File #: 2012-0210    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 6/18/2012 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 7/23/2012
Enactment date: 7/24/2012 Enactment #: 17381
Title: AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on November 6, 2012, of a proposition to support continuation of the regional automated fingerprint identification system program by renewing and replacing authorization of an expiring property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a consecutive six-year period, at a first year rate of not more than $0.0592 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation for collection beginning in 2013, with subsequent maximum levy collections being increased by the greater of one percent or the percentage increase in the consumer price index as long as that amount does not exceed three percent, for the purpose of funding the continued operation of the regional automated fingerprint identification system and related technology and services, which expand crime scene and arrest identification capabilities for all criminal justice agenci...
Sponsors: Joe McDermott, Kathy Lambert, Reagan Dunn, Bob Ferguson, Jane Hague, Julia Patterson, Pete von Reichbauer
Indexes: AFIS
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 17381.pdf, 2. 2012-0210 transmittal letter.doc, 3. 2012-0210 transmittal letter to Dow Constantine.pdf, 4. 2012-0210 fiscal note.xls, 5. 2012-0210 BFM AFIS First Mtg Staff Report Pat Edits, 6. 2012-0210 Attach 5 12 2012-2016 Levy Report, 7. 2012-0210 AFIS Staff Report 7-17, 8. 2012-0210 Attach 5 AFIS Financial Plan 7-17
Staff: Curry, Clifton
Drafter
Clerk 05/29/2012
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AN ORDINANCE providing for the submission to the qualified electors of King County at a special election to be held in King County on November 6, 2012, of a proposition to support continuation of the regional automated fingerprint identification system program by renewing and replacing authorization of an expiring property tax levy in excess of the levy limitation contained in chapter 84.55 RCW, for a consecutive six-year period, at a first year rate of not more than $0.0592 per one thousand dollars of assessed valuation for collection beginning in 2013, with subsequent maximum levy collections being increased by the greater of one percent or the percentage increase in the consumer price index as long as that amount does not exceed three percent, for the purpose of funding the continued operation of the regional automated fingerprint identification system and related technology and services, which expand crime scene and arrest identification capabilities for all criminal justice agencies in King County.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Findings:
A. To expand and enhance upon the limited identification services provided by individual city agencies or at the state level, in 1986 the voters of King County approved funding for the purchase of a shared regional automated fingerprint identification system ("AFIS") computer which matches unknown fingerprints to known fingerprints. King County's AFIS database holds over seven hundred thousand fingerprint records, over three hundred thousand palmprint records and approximately thirty-six thousand unidentified crime scene fingerprints. The King County AFIS is a regional system with service available to every city and unincorporated area in King County.
B. The AFIS computer is used for two primary purposes:
1. To quickly identify arrested individuals, and prevent the wrongful release of those who use false names to evade arrest warrants or hide crim...

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