HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 40-54RESOLUTION N0.40-54
Bakersfield, California
WHEREAS this Council has been informed that a uniform
sales tax proposal is being formulated for presentation to the
California Legislature, and
WHEREAS numerous reasons have been advanced to justify
the enactment of uniform sales tax legislation, which reasons
appear to this Council to be good and sufficient, and
WHEREAS a substantial number of California cities already
levy a local sales tax of one percent (1%) or more, and
WHEREAS other cities having need for additional revenue
must soon enact local one percent (1%) levies unless the uniform
sales tax proposal is adopted, and
WHEREAS the incorporated cities of this State have urgent
need for a full one percent (1%) tax on sales within their borders,
to provide the many services and facilities needed by city resi-
dents,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Bakersfield, California~ as fol~lows:
l, That the enactment of legisl~tion to provide for a
uniform state-wide saies tax is necessary and desirable, and
2. That collection of such uniform sales tax should be
by an agency of the State of California, and
3- That of the uniform sales tax collected within in-
corporated cities, a full one percent (1%) shall be returned to the
city wherein it shall have been collected.
Made and passed this fourth day of October, 19~+.
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I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution was
passed and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a
regular meeting there held on the fourth day of October, 19~+,
by the following vote:
AYES: CARNAKIS, , CROES, EVELETH, SCHWE_I~ZE_-H, ~UL_L!VAN, ~
Council of the City of Bakersfield
APPROVED this fourth day of October, 1954.
MAYOR of th~ City of Bakersfield