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Committee approves SB 512 to affirm voters' ability to qualify transportation sales taxes by citizen initiative
Summary
SB 512, presented by Senator Perez, passed the Assembly Elections Committee; the bill aligns the Elections Code with Proposition 218 to clarify that voters within transportation districts can qualify transportation transaction and use tax measures by citizen initiative.
The Assembly Elections Committee on July 16 voted to pass SB 512 as amended and re-refer the measure to the Committee on Appropriations. Senator Perez presented the bill and said it does not authorize or mandate taxes but clarifies that voters in a transportation district can propose and pass transportation transactions and use tax measures by citizen initiative.
Perez said the measure responds to conflicts between the Elections Code and…
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