Drafter
Clerk 03/29/2012
Title
AN ORDINANCE relating to defining terms for Title 4A, revenue and financial regulation; and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 4A.
Body
PREAMBLE:
The existing code on revenue and fiscal regulation, K.C.C. Title 4, was created for the most part in the 1970s and 1980s, though some provisions date back to at least the 1940s. Since the creation of K.C.C. Title 4, the title has been subject to many amendments each year. The cumulative effect of these amendments has been to create ambiguities and conflicts within the title, which make it difficult to apply the code effectively and predictably. The council determines that a new title on revenue and fiscal regulation, K.C.C. Title 4A, should be created, and material related to revenue and fiscal matters be codified in that title, and all other material in K.C.C. Title 4 that is not appropriate to be codified K.C.C. Title 4A should be codified in the appropriate titles.
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Sections 2 through 110 of this ordinance should constitute a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 4A.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. The definitions in this chapter apply throughout this title unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 3. "Acquisition phase" means the time during which activities associated with acquisition or surplus and sale of real property, property rights or the acquisition of improvements through direct purchase or capitalized lease agreements occur.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 4. "Acquisition" or "county force acquisition" means the purchase of parcels of land, existing buildings, and structures, and costs incurred by the county for the appraisals or negotiations in connection with such a purchase.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 5. "Agency" means any county department or office, or an entity managed by an elected official of any branch of King County government.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 6. "Allocation" means a part of a lump sum ap...

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