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Library Levy
Property Tax Limitation Measures - History
- 1990 - Measure 5 passed.
- Limited total taxes for local government to $10 per thousand of real market value. The city and the county’s taxes are both under this cap.
- May 1996 - Three-year library levy passed
- Levy funding fiscal years 96-97, 97-98 and 98-99.
- Nov 1996 - Measure 47 passed
- Repealed by Measure 50 before it was implemented.
- May 1997 - Measure 50 passed (rewrite of Measure 47)
- Cut the property tax rate based on a set formula and capped it at 3% growth each year.
Based on assessed value.
- Cut, capped and rolled the existing library levy into the County’s permanent tax base - the General Fund. This is what we call the “fossil levy” but it is part of the County’s General Fund and subject to allocation by the Board of County Commissioners.
- Allowed voters to approve new, short-term option levies outside the permanent rate limit if approved by a double majority. The double majority does not apply to a general November election.
- Measure 5 limitations still applied.
- Restricted bond measures to exclude maintenance and repairs that could be reasonably anticipated.
- July 1997 - Library hours cut
- Library hours cut substantially due to reduced revenues from Measure 50.
- Nov 1997 - 5-year library levy passed
- Took effect July 1, 1998 and ended June 30, 2003.
- Rate of 59.5 cents per thousand.
- Compression from Measure 5 has an impact.
- Nov 2002 - Renewal 5-year levy passed
- (it actually passed in May of 2002, but was deemed invalid due to not meeting the double majority rule).
- Took effect July 1, 2003.
- Rate of 75.5 cents per thousand.
- Compression increases due to other levies passing, lower property value growth & the effect of the Shiloh decision on urban renewal.
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