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~'6.' New programs or services mandated by legislature or state agencies; subvention
<br />See. 6. Whenever the '~eg'i~lature'Sr an~, StA~ agelcy '~a~H~'~s ~ne~ p~o~ 0r higher'ld~el of
<br />se~ice on any local governmen~ the s~ shall provide a subvention of funds to reimburse s~ch
<br />local governmen~ for the cos~ of such program or increased level of se~ice, excepi that the
<br />~gislature may, but need not, provide such subvention of fimds for the following mandates:
<br />(a) ~gislative mandates requested by the local agency affected; .......
<br />~) ~gislation defining a new crime or changing an existing definition of a crime; or
<br />(c) ~gislative mand'ates enacted prior m Janua~ 1, 1975, or executive orders or ~egulatioLs
<br />ink~ally implementing legislation enacted prior to January 1, 1975. - .... ...
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<br />§ 7. No impairmen~ of obligation to meet bonded indebtedness . .- ~ ,. --.' --.
<br /> See. 7. Nothing in this Article shall be C'ons~;rued to impa{r the abilit½ ~f ~s~ate '~r'~Gf ar~y 'lo~al
<br />government to mee~ its obligations with respect to existing or future bonded indebtedness. --.-,~
<br />(Added Nov. 6, 1979.) ' ' ' ' ' ' .... "' ..... ""' '-' "' ~; ' ': ' ~ ........
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<br /> Sec. 8. As used in this Article and except as otherwise'express]3; prGvided herein: . .:
<br /> '(a) "Appropriations subject to limitation" of the state shall mean any authorization to expend
<br />during a fiscal year the proceeds of taxes levied by or for-the state, exclusive of state subventions
<br />for the use and operation of local government (other than subventions made pursuant to Section 6 of
<br />this Article) and further exclusive of refunds of taxes, benefit payments from retireinept, unemploy-
<br />ment insurance and disability insurance funds;
<br /> fh>' "Appropriations suhjec to limitation" 0f an entity of local mean
<br />authorization ~o expend during a fiscal year the proceeds of taxes levied by or for that entity and the
<br />proceeds of st~'~te subventions to thb. t entity (other than subventions made pursuant to Section 6 of
<br />this Article) exclusive of refunds of taxes; -' .............. '-" ' '; ·: '''' ": ' -" '-
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<br />(c) "Proceeds of taxes" ~hall include, but not be restricted to, all tax revenues and the proceeds. to
<br />an entity of governraeut, from (i) regulatory licenses, riser charges, and user fees to the extent that
<br />such proceeds exceed the costs reasonably borne by such e'ntity in providing the regulation, product,
<br />or service, and (ii) the investment of tax revenues. With respect to any local government, "proceeds
<br />of taxes" shall include subventions received from the state, other than pursuant to Section 6of this
<br />Article, and, with respect to the state. proceeds of taxes shall exclude such subventions;''~'~ '-' '
<br />(d) "Local government" shall mean any city, county, city and county, school district, special
<br />district, authority, or other pblitical subdivision of or within the state; :-:-, !u
<br /> (e) "Cost of living" shall m~an the Consume~ Price Index for the Unit.ed State~ aS repo~'ted by 'the
<br />United States Department of Labor, or successor agency of the United States Government; provided,
<br />however, that for purposes of Section 1, the change in cost of living from the preceding year shall in
<br />no event exceed the chan~e in California per capita personal income from said preceding
<br /> (~q "Population" of any entity of government, other than a school district, shall be d'e~r~ined b'y a
<br />method prescribed by the Legislature. provided that such determination .~hall ,be revised, as
<br />necessary, to reflect the periodic census conducted by the United States Department of Commerce, or
<br />snccessor agency of the I. jni~ed States Government. The popu]ation of any school district. shall be
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<br />-~uch school district's average daily attendance as .determined by a method prescribed by the
<br />1.e~islat, ure; ':' ' l.' -"" - · - ~ ' ' "~ . . :u: ' - ....
<br /> f?,~) "l)eht service" sh:dl m~an appropriations required to pay the cost of interest and redemptio~
<br />('!};tF~CS, if~cludhl~ the fumiin~ of any reserve or sinking fnnd required in connection therewith, on
<br />iqd,-btel]:~ess existing ~r leg:ally authorized as of January 1, 1979 or on bonded indebtedness
<br />th~c...a[ter approved ?.ccording to law by a vote of the electors of the issuing .entity voting iu an
<br />electbin for such tlurpo~e. -- .-' .-., '. .r . '. :...:.r-.
<br /> (!9 'T]le "approprhtions limit" of each entity of government for each fiscal y~ar shall tie that
<br />~Hnou:~t which total anm~itl a~propriations subject to limitation may not exceed under Section 1 and
<br />S~'c'tiOn 3; [~rovided, t:owever, that t}~e "appropriations limit" of each entity of government for fiscal
<br />y,..zr 1978-79 shall be the total of the appropriations subject to limitation of such entity for that fiscal
<br />year. For fiscal year 1978-79, state subventions to local governments,' exclusive of federal grants,
<br />:~hall he deemed to hav~. been derived from the procee.ds of state taxes.' ;'~. ~..., ... ~' ..' ' ... . .
<br /> (i) Except as otherwise 'brovided in Section 5, "appropriations subject to limitation" shall not
<br />illelude local agency loan funds or indebtedness funds, investment (or authorizatim~s to invest) funds
<br />of ~he st~te, or of an entity of local government in accounts at banks or savings and loan associations
<br />or in liquid securities. " -:
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