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TOS BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Phil Batchelor Contra
County Administrator Costa
DATE: February 261 1987 County
SUBJECT: l./
Legislation: Assembly Joint Resolution 10 (Eaves)
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDATION-
Adopt a position of support for Assembly Joint Resolution 10 by
Assemblyman Gerald Eaves and 23 co-authors from both the Assembly
and the Senate. AJR 10 memorializes the President and Congress
to utilize the Aviation Trust Fund for needed aviation safety and
improvement projects as was the original intent of the fund.
BACKGROUND:
The Aviation Trust Fund was established by Congress in 1970 as a
means of supporting construction of additional airports,
including small "reliever" airports designed to reduce congestion
at crowded major airports.
In 1982, the purpose of the fund was expanded to include airport
improvements, air traffic control facilities, and air safety
matters. The fund is supported by an 8% tax on airline tickets,
a 12 cent per gallon tax on general aviation fuel, an air cargo
tax, and an international departure fee. These sources generate
$3 billion a year. The fund currently contains a balance of $8 . 4
billion, of which $4. 3 billion is not even committed to any
long-term project.
As a result, Assemblyman Eaves has introduced AJR 10 which calls
on the President and the Congress to use the Aviation Trust Fund
for the above-described purposes for which it was intended. In
view of the presence in this County of Buchanan Field Airport and
the plans to develop a second airport in Byron, it is appropriate
for the Board of Supervisors to support AJR 10 .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: __ YES SIGNATURE:
X RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
_ APPROVE OTHER
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ACTION OF BOARD ON March 3,.1927 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
UNANIMOUS (ABSENT 2J AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
AYES: NOES: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
ABSENT: ABSTAIN: OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
cc: County Administrator ATTESTED _ MAR 3 W7
Public Works Director
Airport Manager PHIL BATCHELOR, CLERK OF THE BOARD OF
P 9 SUPERVISORS AND COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR
Assemblyman Gerald Eaves
Congressman George Miller, III
BY ,DEPUTY
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