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CA SCAX11

CA

Status

Failed

11/30/2016

Primary Sponsor

Robert Huff

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Origin

Senate

2015-2016 Session

AI Summary

  • Prohibits the Legislature from borrowing revenues from state taxes and fees on vehicles, their use, or operation, and restricts their use to transportation purposes only as permitted by Article XIX of the California Constitution

  • Requires revenues from vehicle license fees exceeding 0.65% of vehicle market value to be used solely for street and highway purposes, with prohibitions on borrowing or pledging these revenues for debt service

  • Restricts expenditure of revenues from motor vehicle fuel taxes for non-highway uses to street and highway purposes only for increases in tax rates effective on or after July 1, 2010, unless federal law requires another use

  • Eliminates the provision allowing fuel tax revenues allocated to mass transit to be pledged for mass transit bond debt service and subjects all mass transit fuel tax pledging to the existing 25% limitation for street and highway bonds

  • Makes conforming changes to Article XIX regarding revenue allocation, use restrictions, and bond financing provisions for transportation funding, requiring a two-thirds vote and voter approval

Legislative Description

Motor vehicle fees and taxes: restriction on expenditures.

Last Action

From committee without further action.

11/30/2016

Committee Referrals

Appropriations9/9/2015

Full Bill Text

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