HomeMy WebLinkAboutCity Council - 4445 RESOLUTION NO. 4445
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF HUNTINGTON BEACH URGING THE STATE LEGISLATURE
TO RETURN FROM 16-2/3 PERCENT TO 20 PERCENT OF
THE SHARE OF STATE SALES AND USE TAX REVENUES
DISTRIBUTED TO CITIES
WHEREAS, the State of California in 1974 increased the
State sales and use tax from 5� to 6¢; and
Cities ' share of the State sales and use tax remain
at U, thus reducing from 20 percent to 16-2/3 percent their
relative share of the sales tax revenues ; and
Cities have increasingly found themselves with shortages
of general fund revenues ; and
The State has continued to impose mandated costs upon
cities, thus even further reducing available general fund
revenues ,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council
of the City of Huntington Beach urges the State Legislature
to pass legislation providing that the share of State sales
and use tax revenues distributed to cities be returned from
16-2/3 percent to 20 percent .
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that copies of this resolution
be forwarded to the State legislators for Huntington Beach, all
Orange County cities , and the Orange County Division of the
League of California cities .
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach at a regular meeting thereof held on the
4th day of April, 1977 .
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ATTEST : Mayor
Al i ri A_j_ Wentworth
By t y Clerk
Deputy
REVI WED AND APPROVED: R ED AS FORM•
C' y Administrator City At rney
INIT ATED AND APPROVED AS TO CONTENT :
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Res. No. 4445
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) as:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
I, ALICIA M. WENTWORTH, the duly elected, qualified City
Clerk of the City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of said City, do hereby certify that the whole number of
members of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach is seven;
that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted by the affirmative
vote of more than a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a regular meeting thereof held on the 4th day
of April 19 77 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen:
Bartlett, Coen, Pattinson, Shenkman, Siebert, Wieder
NOES: Councilmen:
None
ABSENT: Councilmen:
Gibbs
Alicia M. Wentworth
City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk
of the City Council of the City
of Huntington Beach, California
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Deputy City Clerk