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In order to provide additional funds for the coordination and provision of community services for persons with developmental disabilities or mental health services, the county governing authority of each county in the state must budget and levy annually a tax in a sum equal to the amount which would be raised by a levy of 2.5 cents per $1,000 of assessed value against the taxable property in the county to be used for such purposes. The levy must be deducted from the amount of tax otherwise required to be collected or paid to the department of revenue for the state levy under RCW 84.36.005 at no cost to the county.
All or part of the funds collected from the tax levied for the purposes of this section may be transferred to the state of Washington, department of social and health services, for the purpose of obtaining federal matching funds to provide and coordinate community services for persons with developmental disabilities and mental health services. In the event a county elects to transfer such tax funds to the state for this purpose, the state must grant these moneys and the additional funds received as matching funds to service-providing community agencies or community boards in the county which has made such transfer, pursuant to the plan approved by the county, as provided by chapters 71.24 and 71.28 RCW and by chapter 71A.14 RCW, all as now or hereafter amended.
The legislative authority in each county must levy, in addition to the taxes now levied by law, a tax in a sum equal to the amount that would be raised by not less than 1.8 cents per $1,000 of assessed value, and not greater than 27 cents per $1,000 of assessed value against the taxable property of their respective counties, to be levied and collected as now prescribed by law for the assessment and collection of taxes, for the purpose of creating a veterans' assistance fund.
The levy must be deducted from the amount of tax otherwise required to be collected or paid to the department of revenue for the state levy under RCW 84.36.005 at no cost to the county.
Expenditures from the veterans' assistance fund, and interest earned on balances from the fund, may be used only for:
The veterans' assistance programs authorized by RCW 73.08.010;
The lawful disposition of the remains as defined in RCW 68.04.020 of a deceased indigent veteran or deceased family member of an indigent veteran as authorized by RCW 73.08.070; and
The direct and indirect costs incurred in the administration of the fund .
This act is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety, or support of the state government and its existing public institutions, and takes effect July 1, 2023.