HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 34-64 RESOLUTION NO. 34-64
RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
BAKERSFIELD EXPRESSING OPPOSITION TO_ THE
ENACTMENT OF A STATE-WIDE-HOTEL.. BED TAX
;WHEREAS, :.the Governor of-the Stat~ifof California ha~.
recently. issued a- public statemeht in .w~ieh' ~e ':S~ggested a ho~el
bed .tax as a source of revenue to Kelp finance the neW.'tourist
infor..ma.tion :agency. 'of the State of CalifOrnia, and · ·
WHEREAS-, it appears possible that .the Governor-,of the'
State of California will.request the .19'65 Session.of the-State
Legislation to consider 'the enaqtment Of a' state-wide hotel and'.
mote 1".' bed~ tax, and -' -
.: WHEREAS, the City of Bakers field-now has 'a 'City~Wide ·
.hotel and motel bed. tax,. and .
WHEREAS,. the City of Bakersfield 'pioneered the hotei 'and
motel-bed tax system now used .by .many cities in the state of
California:, and ' : .
WHEREAS, the City of Bakers'field has b'ecome financially
obligated as a result of the construction of the.'Bakersfield Civic
Auditorium to retire the bonds isSUed for the construction of the
Bakersfie'ld Civic Auditorium from the-Bakersfield 'hotel and motel
bed tax,-and
WHEREAS, the 1963 SeSsion 'of the ..California Legislature
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conferred-.upon non-chartered citie'S and .cOunties, 'as Well .'as
chartered cities and counties~ the. power to 'raise revenue .'by means
gf a hotel and motel bed tax, and ..-
WHEREAS, many cities and-cOUntieS in. the"Sta.te of
"'.granting said-'cities and counties the right of imposing a-bed tax
to' :' the - extent of "const,~U~ting various "types of public-recreational
a.nd convention facilities to be:paid for '.frOm said-taxes' ahd
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" WHEREAS, should the' State" of ·CalifOrnia impose an
additional hotel and motel bed tax or· Seek 'to eiiminate the hotel
and ·motel. bed tax of th~ cities and· counties' and supplement its
own 'bed .tax·, 'said.action would seriously impair 'the obliga.tions
which"Various cities'and ·counties. have undertaken to broaden' their
convention and. recreational facilities, "' " "
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NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT:.RESOLVED by the Counci.l:. of 'the
City of Bakers field that.. the .City CounCilis.. hereby on/record in
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opposition tO{ the' enactment of ..a State'Wide bed .ta~ 'law 'for the :use
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of 'the State of California by the:Calif0rnia'Le~'islature:, and,
BE IT FURTHER' RESOLVED .that copies of this re.solution~
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shall. ·be sent to 'the appropriate committees and members of the
California Legislature as well as the' Governor of' the State of
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California and the League of California ·Cities..
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I HEREBY 'CERTIFY that th~ foregoing .ResOlutiOn ~as
passed'.and adopted by.the Council .of the .City of 'Bake'~sfield at a.
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regular 'meeting thereof held '~n:. the ·25th:.day of May, .' 196~, by. the
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'AYES: COUNC kM~M B~t~A DOOtlN, AAA~C BAN~S, -MOSS~AN, ~UCKER: SIIHRN, WM ~IEMOR~' '. '
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APPROVED .. thiS" .2i~h C'day of--May., .~-'9-64, ........ ' .....":'- ..
he Cityii_.of B"'akersfield.' '
CITY ATTO~EY " / "'
CITY. CLERK and Ex-Officio Clerk of the
Council of the City of Bakersfield.