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Legal briefing outlines options, deadlines if Burien seeks multi-year levy lid lift; pro/con rules, PDC limits explained
Summary
Outside counsel Deanna Gregory of Pacifica Law Group briefed the council on levy lid-lift options (one-year or up to six-year lifts), ballot-language requirements, filing deadlines, and Public Disclosure Commission rules that govern what the city may and may not use public resources to communicate about a measure.
Deanna Gregory, partner at Pacifica Law Group, told the Burien City Council on May 12 that a levy lid lift is the statutory tool that allows a taxing district to exceed the 1% levy lid established under state law with voter approval. Gregory explained the two common approaches: a one-year increase or a multi-year increase of up to six consecutive years, and she described the legal differences between temporary and permanent lifts.
Gregory outlined ballot requirements the council must meet if it pursues a multi-year levy lid lift: the ballot must state the maximum tax rate for the first year and must specify the limit factor (the index or…
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