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T~IEREAS, Iocal governments in California provide many
essential public services such as police protection, fire protec-
tion and parks and recreation; and
WHEREAS, of the 6% sales tax collected in California, only
1% is levied by local agencies, ~he remainder being levied by the
state for state dis~ribution or placement in state reserves; and
WIIEREAS, by adopting this resol~tion the But~e Counry
Board of Supervisors has no intention of supporting a change in
the distribution of the e~isting l~ local sales tax; and
WH~£t~AS, it is the position of this Board that of the
sales tax, l~ of the 4-3/4¢ retained by the state should be
distributed ~0 1oca1 agencies.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by this Board as ~o].1ows:
1. That this Soard hereby orders incl.usion of an advisory
proposition on the ballot of the Primary Election to be held on
Tuesday, 3une 3, 1980, which advisory proposition will read as
follows:
"ADVISORY VOTE ONLY"
Should the Governor and Legislature o~ the State
of Ca~ifornia be advised that:
It is the will of the people of the County of
Butte that the Governor and Legislature apportion
the existing six cents sales and use tax so that
two cents rather than the present one cent be
allocated to be u.sed by ca.ta.es and counties and
special districts for proprity local services
rather than by the state for state distribution
or s~ate revenues.
I2ESOLUTIbN ORDERING INCT,USION 0~' AN ADVISORY
PROPOSITION ON THE BALLOT OF THE PRZMARY ELECTION
RELA3'IVE TO REDISTRIBUTION' OF STAT~ SL~LES T.AXES
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It is understood that if the Governor and
Legislature so act, any funds resulting
therefrom which would cause a city or county
to eYCeed a spending limit imposed by a vote
of the people of such city or county or the
State of California sha11, in accordance with
the provisions of t1Ze limitation, be returned
to the people.
Further, it is the wi11 of the people that
the Governor and Legislature enact such YES
allocation into law no later than July 1,
1930, to avoid enactment of this proposal
through the initiative process to cure NO
legislatzve default.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of Supervisors
this 11th day of March, 1930, by the following vote:
AYES: 5upervisors Uolan, Wheeler and Chairman Lemke
Td0E5: Supervisors Moseley and Winston
ABS~NT: None
NOT VOTI~iG: None ~
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ROBERT E. LE.~E, Chairman of Che
Butte County Board of Supervisors
ATT~ST:
CLARK A. NELSON, County Clerk and
ex-officio Clerk of the Soard
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