To: [aaron r p] at [netcom.com]
Subject: proposition 172
Date: Wed, 01 Sep 93 22:43:09 +45722824
From: aphrael <[a--r--l] at [cats.ucsc.edu]>


This amendment proposed by Assembly Constitutional
Amendment 1 (Statutes of 1992, Resolution Chapter 41)
expressly amends the Constitution by adding a section
thereto. Since all portions of the initiative are new
provisions within the law, there are no markings to
distinguish them from existing law.

PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIII

SECTION 35. (a) The People of the State of California
find and declare all of the following:
		(1) Public saftey services are critically
important to the security and well-being of the State's
citizens and to the growth and revitalization of the
State's economic base.
		(2) The protection of the public safety
is the first responsibility of local government and local
officials have an obligation to give priority to the
provision of adequate public safety services.
		(3) In order to assist local government
in maintaining a sufficient level of public safety
services, the proceeds of the tax enacted pursuant to
this section shall be designated exclusively for public
safety.

	(b) In addition to any sales and use taxes
imposed by the Legislature, the following sales and use
taxes are hereby imposed:
		(1) For the privilege of selling tangible
personal property at retail, a tax is hereby imposed upon
all retailers at the rate of 1/2 percent of the gross
receipts of any retailer from the sale of all tangible
personal proerty sold at retail in this state on and
after January 1, 1994.
		(2) An excise tax is hereby imposed on
the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of
tangible personal property purchased from any retailer on
and after January 1, 1994, for storage, use, or other
consumption in this State at the rate of 1/2 percent of
the sales price of the property.
	
	(c) The Sales and Use Tax Law, including any
amendments made thereto on or after the effective date
of this section, shall be applicable to the taxes imposed
by subdivision (b).

	(d) (1) All revenues, less refunds, derived from the
taxes imposed pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be
transferred to the Local Public Safety Fund for
allocation by the Legislature, as prescribed by statute,
to counties in which either of the following occurs:
			(A) The board of supervisors, by
a majority vote of its membership, requests an allocation
from the Local Public Safety Fund in a manner prescribed
by statute.
			(B) A majority of the county's
voters voting thereon approve the addition of this
section.
		(2) Moneys in the Local Public Safety
Fund shall be allocated for use exclusively for public
safety services of local agencies.

	(e) Revenues derived from taxes imposed pursuant
to subdivision (b) shall not be considered proceeds of
taxes for purposes of Article XIII B or state General
Fund proceeds of taxes within the meaning of Article XVI.

	(f) Except for the provisions of Section 34, this
section shall supersede any other provisions of this
Constitution that are in conflict with the provisions of
this section, including, but not limited to, Section 9 of
Article II.

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Source: Pages 41-42 of the California Ballot Pamphlet for
the Special Statewide Election on November 2, 1993.
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