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Legislation Details
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File #:
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2026-0292
Version:
1
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Type:
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Ordinance
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Status:
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To Be Introduced
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Enactment date:
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Enactment #:
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Title:
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the county property tax levies for collection in 2027, and implementing RCW 84.55.120.
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Indexes:
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levy, Property Tax
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AN ORDINANCE relating to the county property tax levies for collection in 2027, and implementing RCW 84.55.120.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. The council is under an obligation by charter to enact revenue measures that support the budget appropriation ordinance by December 1, 2026, for the 2027 budget. This ordinance sets the amount of property tax to be collected for the regular property tax levy, the transit levy, the road district levy, the conservation futures levy, the emergency medical services levy, the marine levy, and the county hospital levy. In accordance with RCW 84.55.120, the council has given proper notice of this ordinance to the public.
SECTION 2. For collection of the property tax levies in 2027, the council hereby authorizes property tax changes compared to the amounts authorized for collection in 2026 as follows:
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Levy |
Estimated Dollar Increase |
% Increase |
Estimated Total Levy |
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Regular Levy |
$18,290,513 |
1.71495% |
$1,084,823,088 |
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Regular - Transit |
$183,066 |
0.52324% |
$35,170,459 |
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Road District |
$507,346 |
0.48765% |
$104,546,304 |
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Conservation Futures |
$381,687 |
0.68104% |
$56,426,522 |
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Emergency Medical Services |
-$3,529,575 |
-1.54167% |
$225,415,856 |
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Marine |
$73,818 |
1.00000% |
$7,455,610 |
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Hospital |
$1,380,947 |
1.00000% |
$139,475,628 |
SECTION 3. Upon enactment, the clerk is directed to forward this ordinance to the assessor in accordance with RCW 84.52.070.
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