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FROM: Phil Batchelor, County Administrator Cwtra
Costa
DATE: March 6, 1986 1. ourty
SUBJECT:
Legislation: AB 3135
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION•
Adopt a position of support for AB 3135 by Assemblyman Cortese
which would authorize the Board of Supervisors to deposit road
franchise fees in the General Fund.
BACKGROUND:
This County, and most other counties, have historically deposited
in the General Fund franchise fees which the County receives for
allowing various agencies to utilize county road right-of-ways.
Last year, the State Controller interpreted existing statutes as
requiring these franchise fees to be deposited in the road fund
rather than the General Fund. This would create a substantial
budgetary problem for this County since the revenue from this
source equals approximately $800,000 per year. The State
Controller has backed off of his original interpretation, but has
requested an Attorney General' s opinion.
In order to clarify the matter, Assemblyman Cortese has
introduced AB 3135 which clearly specifies that the Board may
deposit these fees in the General Fund thus protecting the
Board',s right to continue utilizing these funds with the maximum
possible flexibility.
Since this legislation confirms the right of the County to do
what they have historically been doing, and since it maintains
the maximum flexibility for the Board in the use of these funds,
we recommend that the Board support AB 3135.
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE;
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
X APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S): e&C. d ',
ACTION OF BOARD ON March 11 , 1986 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
1 HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES:_ AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERV13 ZONTHE DATE SHOWN.
County Administrator
cc: public Works Director ATTESTED
Audi tor-Control ler PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
Assemblyman Dominic Cortese SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Larry Naake, Dir. , CSAC
Kathy Snodgrass, Jackson/Barish BY
DEPUTY
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