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RESOLUTION NO. 3276
A RESOLUTION OF THE TOWN COUNCIL
OF THE TOWN OFTIBURON
OPPOSING REDUCTION OR ELIMINATION OF
VEIDCLE LICENSE FEES
WHEREAS, Vehicle License Fees are allocated to local governments according to a
decision made by the people of California, who passed Proposition 47 in 1986; and
WHEREAS, these fees are on of the three most important sources of revenue to local
government, along with sales and property tax revenues, accounting for up to a third of
some cities' budgets; and
WHEREAS, reduction or elimination of these fees would further jeopardize the
provision of services to our citizens, includinl! oolice and fire orotection; and
WHEREAS, this loss of revenues would do nothing to improve the efficiency of state
government, since the loss would come entirely at the expense of local government
operations; and
WHEREAS, otTers to replace the loss of Vehicles License Fees with funds from other
r" sources would increase the vulnerability of local government finances, since the
replacement revenues would be subject to annual state takeaways.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that state-legislated tax cuts should be
paid for from state revenues; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the Town Council of the Town of Tiburon
strongly opposes any attempt to reduce or eliminate Vehicle License Fees as unwarranted
and ill-advised state government interference with local government's revenue base.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tiburon Town Council on
May 20, 1998, by the following vote:
NOES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
Bach, Gram, Hennessy, Matthews,
Thompson
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RR S. ~TTHEWS, MA ';OR
TOWN OF TffiURON
AYES:
COUNCILMEMBERS:
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DIANE L. CRANE, TOWN CLERK
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