0.3% sales tax for public safety has support of local Democrats, police
OLYMPIA — Years after Snohomish County’s failed sales tax hike proposition for public safety, the Legislature could pass a bill to allow counties and cities to impose the tax without a public vote.
House Bill 2211 would grant local legislative bodies, like city or county councils, to impose up to an extra 0.3% sales tax, with all the revenue going to public safety. Rep. Mary Fosse, D-Everett, is a sponsor of the bill and Sen. John Lovick, D-Mill Creek, is a sponsor of its Senate counterpart.
This tax is already available to counties to impose, but they have to get consent from the voters first. If this legislation passes, jurisdictions could bypass the voters and impose it themselves.
In Snohomish County, 75% of the general fund budget is spent on public safety.
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