California Proposition 47, Vehicle License Fees Allocated to Cities and Counties Amendment (June 1986)
| California Proposition 47 | |
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| Election date June 3, 1986 | |
| Topic State and local government budgets, spending and finance | |
Status Approved | |
| Type Constitutional amendment | Origin State legislature |
California Proposition 47 was on the ballot as a legislatively referred constitutional amendment in California on June 3, 1986. It was approved.
A "yes" vote supported amending the state constitution to require the state to allocate all revenues from taxes imposed under the Vehicle License Fee Law to counties and cities. |
A "no" vote opposed amending the state constitution to require the state to allocate all revenues from taxes imposed under the Vehicle License Fee Law to counties and cities. |
Election results
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California Proposition 47 |
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| Result | Votes | Percentage | ||
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3,487,604 | 81.81% | ||
| No | 775,437 | 18.19% | ||
Text of measure
Ballot title
The ballot title for Proposition 47 was as follows:
| “ | Allocation of Vehicle License Fee Taxes to Counties and Cities. Legislative Constitutional Amendment. | ” |
Ballot summary
The ballot summary for this measure was:
| “ | At present the state is not required by the Constitution to allocate revenue from taxes imposed pursuant to the Vehicle License Fee Law to local governments. However, specified portions of these revenues are statutorily required to be allocated to counties and cities. This measure would require all revenues from taxes imposed pursuant to the Vehicle License Fee Law to be allocated to counties and cities on and after July 1 following its adoption except fees on trailer coaches and mobilehomes and the costs of collection and refunds. | ” |
Full Text
The full text of this measure is available here.
Fiscal impact
The fiscal estimate provided by the California Legislative Analyst's Office said:[1]
| “ | This measure would have no direct fiscal effect. It would prevent the Legislature in the future from changing the law to take any portion of the vehicle license fees away from counties and cities. However, the measure would not necessarily affect either the level of state expenditures and revenues or the amount of vehicle license fees received by individual counties and cities. The state still could reduce other forms of aid to local government or change the existing formula for dividing vehicle license fee revenues between counties and cities.[2] | ” |
Path to the ballot
A two-thirds vote was needed in each chamber of the California State Legislature to refer the constitutional amendment to the ballot for voter consideration.
See also
External links
Footnotes
- ↑ University of California, "Voter Guide," accessed August 18, 2021
- ↑ Note: This text is quoted verbatim from the original source. Any inconsistencies are attributable to the original source.
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