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The City of Seattle
Ordinance
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An ordinance relating to a sales and use tax; providing for the submission to qualified electors of the City at an election to be held on November 3, 2026, a proposition to collect a sales and use tax to fund transit and related transportation programs in Seattle; and ratifying and confirming certain prior acts.
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Chapter 36.73 of the Revised Code of Washington (RCW) provides for the establishment of transportation benefit districts by cities and counties and authorizes those districts to levy and impose various taxes and fees to generate revenues to support transportation improvements that benefit the district and that are consistent with state, regional, or local transportation plans and necessitated by existing or reasonably foreseeable congestion levels.
City of Seattle (City) Ordinance 123397 created the Seattle Transportation Benefit District for preserving and maintaining transportation infrastructure, improving public safety, implementing elements of the Seattle Transportation Strategic Plan and other planning documents, investing in bicycle, pedestrian, freight mobility and transit enhancements, and providing people with choices to meet their mobility needs.
In Seattle Transportation Benefit District (STBD) Resolution 12, the Governing Board of the STBD submitted a ballot measure (STBD Proposition 1) to the qualified electors of the STBD to authorize up to a 0.1 percent sales and use tax and an annual vehicle license fee of up to an additional $60 per registered vehicle with a $20 rebate for low-income individuals, for the purposes of funding additional city-wide transit service in Seattle for a six-year term expiring on December 31, 2020.
On November 4, 2014, STBD Proposition 1 was approved by a majority of qualified electors of the STBD, and on December 1, 2014, in STBD Resolution 14, th...
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