HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011993 - 1993-442 THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY,, CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Requesting an }
Allocation of Revenue from the )
Local Public Safety Fund and )
Ratifying the Statewide ) RESOLUTION NO. 93/442
Imposition of a 'One-Half Cent }
Sales Tax on the November 2, 1993)
Special Election Ballot )
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WHEREAS, the Legislature has passed ;and the Governor has signed
into law SB`509 °of the 1993-94 Regular Session of the Legislature
(Chapter 73 Statutes of 1993) , and
WHEREAS, Chapter 73, Statutes of 1993, among other provisions, adds
Chapter 6 .5 (commencing with ;Section 30051) of Division 3 of Title
3 to the Government ;Code=`, and
WHEREAS', Chapter 73, Statutes of 1993, also adds Sections 6051 .6
and 6201 .6 to the Revenue and Taxation Code in order to 'provide for
an additional one-half cent tax for the privilege of selling
tangible personal property at retail and on the storage, use, or
other consumption in this state of tangible personal property
purchased from any retailer '(sales and use tax) , and
WHEREAS, Government ' Code Section 30052, as added by >Chapter '73,
Statutes of ;1993, requires as a condition of receiving its share of
this additional sales tax revenue that the Board of Supervisors
adopt a Resolution which does certain specified things and spend
the proceeds of the one-half cent sales tax only on public safety
services, as defined, and
WHEREAS, without its share of this additional sales tax revenue,
Contra Costa County faces a dramatic deficit for the 1993-94 fiscal
year as a result of the 'State's actions in, transferring a portion
of the County's '.property tax revenue in order to offset a ,'portion
of the 'State's own deficit, and
WHEREAS, the Board of Supervisors can not, by refusing to adopt
this Resolution', save its citizens .:from paying this additional
sales tax, since the revenue paid in this County would otherwise
simply be transferred by the State Controller to other counties,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE COUNTY OF
CONTRA COSTA RESOLVED THAT;
The Beard of Supervisors'requests an allocation of revenue from the
Local Public Safety Fund, and
BE IT FURTER RESOLVER THAT
The Board of Supervisors ratifies the statewide imposition of an
additional 1/2 percent rate of sales and use tax pursuant to Senate
Constitutional Amendment 1 (Resolution 'Chapter 41, Statutes, of
1993) on the November 2, 1993 special election ballot'.
PASSED on July ' 20, ' 1993,, by unanimous vote of the Board 'members
present.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a 'true and correct ''copy of
an order entered on the minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the
date aforesaid.
Witness' my hand and the Seal of the Board`
of 'Supervisors affixed this 20th day of
July 1993.
PHIL BATCHELOR," Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and 'County Administrator
By
Depiity Clerk
RESOLUTION NO. 93/442,