HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 09092004 - 71-178 IIS THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
In the Matter of Prompt )
Passage of Assembly Bill }
Number 559 (Reimbursement } RESOLUTION NUMBER 71/178
of County Financial. Losses }
Due to Business Inventory }
Exemptions) . )
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WHEREAS Assembly Bill Number 559 is now receiving
consideration of the California State Legislature; and
WHEREAS said bill allocates funds to counties which
were underpaid in reimbursement of losses due to business
inventory exemptions; and
WHEREAS in the case of Contra Costa County said
losses amount to nearly three-quarters of one million dollars ;
and
WHEREAS the business inventory exemption procedure is
desirable from the viewpoint of stimulating growth of businesses
and improving the general economy of the State of California;
and
WHEREAS Contra Costa County with its seriously over-
burdened property tax base does not wish to recoup aforesaid
revenue loss by increasing its already onerous property tax
rate; and
WHEREAS it is extremely inequitable to reimburse all
local governments except counties for losses sustained due to
the business inventory exemption procedure; and
WHEREAS many other counties in California have serious
fiscal problems as result of the failure of the State to make
full reimbursement for losses resulting from the introduction
of the business inventory exemption process;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF
THE COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, CALIFORNIA RESOLVED that it strongly
urges the passage of Assembly Bill Number 559 as an urgency
statute so that Contra Costa County and other counties in
California may be reimbursed In full, as quickly as possible,
for losses sustained as the result of the business inventory
exemption procedure; and
BE IT BY THE BOARD FURTHER RESOLVED that its representa-
tives in the California State Legislature are requested to work
vigorously for the passage of Assembly Bill Number 559 as an
urgency statute.
RESOLUTION NUMBER 71/178
PASSED and ADOPTED this 16th day of March, 1971 by the
following vote :
AYES: Supervisors A. M. Dias , J . E. Moriarty,
E. A . Linscheid, J . P. Kenny.
NOES: None.
ABSENT: Supervisor W. N. Boggess .
RESOLUTION NUMBER 71/178