HomeMy WebLinkAbout73-49 - Opposing Legislature Introduced Containing Exemptions from SB 90RESOLUTION NO. 73-49
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COSTA
MESA OPPOSING THE INTRODUCTION OF BILLS BY THE STATE
LEGISLATURE CONTAINING EXEMPTIONS FROM SENATE BILI, 90
REIMBURSEMENT PROVISIONS.
WHEREAS, the 1972 Legislature enacted Senate Bill 90, Reagan -
Moretti Tax Reform Program, which among other things provides that the
maximum property tax rate limitation is the rate levied by a city for
the 1972-73 fiscal year; and
WHEREAS, Senate Bill 90 provides further that the State is obligated
to pay the full cost of any new State -mandated local programs enacted
after January 1, 1973, Revenue and Taxation Code Section 2164.3; and
WHEREAS, certain Senate and Assembly bills have been and are being
introduced containing "State -mandated local programs" and which have
written into them provisions purporting to exempt the bills from the
Senate Bill 90 reimbursement provisions, more commonly referred to as
"SB 90 disclaimers;" and
WHEREAS, the "SB 90 disclaimers" are in direct conflict with the
spirit and intent of the "Reagan -Moretti Tax Reform Program" and in effect
make the program meaningless and a subterfuge;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Costa Mesa hereby expresses its strong opposition to the use of "SB 90
disclaimers" by Senators and Assemblymen introducing "State -mandated local
programs" legislation; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa urges that all Senators and Assemblymen go on record publicly in
opposition to the practice of using "SB 90 disclaimers" and that the
Governor veto all bills containing such language; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that any and all State -mandated local programs
adopted by the Legislature of the State of California contain no clause
which may be construed as a disclaimer of the requirements of Senate Bill
90; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that all Legislation adopted by the State
Legislature mandating local programs contain therein the methods and means
by which either the State of California fund the costs to be incurred in
such programs, or that the local agency be authorized to exceed any maximum
property tax rate limitation set by the Legislature for funding said
programs; and
BE IT FINALLY RESOLVED that the City Clerk is hereby authorized and
instructed to transmit certified copies of this resolution to Governor
Ronald Reagan, Speaker of the Assembly Bob Moretti, Senator Dennis E.
Carpenter, Assemblyman Robert E. Badham, the League of California Cities,
with instructions that it be published in their "Legislative Bulletin,"
members of the Senate and Assembly Committees on Local Government, and all
of the cities of Orange County.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 21st day of May, 1973.
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Vice Mayor of the Ci Costa Mesa
ATTEST:
City Clerk of the City of Cost r
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
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CITY OF COSTA MESA }
I, EILEEN P. PHINNEY, City Clerk of the City of Costa Mesa and
ex -officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of Costa Mesa hereby
certify that the above and foregoing Resolution No. 73--49 was duly and
regularly passed and adopted by the City Council of the City of Costa
Mesa at a regular meeting thereof held on the 21st day of May, 1973.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the
Seal of the City of Costa Mesa this 25th day of May, 1973.
City Clerk and ex --officio Clerkthe
City Council of the City of Cost Mesa