Drafter
Clerk 01/29/2004
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to fiscal note procedure; and amending Ordinance 12076, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.075.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 12076, Section 4, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.04.075 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
Fiscal note procedure.
A. The director shall establish, and submit to the council for approval by motion, a ((procedure)) process, including form, content and timing, for the preparation of fiscal notes on the expected impact of ((motions or ordinances which)) proposed legislation that will increase or decrease county revenues or expenditures. ((Such)) The fiscal notes shall document the impact of proposed legislation for the current fiscal year and ((a cumulative forecast)) for each of the succeeding three fiscal years. If proposed legislation authorizes the execution of a contract or interlocal agreement that extends beyond three years, the fiscal note shall document the impact through the end of the term of the proposed contract or interlocal agreement. The director shall coordinate the development of fiscal notes with all affected agencies. Fiscal notes shall ((be attached to)) accompany all legislation transmitted by the executive, ((provided, that)) but a fiscal note may ((not)) be ((required)) omitted when the executive certifies in writing that the subject legislation has no significant fiscal impact on either the operating budget ((and/))or the capital budget, or both.
B. ((The fiscal note form used by the director shall be the form approved by the council.
C.)) All fiscal notes at a minimum shall contain:
1. A brief descriptive title of the ((motion or ordinance.)) proposed legislation;
2. An estimate of revenue impact of the ((subject motion or ordinance)) proposed legislation. Revenue impact shall be displayed for: the current fiscal year and the three subsequent fiscal years; the current fiscal year...

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