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WASHINGTON CITIZENS ACTION OF WASHINGTON v. STATE

No. 78844-8.

171 P.3d 486 (2007)

WASHINGTON CITIZENS ACTION OF WASHINGTON, a Washington non-profit corporation; Welfare Rights Organization Coalition, a Washington nonprofit corporation; 1000 Friends of Washington, a Washington non-profit organization; and Whitman County, Respondents, v. The STATE of Washington, and William Rice, Director of the State Department of Revenue, Appellants.

Supreme Court of Washington, En Banc.

November 8, 2007.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

James Kendrick Pharris, Timothy Dunning Ford, Office of Attorney General, Cameron Gordon Comfort, Atty Generals Ofc/Revenue Division, Olympia, WA, for Appellants.

Eric D. `knoll' Lowney, Attorney at Law, Gwynne L. Skinner, Ronald A. Peterson Law Clinic, Seattle U, Nancy S. Chupp, Public Interest Law Group PLLC, Seattle, WA, for Respondents.

Daniel Brian Heid, Auburn, WA, Kathleen J. Haggard, Dionne & Rorick, Seattle, WA, for Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington State Assoc of Municipal Attorneys, Amicus Curiae on behalf of Association of Wash Cities and Wash Assoc of Counties, and Amicus Curiae on behalf of Washington Association of Counties.

BRIDGE, J.

¶ 1 Property taxes are levied each year by the state and by local governments based on the assessed value of a piece of property. Chapter 84.55 RCW limits the rate at which each taxing district, including the State, may increase the regular property tax levy amount. Initiative 747 (I-747), passed in 2001, attempts to amend chapter 84.55 RCW to generally limit state and local property tax levy increases to one percent per year.

¶ 2 Washington...

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