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Washington Property Tax Growth Limit Initiative (ITL) (2016)
| Washington Property Tax Growth Limit Initiative | |
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| Type | Initiated state statute |
| Origin | Citizens |
| Topic | Taxes |
| Status | Not on the ballot |
| Not on Ballot |
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| This measure was not put on an election ballot |
The Property Tax Growth Limit Initiative was an initiated state statute proposed for the Washington ballot on November 8, 2016. Signatures were not filed by December 31, 2015, and the initiative did not appear on the ballot.
The measure would have prohibited property taxing districts from surpassing the 1 percent growth limit on levies unless approved in a general election by at least 60 percent of voters.[1]
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title was as follows:[1]
| “ | Initiative Measure No. 1425 concerns state and local property taxes.
This measure would require any annual property tax increase exceeding one percent to be approved by district voters at a general election and would terminate certain 2016 property tax levies exceeding that limit. Should this measure be enacted into law? Yes [ ] No [ ][2] |
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Ballot summary
The ballot summary was as follows:[1]
| “ | This measure would require approval by majority vote at a general election for any taxing district, including the state, to exceed the existing one percent limit on annual increases in regular property tax levies. On the effective date of the measure, it also would terminate certain property tax levies enacted in 2016, if they exceed the one percent limit on increases, including the state levy for common schools and a regional transit authority property tax.[2] | ” |
Full text
The full text can be found here.
Path to the ballot
Supporters were required to submit at least 246,372 valid signatures. If certified, initiatives to the legislature would have been sent to the state House and Senate for consideration. The Legislature would have chosen whether to enact the measure, send it to the 2016 ballot alone, or send it to the ballot alongside an alternative proposition.
See also
Footnotes
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