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, RESOLU!ION NO. '89-55
A RESOLUTION DEOLARING ~HE. POLICY OF THE'
COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BAKERSFIELD IN RE"
GARD TO THE UNIFORM SALES AND USE TAX.
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WHEREAS, the joint etfo~ts of ~ivic groups 'and bU$lnes~
associationsthro~out California" 'together with, ttle support, of
Counties and Cities of the State, have brought about the passage,
of the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales 'arid Use Tax ,Law in 1955,
which law is intended to rernedythe inequallt.l,es of :the sale,s 'and
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use tax between merchants'inside and outside of cities " ,respectively.
,And, 'sald Aot 1s further 'intended to ,pro'vide 'to the 'Counties
, of the state, additional' funds, where needed, thereby in 'some cases,
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preventing further increases in real property taxes, ,and
'WHEREAS, 'said "Uniform LO,cal Sales and, Us~' Tax taw'i reqUires
the passageo~ordinance$ by the Counties and Citi-e:s~' respectively,
in o:rderthat s,liid Counties and Cities may cooperatively bring about
uniformity in the levy and collection of "said' sales and use taxes,
wh1chlocal ordinances require preparation and a certain lapse of
time between their passage and effective date"and
~EAS, it is to the advantage of the State, Oounties, Cities,
busin,.ess firms, and all perso:n8 to be affected by ~'said: ordinances,
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to ,p1:anand prepare t.henec~8sary steps'to' c,arry' out the collection
and return of said taxes in ant'1cipatlon of ',the .effectlvedate of
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said ordinances, and
WHEREAS, it, is the desire ,of this Council to pubiiclystate
its policy *,elative to thedistribut10nof the sales and usetaxe~
collected ',wi th,inthe C1 ty of Bakers.tield.
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NOW,,' ~TKE:aEFORE,~BE !Tn~QLVElh'~ that the,~.oQuncll ,of ,.tho,Ql ty ,=,
of Bakersfield makes the follo~ing statement 'of policy:
,'" 1. In JUly, 1955, this OOlmcilc1eemed it necessary to collect
a sales and use taX of on~, perceIlt, instead of the one-halt of' ,one
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percent thencollecte'd, to meet the, expenses 01'- the oity-Iand the
citizens, through their duly elected'representatives" haveacceeded
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to such levy for the purpose~ herein set forth and shquld not be
diverted to the use of any other political division of the state.,
It Is the conclusion of-this Councll that the revenue from said sales
and use' tax as ~increased, ,ls ne'cessaryto effici$ntly carry out the
functiQ,nsof'our municipal government as ~as stated by' this Council
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at the timE>. of 'the, adoption of the ordinance increasing, s8+d sales
and USE" ta;i thus avoiding ,!'esortlns immediately to ,~ther sources
of, taxation.
2. All, sales' and use taxes collected withiri the City should
b~ used for necessarY,munlcipal expenses 'and 1mproveme~ts w~thin the
,City for -the benefit of'all its cit1zensand of all-citizens of other
areas who,' by reason of business 1i:1terests, ,or otherWise, may come
, into the City, either, permanently or temporarily, thus keeplng faith
with the people of the City whom we represent.
J. ,That inasmuch as th~ citlzenso,f this Clty already con"
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, 'tribute heavily toward the support of our County Government through
'property taxes colleetedby the County, 't:Q.isCouncil .f'ee~s~hat no
portion of 'the sales or use taxes collected within the City should
be palO. over to, the County.
4. The Council of the Oity of Baker~tleld respectfully requests
the Board of Supervisors ot the Oounty of.:Kern to notify this Council,
prior to Febrlia::y 20, 1956, of ftsintentlons of'adopting or, of ,not
adoptj,ng a sales 'tax ordinance pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform
,Sales and Use ,Tax'Law, in order that the City of Bakersfield lnay
have, sufficient time wl thin which 'to prepare the neces,sary conforming
'ordiiianCes periUCtt:irig 'tlie. Stat-a to-~conecf't- '.sala taxes. " >---
5. That a copy of this Resolution be forwarded to the Board
of Superviso~s of the Countyot Kern. '
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I HEREBY CER~IFY that the foregoing Resolution was passed
and adopted by the Council of the City of Bakersfield at a regular
meeting thereof held on the 28th day of November, 1955, by the
following vote:
AYES: ~RNAI(IS,~s CROES DOOL'N ...,
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01 Clerk and' "Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield.
APPROVED this 28th day of Nov~ber, 1955.
1Jl?(/~vVL-c.LJ- 4 ~-'L-~~et'\-o
MAYOR of theVOity of Bakersfield.