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BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
COUNTY OF KITTITAS
STATE OF WASHINGTON
ORDINANCE NO. ______________
AN ORDINANCE AMENDING COUNTY CODE TO REFLECT THE VOTERS’ DECISION TO
PERMANENTLY EXTEND THE THREE TENTHS OF 1% CRIMINAL JUSTICE AND PUBLIC SAFETY
SALES AND USE TAX
Whereas: RCW 82.14.450 authorizes county legislative authorities to adopt a resolution
providing for the submission of a proposal to the voters for a sales and use tax at
the next primary or general election; and
Whereas: Section 3.06.070 of the Kittitas County Code currently states the criminal justice
and public safety sales and use tax automatically expires on December 31, 2021,
unless further authorized by public vote; and
Whereas: The Kittitas County Board of Commissioners adopted Resolution 2019‐070,
directing a ballot proposition to permanently extend the criminal justice and
public safety sales and use tax, be submitted to the voters of Kittitas County at
the Primary Election of August 6, 2019; and
Whereas: The ballot proposition to permanently extend the criminal justice and public
safety sales and use tax was approved by a majority of voters in the Primary
Election of August 6, 2019;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT ORDAINED, Kittitas County Code Section 3.06.070 shall be amended
to reflect the permanent extension of the three tenths of 1% criminal justice and public safety
sales and use tax, and shall read, in pertinent part, (additions to this text are shown by
underline and deletions by strikeout; the rest of chapter 3.06 shall remain in full force and
effect) as follows:
3.06.070. Effective Date and Expiration Date. This chapter took effect at 12:01 a.m.
on January 1, 2008. This The provisions of this chapter were made permanent by public
vote on August 6, 2019. shall automatically expire on December 31, 2022, unless further
authorized by public vote.
BE IT ALSO ORDAINED, the Information Technology Department is charged with incorporating
and updating the amendment authorized herein on the Kittitas County web page.
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BE IT FURTHER ORDAINED, the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office is charged with correcting any
scrivener’s errors arising out of the amendment process. No further authorization will be
needed from the Kittitas County Board of Commissioners for the Prosecuting Attorney’s Office
to effect correction of scrivener’s errors relating to this Ordinance.
ADOPTED this ______ day of ______________, 2020, at Ellensburg, Washington.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
KITTITAS COUNTY, WASHINGTON
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Brett Wachsmith, Chair
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Laura Osiadacz, Vice‐Chair
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Cory Wright, Commissioner
ATTEST
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Clerk of the Board