AGO 1949-51 No. 187.

• Case Date: December 28, 1949
• Court: Washington

Washington Attorney General Opinions 1949. AGO 1949-51 No. 187. December 28, 1949[Orig. Op. Page 1]PRIVATETAXES - THREE MILL LEVY BY METROPOLITAN PARK DISTRICTS.Chapters 229, 230 and 231, Laws of 1949, do not preempt for the state the three mill tax levy authorized for Metropolitan Park District purposes until the legislature specifically so provides.Honorable Gordon J. Brown Representative, Twenty-Ninth District 237 Farallone Avenue, Fircrest Tacoma, WashingtonCite as: AGO 1949-51 No. 187Dear Sir: We are in receipt of your letter of December 10, 1949, in which you ask the following question: Do sections 5, chapters, 229, 230 and 231, Laws of 1949 preempt for the state the three mill tax levy authorized for metropolitan park district purposes in the event these chapters are adopted and ratified in the next general election? Our conclusion may be summarized as follows: Until the legislature provides specifically that the three mill tax levy shall be preempted to the use of the state the authority of the metropolitan park districts to levy such taxes remains effective. ANALYSIS Chapters 229, 230 and 231, Laws of 1949, are acts providing respectively for the construction of public school plant facilities, for the construction of needful buildings at the state operated charitable, educational, and penal institutions, and for the construction of needful buildings at the state institutions of higher learning. These acts authorize the issuance of general obligation bonds of the state to finance these programs, such bonds to pledge the full faith and credit of the State of Washington and to contain unconditional promises to pay the principal and interest when due. The acts further provide that the amounts needed to meet the bond retirement and interest requirements "shall be a first and prior charge against...