HomeMy WebLinkAbout79-93 - Res. Forest Fire Protection Assessment RESOLUTION NO.
FOREST FIRE PROTECTION ASSESSMENT
WHEREAS, RCW 76.04.610 states "(1) If any owner of forest land within a forest
protection zone neglects or fails to provide adequate fire protection as required by RCW
76.04.600, the department shall provide such protection and shall annually impose the
following assessments on each parcel of such land: (a) A flat fee assessment of fourteen
dollars and fifty cents; and (b) twenty-two cents on each acre exceeding fifty acres."
WHEREAS, RCW 76.04.610 further states "....(5) The amounts assessed shall be
collected at the time, in the same manner, by the same procedure, and with the same
penalties attached that general state and county taxes on the property are collected,
except that errors in assessments may be corrected at any time by the department
certifying them to the treasurer of the county in which the land involved is situated.
Assessments shall be known and designated as assessments of the year in which the
amounts became reimbursable. Upon collection of assessments the county treasurer
shall place fifty cents of the total assessments paid on a parcel for fire protection into the
current expense fund to defray the costs of listing, billing and collecting these
assessments. The treasurer shall then transmit the balance to the department..."
NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED, by the Board of Mason County
Commissioners that the Mason County Treasurer place fifty cents of the total
assessments paid on a parcel for fire protection into the current expense fund as ordered
by RCW 76.04.610.
DATED this 10th day of August, 1993.
BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS
MASON COUNTY, WASHINGTON
William O. Hunter, Chairperson
ATTEST:
Rebecca S. Rogers, ClerV of the Board L. aughender, �q6mmissioner
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
G*ef pro uting Attorney Laura E. Porter, Commissioner
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Budget Director
Treasurer
Assessor
09/13/93 SYMDATA\ATTACHA
ATTACHMENT A
PLANNING DEPARTMENT/CURRENT EXPENSE FUND
ACCOUNT # 01470
RESOURCES
* 342. 41 . 00. 0000 INSP FEE/CRITICAL RESOURCE ORD $9, 685
USES
* 558 . 60. 10. 0044 PLANNER 111 $7, 145
558 . 60. 20. 0010 INDUSTRIAL INSURANCE $440
558 . 60. 20. 0020 SOCIAL SECURITY 550
558 . 60. 20. 0030 STATE RETIREMENT 545
558 . 60. 20. 0040 MEDICAL/DENTAL $1 , 005
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TOTAL $9 , 685
* NEW BARS LINE ITEM