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AN ORDINANCE related to the sale of real property belonging to the county; amending Ordinance 12076, Section 50, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.44.010 and adding a new section to K.C.C. chapter 4.44 and amending Ordinance 12076, Section 50, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.44.010, Ordinance 2622, Section 3, and K.C.C. 4.56.020 and Ordinance 12045, Section 7, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.56.080.
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BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Ordinance 12076, Section 50, as amended, and K.C.C. 4.44.010 are each hereby amended to read as follows:
The council has determined that it is in the best interest of the county to return to the tax rolls as soon as possible tracts of land acquired by the county for lack of other bidders at a tax foreclosure sale that are held in trust for the taxing districts. Those tracts of land are "tax title lands" under chapter 36.35 RCW, and for the purposes of this chapter shall be referred to as "tax title property." In furtherance of this determination, the council authorizes the facilities management division of the department of executive services ((is authorized)) to conduct sales of all county tax title property in accordance with this chapter and chapter 36.35 RCW, and approves all such sales.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. There is hereby added to K.C.C. chapter 4.44 a new section to read as follows:
A. Before selling tax title property, the facilities management division shall fix the unit or units in which the property will be sold, the minimum price for each of the units, and whether the sale will be for cash or whether a contract will be offered. The facilities management division may not, without the approval of the council by ordinance, reserve from a sale coal, oil, gas, gravel, minerals, ores, fossils, timber or other resources on or in a tax title property, and the right to mine for and remove the same.
B. Except in cases where the sale is to be by direct negotiation as provided in subsection C. of this sect...

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