HomeMy WebLinkAbout4061 - Urging the Adoption of Senate Bill 13441
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RESOLUTION NO. jo �
RESOLUTION OF IRE CITY (Sf UNCIL OF THE
CITi OF NnPC$RT BEACH UROIIM S'TA:L ADOMOH
OF SENATE BILL 1344 t iTH c=TAZR AMMIKENT8
1RESOM-D by the City Cowell of the City of Newport Beach
that this Council go on record ae supporting and urging the immedieal
adoption of Senate Bill 1344 appropriately amended to allow a re-,
tailor a credit of 1% against sales tax of all sales made within a
city having an ordinance which levies a sales tax measured by gross .
receipts from sales of tangible personal property of not more nor
leas than 2%. and appropriately amended to allow a retailer a credit
against ass tax of 1% of the sales price in all cities having an
ordinance uhiah levies a tax on atorage, use, or other oonsumption
in said amicipality of taa??!S,b O personal property purchased frao$
any reteiler of not more nor less than 1% of the sales price.
IT 15 FURTIMS, REGOLVEX that the following arguments are
presented in support of this resolution;
1. The Bill, sponsored by the California Retailers
Assoolation, is not a tax increase measure in either purpose or
effect but to designed to achieve such needed uniformity of tax
and tax prooedure throughout the state. All cities in the state
the legally unregulated power to levy sales and use taxes MA
21 I substantially all cities have already done so, an ever Increasing
22 number of them in the full mount of 1% referred to in the Bill.
23 2. senate Bill 1344 is "aifically so worded that with
24 the oolo amend,"nt proposed by this resolution it cannot be, aaz;A -,
25 jolty support thereof cannot be, construed as endorsement of for-
ts ifeiture of local autonomy, a ouL-vention, subjecting city sales and
27 uas tax to appropriation by the staatG. nor permitting any basis of
28 jaacoounting between cities and counties other than that the tax be
29 Ifully returned to each in accordance with actual source of collec-
30 Ition. As so .ascended, the Bill merely constitutes a device for$
31 economy, by unification eliminating duplication of collection aid
32 7adminIstrag1tion; squity, by elimination of unfair advanta gaa now
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enjoyed by a few retailers solely as a result of laical sales and
use tax free geographic laostion of place of business; and ootr.
vaaisnce, by elimination of the current multiplicity of required
reports and returns,
3, The Bill ae so amended repreeents the limits of any
such proposal for uniformity of sales and use tax throughout the
state *Aaioh could receiva substantial city support; however, it
would return sufficient moneys to the counties throughout the at
to provide mob needed relief to present high ad valorem tax rev
Winst pr"rty within the state,
4. The tax can be collected and returns audited by the
State Board of Equallzat! - a an the manner and at the time of col-
lection and audit of state sales and use tap without additional,
Cost to the state*
The above and foregoing resolution was duly and regulatI/
passed and adopted at a regular meeting. of the City Council 00
the a'`- day of � _ � .1953 by the following roll call
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF NEWPORT BEACH )
I, MARGERY SCHROUDER, City Clerk of the City of Newport
Beach, California, do hereby certify that according to the records
of the City of Newport Beach filed and maintained in my office,
the foregoing Resolution
No. 4061 was duly and
regularly.adopted, passed, and approved by the City Council of
the City of Newport Beach, California, at a regular meeting of said
City Council held at the regular meeting place thereof, on the
23d day of _ March 1957, by the following
vote, to wit:
AYES, COUNCILMEN: Smith, Finch,_Bennett, Isbell
NOES, COUNCILMEN: None
ABSENT, COUNCILMEN: Miller
Dated this 27th day of September � 1957.
City Clear an o EX-Otticio Clerk
of the City Council, City of
Newport Beach, State of California.