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RESOLUTION NO. 103.
FAVORING A NEW DIVISION OF THE MOTOR
ITBHICLE AND GASOLINE TAX FUNDS.
WHEREAS, it appears that at a conference of city
officials held recently at Sacramento, resolutions were ad-
opted favoring the initiation of a measure which would give
the cities one-quarter share of the motor vehicle and gasoline
tax funds; and
WHEREAS, it appears that the present division of
these funds under the law is unfair to the municipalities,
now therefore it is hereby
RESOLVED, that we favor such a proposed initiative
measure and hereby agree to procure our quota of the signatures
necessary to get it on the ballot.
RESOLVED, that a certified copy of this Resolution
be sent to the League of California Municipalities; Chancery
Building., San Francisco.
X., the undersigned, hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution is a gull., true
and correct copy of the original, which was ad-
Opted by the legislative body of the city
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SUGGESTED AMENDMENT TO THE CONSTITUk1`ION
ADDING A NEW SECTION TO BE KNOWN AS SECTION: 12-*Ai OF ARTIiOLE XIII.
SEC. 12-A. Pursuant to the provisian\s of this: section,
the state is hereby empowered and directed to inDpose, collect and
distribute registration and license fees for the, operatilon of motor
vehicles ; also to impose, collect and distributeflicense taxes at
a rate not exceeding two cents per gallon on the °distributers of
gasoline, or other volatile liquids for propelling motor vehicles .
All fees imposed and collected for the registration of
motor vehicles, trailers or semi-trailers, and for the licensing of ..
chauffeurs and operators of motor vehicles , also license taxes im-
posed and collected from the distributors of. gasoline or other vol-
atile, inflammable liquids used for propelling motor venicles, shall
be paid to the state controller and, after first deducting and re-
taining the expenses of collection and distribution, shall be paid
to the cities, counties and state respectively and proportionately
as follows : One-half to the state; one-quarter to the counties,
including consolidated cities and counties, in the proportion which
the number of motor vehicles registered in the unincorporated ter-
ritory in each county bears to the total number of such vehicles
registered in the unincorporated territory in the whole state; and
the remaining one-quarter to the incorporated cities and towns in
the proportion which the assessed valuation of property for purposes
of county taxation in each incorporated city or town bears to the
total assessed valuation of property for such purposes of all the in-
corporated cities and towns in the state. All moneys collected and
distributed under the provisions of this section shall be used ex-
clusively for the construction pr maintenance of public streets or
highways. This section shall go into full force and effect January
1st, 1928; in the meantime, the provisions of Chapter 268 and 267
of the Statues of 1923, in so far as the imposition, collection and
distribution of such fees and license taxes are concerned, shall be
deemed valid and effective.