HomeMy WebLinkAbout92-043RESOLUTION SUPPORTING DISTRIBUTION
OF SALES TAX REVENUES BY POPULATION
WHEREAS, municipal annexations and redevelopment
activities have siphoned off sales tax revenue sources that could
otherwise fund Butte County's share of state-mandated programs
which are of countywide, interjurisdictional benefit, and
WHEREAS, under the situs method of sales tax distribution
Butte County receives less than 25 percent of the total sales tax
revenues distributed to all county jurisdictions while the
unincorporated county area comprises 54 percent of county
population, and
WHEREAS, county government, solely among county
jurisdictions, is responsible for local funding support of such
countywide and/or state-mandated programs as incarceration,
probation, criminal and civil courts, criminal prosecution,
enforcement of family support judgments, public defender, public
health programs, mental health programs, drug and alcohol services,
and social welfare programs including general assistance and child
and adult protective services, and
WHEREAS, the situs method of sales tax distribution does
not equitably compensate the county for the amount of sales tax
revenue attributable to unincorporated area residents, and
WHEREAS, a distribution of sales taxes based on
population would be equitably related to the amount of sales tax
revenue attributable to unincorporated area residents and would be
mare reasonably related to jurisdictional responsibilities for
countywide and/ar state-mandated programs,
NOW, THEREFORE BE ZT RESOLVED by the Board of Supervisors
of Butte County that a population-based distribution of sales taxes
would significantly mitigate the county's fiscal difficulties to
the benefit of numerous countywide programs, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that special consideration be
given smaller cities under 5,000 population so that they are not
damaged by this change of distribution, and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors of
Butte County request that legislation be introduced immediately in
the state legislature to change the distribution of sales taxes
from a situs basis to a er ca ita basis.
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PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Butte County Board of
Supervisors on the 21st day of Aprii, 1992 by the foiZowing vote:
AYE 5: Supervisors McLaughlin, Fulton and Chair Doan
NOES: Superivsor Houx
ABSENT: Supervisor Mclnturf
NOT VOTING: One
JANE~DOLAI~, 'hair, Butte County
Boar of Supervisors
ATTEST:
STARLYN BROWN, cting Chief Administrative Officer
and C erk of t e Board of Supervisors
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