HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolutions - No. 3290RESOLUTION NO. 3290
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF LODI URGING OPPOSITION
OF ASSEMBLY BILL 1618 INTRODUCED IN THE 1969 SESSION
OF THE STATE LEGISLATURE
WHEREAS, there has been introduced in the Assembly of the State of
California a bill, AB 1618, providing for an excise tax of 14 per cent of gross
revenue to be levied on local government-owned electric systems and a 7 per
cent excise tax of grass revenue on local government-owned gas systems, and
WHEREAS, the City of Lodi is a local government which operates a
municipally -owned electric and water system; and
WHEREAS, the passage of said bill will result in a liability of some
$342, 000 on the City of Lodi during 1969-70 fiscal year: and
WHEREAS, said tax represents a special tax levied by the State
exclusively on local governments: and
WHEREAS, said hill is peculiarly selective in that it levies a tax on
electric and gas utilities and not on water utilities or other government-owned
enterprises;
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Lodi does resolve
as follows:
1, That AB 1618 would impose an unreasonable tax upon the City of
Lodi and other local governments operating electric or gas systems, and
2. That the City of Lodi take proper steps to express opposition to
the passage of AB 1618 including the transmission of a copy of this Resolution
to the Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee, Assembly Ways and Means
Committee and to the City's representatives in the State Legislature.
Dated: July 16, 1969
1 hereby certify that Resolution No. 3290 was passed and adopted
by the City Council of the City of Lodi in regular meeting held July 16, 1969,
by the following vote:
Ayes: Councilmen - Brawn, Culbertson, Hunnell, Schaffer and Kirstern
Noes: Councilmen - None Absent: Councilmen - None
City Clerk
-912470