 and any successive levies, unless otherwise required by ordinance.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 4A.200 a new section to read as follows:
A. There is hereby created the environmental health fund.
B. The fund shall be a second tier fund. It is a special revenue fund.
C. The director of the department of public health shall be the mana...
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