Chapter 3.28 SPECIAL REFERENDUM TO

Chapter 3.28
SPECIAL REFERENDUM TO
IMPOSE OR ALTER TAX

Sections:

3.28.010 Special referendum – Statutory authority.

Every ordinance imposing or altering a sales tax under RCW 82.14.030(2); and every ordinance imposing or altering an excise tax on the sale of real property under RCW 82.46.010(2) shall be subject to a special referendum procedure as provided in this chapter and Sections 2 and 3, Chapter 99, Laws of 1983, Regular Session. (Ord. 2107 § 1, 1983).

3.28.020 Referendum petition procedure.

A. Any referendum petition to reveal a tax ordinance referred to in MVMC 3.28.010 shall be filed with the city clerk-treasurer within seven days of passage of the ordinance. Within 10 days, the city clerk-treasurer shall confer with the petitioner concerning form and style of the petition, issue an identification number for the petition, and write a ballot title for the measure. The ballot title shall be posed as a question so that an affirmative answer to the question and an affirmative vote on the measure results in the tax or tax rate increase being imposed, and a negative answer to the question and a negative vote on the measure results in the tax or tax rate increase not being imposed. The petitioner shall be notified of the identification number and ballot title within this 10-day period.

B. After this notification, the petitioner shall have 30 days in which to secure on petition forms the signatures of not less than 15 percent of the registered voters of the city and to file the signed petitions with the city clerk treasurer. Each petition form shall contain the ballot title and the full text of the measure to be referred. The city clerk-treasurer shall verify the sufficiency of the signatures on the petitions. If sufficient valid signatures are properly submitted, the city clerk-treasurer shall submit the referendum measure to the city voters at a general or special election held on one of the dates provided in RCW 29.13.010 as determined by the city council which election shall not take place later than 120 days after the signed petitions have been filed with the filing officer. (Ord. 2107 § 2, 1983).