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Committee hears bill to increase annual governor's budget metric for California fairgrounds funding
Summary
AB 258 would raise the percentage of gross receipts from fairground taxable sales included in the governor's annual budget for fairs to approximate prior funding levels; sponsor said the change would restore funding closer to $32 million and better support emergency use of fairgrounds.
Assemblymember Connolly presented AB 258, which would increase the annual budget metric for California fairgrounds to 5% of gross receipts of taxable sales on fairgrounds, with the goal of restoring funding toward the historical $32 million level. The committee designated AB 258 as a suspense-file candidate.
Connolly said the current metric, established by AB 1499 (2017), produces significantly less funding than the $32 million that previously…
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