File #: 2018-0118    Version: 1
Type: Ordinance Status: Passed
File created: 2/12/2018 In control: Budget and Fiscal Management Committee
On agenda: Final action: 2/26/2018
Enactment date: 3/8/2018 Enactment #: 18661
Title: AN ORDINANCE authorizing the manager of treasury operations of King County to cancel the attached list of uncollectible personal property taxes in the amount of $778,647.94 for the years 2009 through 2017.
Sponsors: Dave Upthegrove
Indexes: Property Tax
Attachments: 1. Ordinance 18661.pdf, 2. 2018-0118 legislative review form, 3. A. 2017 Write-off List, 4. B. 2017 Personal Property Write-off Report for Accounts in Excess of $5,000, 5. C. Affidavit, 6. 2018-0118 Fiscal Note.xls, 7. 2018-0118 Transmittal Letter.docx, 8. 2018-0118_Uncollectible Taxes_SR_Borders.docx
Staff: Borders, Renita

Drafter

Clerk 01/31/2018

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AN ORDINANCE authorizing the manager of treasury operations of King County to cancel the attached list of uncollectible personal property taxes in the amount of $778,647.94 for the years 2009 through 2017.

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STATEMENT OF FACTS:

1.  The duly appointed manager of treasury operations of King County, Washington has made an affidavit pursuant to the terms of RCW 84.56.240 and 84.56.260 to the King County council relating the manager's diligent search and inquiry for goods and chattels of the persons appearing on the list of delinquent taxpayers and the manager's inability to find any such property from which the taxes could be collected.

2.  The duly appointed manager of treasury operations of King County, Washington, has requested that the King County council cancel the taxes consistent with RCW 84.56.240.

                     BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:

                     SECTION 1.  The taxes in the amount of $778,647.94, as indicated in Attachments A, B and C to this ordinance, from the records of treasury operations for the years 2009 through 2017, shall be cancelled, but the obligation to King County is not forgiven.  The manager of treasury operations of King County is hereby authorized to cancel the taxes on the tax rolls.