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Issue
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Required to Pass
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| Initiative to the People 900 |
Initiative Measure No. 900 concerns performance audits of governmental entities. The State Auditor would be directed to conduct performance audits of state and local governments and dedicate 0.16% of the state's portion of sales and use tax collections to fund these audits. |
Simple Majority |
| Initiative to the People 901 |
Initiative Measure No. 901 concerns amending the Clean Indoor Air Act by prohibiting smoking in buildings and vehicles open to the public and places of employment, including areas within 25 feet of doorways and ventilation openings unless a lesser distance is approved. |
Simple Majority |
| Initiative to the People 912 |
Initiative Measure No. 912 concerns motor vehicle fuel taxes and would repeal the fuel tax increases of 3 cents in 2005 and 2006, 2 cents in 2007 and 1.5 cents per gallon in 2008, enacted in 2005 for transportation purposes. |
Simple Majority |
| Initiative to the Legislature 330 |
Initiative Measure No. 330 concerns claims for personal injury or death arising from healthcare services and would change laws governing claims for negligent healthcare, including restricting noneconomic damages to $350,000 (with exception), shortening time limits for filing cases, limiting repayments to insurers and limiting claimants' attorney fees. |
Simple Majority |
| Initiative to the Legislature 336 |
Initiative Measure No. 336 concerns medical malpractice, including insurance, health care provider licensing and lawsuits and would require notices and hearings on insurance rate increases; establish a supplemental malpractice insurance program; require license revocation proceedings after three malpractice incidents; and limit numbers of expert witnesses in lawsuits. |
Simple Majority |
| Amendment to the State Constitution Proposed by the Legislature. Senate Joint Resolution 8207 |
The legislature has proposed a constitutional amendment on qualifications for service on judicial conduct and would permit one member of the commission on judicial conduct to be selected by and from the judges of all courts of limited jurisdiction. |
Simple Majority |
| City of Lakewood (253) 589-2489 |
The City of Lakewood adopted Ordinance No. 389 concerning an advisory ballot and is seeking citizen input regarding whether the City should adopt the powers of Initiative and Referendum. |
Simple Majority |
| City of Pacific* (253) 929-1105 |
Proposition No. 1 concerns the regular property tax levy rate. This levy will fund public safety services, street improvements and community services programs. If passed, the City would be permitted to levy the regular property tax at the rate of $2.01per $1,000 of assessed valuation, setting the maximum limit factor at 100% for 2007-2011, and the 2011 tax rate will be used to compute future levy limits under Chapter 84.55 RCW. (Lid lift) |
Simple Majority |
| City of Puyallup** (253) 770-3324 |
Proposition No. 1 concerns the annexation and taxation of unincorporated territory adjacent to the City. If passed, the City would be authorized to annex the unincorporated territory known as the North Puyallup Annexation Area and would require that the properties be assessed and taxed at the same rate and on the same basis as other property within the City, to pay for all or any portion of the then-outstanding indebtedness of the City that has been approved by the voters, contracted for, incurred prior to, or existing at, the date of annexation. |
325 TOTAL votes + a 60% favorable margin** |
| Town of South Prairie (360) 897-8878 |
Proposition No. 1 would permit the Town to levy for collection beginning in 2006 the regular property tax at the rate of $2.7568 per $1,000 of assessed valuation to fund fire, police and related services, thereby lifting the revenue limitation under Chapter 84.55 RCW. (Lid lift) |
Simple Majority |
| Town of South Prairie (360) 897-8878 |
Proposition No. 2 would authorize the Town to impose regular property tax levies of $.50 or less per $1,000 of assessed valuation for each of six consecutive years, beginning in 2005, to provide funding for Emergency Medical Services. |
51 YES votes + a 60+ favorable majority |
| City of Tacoma (253) 591-5171 |
Proposition No. 1 concerns affordable housing for low-income persons and if passed, would allow additional regular property taxes of $1,950,000 ($0.14/$1,000 of assessed value) annually for six years and a $550,000 increase in regular property taxes of $0.04/$1,000 for a levy rate of $3.29/$1,000 of assessed value in 2006 through 2011. The regular levy rate in 2011 would determine the "levy lid" thereafter. (Lid lift) |
Simple Majority |
| Dieringer School District No. 343 (253) 862-2537 |
Proposition No. 1 would authorize the District to expand and modernize North Tapps Middle School, construct additional classrooms at Dieringer Heights Elementary School, make District-wide technology additions and upgrades, and expand and upgrade the District's transportation facility by issuing no more than $10,025,000 of general obligation bonds, maturing within 20 years; and levy annual excess property taxes to pay and retire the bonds. |
1,512TOTAL votes required plus a 60% favorable margin |
| Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 3 (University Place Fire Department) (253) 534-3289 |
Proposition No. 1 would re-authorize the previously existing regular property tax levy rate authorized previously by the voters of the District and if passed, would permit the District to levy for collection beginning in 2006 the regular property tax at the rate of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, thereby lifting the revenue limitation in Chapter 84.55 RCW. (Lid lift) |
Simple Majority |
| Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 3 (University Place Fire Department) (253) 534-3289 |
Proposition No. 2 would re-authorize the previously existing EMS property tax levy rate, authorized previously by the voters of the District, and if passed would permit the District to levy for collection beginning in 2006, the EMS property tax at the rate of $.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, thereby lifting the revenue limitation in Chapter 84.55 RCW. (Lid lift) |
Simple Majority |
| Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 5 (Gig Harbor Fire & Medic One) (253) 851-3111 |
Proposition No. 1 would increase the Fire Commissioners from three members to five members. |
Simple Majority |
| Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 13 (Browns Point - Dash Point Fire Department) (253) 952-4776 |
Proposition No. 1 concerns a property tax levy to fund Maintenance and Operations. If passed the District would be authorized to levy under Chapter 84.52 RCW the following additional taxes on all taxable property within the District, to establish and maintain an Advanced Life Support Paramedic Program. The approximate levy rate of $.027/1,000 of assessed value, to levy in the years 2005 and 2006, for collection in the years 2006 and 2007, for the amounts of $95,835.00 and $100,625.00, respectively.
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337 YES votes required plus a 60% favorable margin |
| Pierce County Fire Protection Dist. No. 20 (South Prairie Fire Department) (253) 863-1800 |
Proposition No. 1 would re-authorize the previously existing regular property tax levy rate authorized previously by the voters of the District and if passed, the District would be permitted to levy for collection in 2006 the regular property tax at the rate of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, thereby lifting the revenue limitation in Chapter 84.55 RCW. (Lid lift) |
Simple Majority |
| Pierce County Fire Protection Dist. No. 20 (South Prairie Fire Department) (253) 863-1800 |
Proposition No. 2 would re-authorize the previously existing EMS property tax levy rate, authorized previously by the voters of the District and if passed, the District would be permitted to levy for collection in 2006 the EMS property tax at the rate of $.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, thereby lifting the revenue limitation in Chapter 84.55 RCW. (Lid lift) |
Simple Majority |
| Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 22 (East Pierce Fire & Rescue) (253) 863-1800 |
Proposition No. 1 would re-authorize the previously existing regular property tax levy rate, authorized previously by the voters of the District and if passed, the District would be permitted to levy for collection in 2006 the regular property tax at the rate of $1.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, thereby lifting the revenue limitation in Chapter 84.55 RCW. (Lid lift) |
Simple Majority |
| Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 22 (East Pierce Fire & Rescue) (253) 863-1800 |
Proposition No. 2 would re-authorize the previously existing EMS property tax levy rate authorized previously by the voters of the District and if passed, the District would be permitted to levy for collection in 2006 the EMS property tax at the rate of $.50 per $1,000 of assessed valuation, thereby lifting the revenue limitation in Chapter 84.55 RCW. (Lid lift) |
Simple Majority |
| Pierce County Fire Protection District No. 26 (Greenwater) (360) 663-2357 |
Proposition No. 1 would authorize the District to re-impose regular property tax levies of $.50 or less per $1,000 of assessed valuation for each of ten consecutive years, beginning in 2005, to provide funding for Emergency Medical Services. |
48 YES votes required plus a 60% favorable margin |
| Anderson Island Park & Recreation District (253) 884-4922 |
Proposition No. 1 would authorize the District to impose regular property tax levies of $.40 per $1,000 of assessed valuation for each of six consecutive years, beginning in 2005, to continue to maintain and operate park and recreation facilities on Anderson Island.
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166 YES votes required plus a 60% favorable margin |
| Metropolitan Park District of Tacoma (253) 305-1091 |
Proposition No. 1 is concerning General Obligation Bonds maturing within a maximum term of 20 years for up to $84,300,000, to replace deteriorating children's playgrounds, playfields and family community centers; preserve neighborhood parks and recreational facilities, including Point Defiance Park; protect lakes, creeks, historical facilities and greenspaces; expand waterfront access and trails; refinance existing bond debt; and to levy, as allowed by Chapter 84.52 RCW, additional taxes on all taxable property within the District to repay such bonds. |
31,519 TOTAL votes + a 60% favorable margin |
| Valley Water District (253) 841-9698 |
Proposition No. 1 concerns the annexation of certain territory to the District. A majority vote would result in the annexation to the District of the territory legally described in Resolution No. 2005-05 and commonly known as the View Royal Water Service Area. |
Simple Majority |
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