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INITIATIVE MEASURE TO BE SUBMITTED DIRECTLY TO THE VOTERS The Altltney glnerll If CIIllofnll his prepared the lellewlng tltll Ind IMamsty ef the chili purl)on end eelnil ef the preeosed musut~ APPROPRIATIONS LIMIT ADJUSTMENT. CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT Constitution limits tax revenues state local governments annually appropriate for expenditure: allows "cost of living" and "population" changes. "C~+ living' defined as lesser of change in US Consumer Price Index or per capita personal income; measure redr' as greater of change In California Consumer Price Index or per capita personal Income. "State poputa' · ' redefined: Includes Increases In K-12 or community college average dally attendance greater than state p0pt, · growth. Local government "population" redefined: Includes Increases in residents and per~0ns employed. Sp, : ' motor vehicle and fuel taxes are fees not subjecl to appropriations limit. Summary of esiimale by Legislalive A. end Director of Finance of fiscal impact on state and local governments: The stale's appropriations limil is estlm~ Io Increase by approximately $800 million in 1988-89 and by Increasing am0unls thereafter. Indeterminable e~ec: Ihe appropriali0ns limits of other public entities. Cost of Commission on State Finance rep0d required by measure would probably be less than $500,000 annually. SECTION I, This amendment ihill be know~ litill '(~fT1flll~tUOf~ II Ifne~(~ld tO 6pending Limitslion and Accountability ACt." -- ~ SEC. 8(f) "Populltion' of any entity of governmen SECTION 2. The People of the Stile of CiItfornia fired led didIrethin · Ichool district, shill be determined by a method presc; thlt: by the Legislature. provided thai ·uch detersmariOn ·hall (1) A litottO and effedlve conltllutionll llmitltiOn on Soysegmentreviled. IS necessity. to reflecl lhe periodic censu'l conduc't~' Ipendlng II ne(;::elsaty to gulf-antes Iccountlbdily to IISplyers lindthe United Stiles Departmint of Commerce or luccello' force the poldlcllns to se~ priOrfile end manage Our fix doll~rlof the United elites Government The populll,on of Ifficjenlly. dlltrict Ihlll be luCh IchooI diltdCt'l Iverl~e dlily Ittenden delerminld by a method prescribed by lhe Legillllure in (2) The ·ale end local ~:wsrnmenl Ipending listlitton contllnedfor the stile, populelion Ihall include iny ;ncree~es in r, In the Cilifornil Conltitulion is out of date and no Iongel pfovldesdlil;f attendance for the K-12 or community college syslen' tlxplyers with in effedi~.~ Iool for COntrolling government ipendlng.Ire m excess of the pertsolaCe grOwlh In ·tits popullt:on (3) Since Ill Idoption in 1979. the Current limit has failed fo reflectclse of local governments other than SChoOlS, such delerm;nt~ the many Chln0es in CahfOrnil'l eCOnOmy As I resuH, ilready.-collectedihall consider increases in the number Of perSOnS employs< fix revenues clnnot he u·ed to maintain the current level of education.well as tessdinS wdhin the iUriadiCliOn. Crime preysellen, public Safety. and other vital pubtic SECTION 5, Sectlof~ 12 k, hereby Idded tO ArtiN XIIIB Of (4) The curreel limit else has failed to reflecl lhe chinginS ledClfifornll Constitution: growing needs of California texpayers Wilh 100,0OO nlw children entering our ichools each yllr, enrollment~ ire increasing much filterSECTION 12 The Commislion on Stile Fin·rice shell re-'- Ihan the Overall growlh in populllion. Innualfy IO the taxpayers how state revenues received durmc preceding fiSCal year Ire spent end the IraDuet Of (5) Adoption of thl· Ict will not tncrelle lilts or loci[ tlxN Ofeppropr~ltions Subject to I~mitll,On under the proescort,. remove Iny funds from exi·ting programs. including education, lieArl;cle (6) Curre~nt law. assuring thlt the Ipending fish may be chingadSECTION E- Section 13 is herelay idded to Article Xtlh. only by · vole of the people. is retained; end if the voters do rails theC,Iliforn;a Conltitulioo; 14>endrag limit, that change must be voted on evety four yen. SECTION t3 Changes to ,Section 8 Idopted at the (7) As t~xplyers. we should be told the sinner in which goverr~.ledion is Idded to the Const:tution shatl he cons,dared erfe<· menl ia spending Our bird-earned dollIre TO gulrlntee iccounllbilityCommences with the 19~&-87 hscal yea; for purposes of calculi to tlxplyers. 1hi existing Commi~lion on State Finance shill rapedthe appropriations limit of each entity of govemmenl for the It~nually Io t~xplyers, how afire revenue,, ere ipenl led 1hi Imount offiscal year and elch yelr therelfter. the stile ~prOpriation· lubjecl to Ilmllltion. Such reports can be pre-SECTION 7. Section 14 tl hereby Ick~d to Arlicle XlIIB of pared It miniell cost. using existing information, Ind cln be milled toClllfornia Constitution: tlxplyera lions with Olher fix information. SECTION 14 (1~ FOr purposes of this Article. llxes led for tran·portat~on purpolel and Ihould be treated es uter fees This aCtthey are ·pproprialed for the purposex $pec~hed an Article properly trelM, them es user feel, lubject to the taxplyar pro(ect~onlihllJ be deemed user fees. preysdad by Proporation 13, without idverlely affecting olhef Ixjb~ic[b) Commencing with the 1~88-89 fisc·l year. the tO) Adjultmer~tl ere necelslty tO updlte the Ixtlting lpending to lhe areDuel Of revenues which but for subdivision (l) would limitltion tO reflect fhl rail growth Of Cllifornil's economy led theclISeihed Is proceeds of tues. neeall of Ill cltizenl, led eelhie tlxpayers to hold government Iccountlble for the prope~' enforcement of thil Ici. (c) In COmputing the Ipproprilllons lim;1 for the SECTION 3. Article XIIIS. ,Section 8(e) Of the CAlifOfnii Conltitt,Pfiscal year end lucceeding fiscal years· the approp,I~atlons the immediately prior fiscal year ihall he deterr'n,",ed tc - tide il amended to reid: IraDuet ot the Ipproprirhons had prior to the reduCtlOr! m~. SEC. 8(e) 'Coat of fh, tng' Ihall Nan the Cooluser Pricelubdiv;sion {b,~, G, evee4q4.Fme~ State ot Clfifornil as reported b1, the Derision 0f'Sutxlivis:on ll} would be CIIssd,ed is proceeds ot fixes' !' iI~lbor Stabstics led Research Or SuCcessOr Igency of the Stile ofonly those revenues which would have been generated by IhfOrn:l, provided however. thlt for purpoaei Of Sachen 1, theeffect It the t:ms this sect&on becomes effective change in the cost of hvmg from the preced:ng yelr Shill in noSECTION 8 If Iny iMcl:on. part. Ctause or phrlsa in th:s A, event ;;;;;~ de MS$ thin the Change in California pet clpltifor any resiDe held jovehal Or unconltitut;onal, the reel;of rig pc perlenil inCOme from se;d preced:ng year. of this Article Ihill not be IfflCled but Ihlll ramran m full force SECTION 4. Arl:cte XIII;I, Saclion 8(f} of the C.ellfornie Constitu-.effect.