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AGO 1951 NO. 104 >

1. A proposition submitted to the electorate of a school district to obtain authorization for the levy of property taxes in excess of the specific and aggregate levy limitations may be in terms of the rate of millage to be authorized to be levied or it may be in terms of the specific amount of money authorized to be levied.2. Property taxes must be levied in specific amounts of money, even in situations where the levy is pursuant to authority granted by the electorate of the taxing district to exceed the specific and aggregate limitations, which authorization has been stated in terms of the rate of levy so authorized.Opinion of January 5, 1951, to the Prosecuting Attorney of Pierce County [[Opinion No. 49-51-416]]is hereby overruled.