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0 A 11 0, 3 0 The eng=eer's estimate was $12.,919.10. Councilman Weymouth moved adoption of RESOLUTION NO* 2740 AWARDING CONTRACT FOR CONSTRUCTION OF RESUR- FACING OF STREETS IN DCNNTOVTN AREA., REDWOOD CITY; REJECTING ALL OTHER BIDSRECEIVED; AND AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF AGREEMENT THEREFOR, seconded by Councilman Rosselli and carried on roll call., Mayor Royer being noted absent. Councilman Rosselli moved adoption of RESOLUTION NO. 27%1TRANSFERRING$1.,458 FROM THE OFF STREET PARKING FUND TO THE OFF STREET PARKING DISTRICT NO. 1.9 BOND INTEREST AND REDEMPTION FUND., FOR THE PURPOSE OF PAYING PARKING DISTRICT NO. 1 BOND PRINCIPAL AND INTEREST PAYMENTS., seconded by Councilman Spillers and carried on roll call., Mayor Royer being noted absent* INTERIM REPORT, LEGISLATIVE CONNITTEE. Your Committee on State Legislation has met and reviewed the following bills which we recommend you take action on as stated: A.B. 2647. Repeals uninhabited Annexation Act of 1939, with result that cities would be prohibited from annexing territory until it became developed and inhabited* Committee recommendation: Opposes A.B. 158. Provides mandatory exemption from city license taxes in favor of all State - licensed contractors. Recommendation: Oppose. ,%nate Constitutional Amendment 20. Would add Section 20 to Article 13., California Constitution., to require taxation of publicly -owned land until actually used for the purpose for which it was acquired. Recommendation: Oppbseo S.B. 1196. Would impose a two per cent franchise tax on any utility utilizing public streets, roads and highways, pursuant to any State-wide franchise granted by the State of California* Telephone and telegraph corporations have successfully avoided local fran- chise payments on the basis that they hold a State-wide franchise. These are the only utili#es enJoying this privilege on a Statewide basis without any franchise payment. The act would impose a franchise tax of two per cent of the gross revenues, fifty per cent to be retained by the Statel and the bala nce to be paid to the cities and counties -on the basis of population* The bill further provides for the validation of franchises previously granted such companies by cities; howeverj, this feature of the bill is considered to have little., if anyp legal effects Recommendations Support A.B. 2548. Would repeal State sales and use tax law and Bradley Burns uniform local sales and use tax law* Recommendation: Opposes A.B. 2577* Authorizes County Board of Supervisors to impose *010 per gallon fuel tax or pFivilege of distributing motor vehicle fuel. Receipts of the tax are to be distri- buted to cities in the county and to the unincorporated area in proportion to the number of gallons distributed in each such area. All such receipts are to spent exclusively for now highway constriction purposes* Recommendation: Oppose. S.B. 1190. Would authorize issuance of bonds by counties for primary road constructions, payable solely from receipts from gas tax fund., and would authorize issuance of bonds by cities for construction of major city streets., payable solely from future gas tax. Issu- ance of such bnnds would be subject to the majority approval of voters on the question of issuance, and would require validating constitutional amendments Recommendation: Support. S.B. 1222, Would provide procedure for issuance of subsequent bond issues under parking district law of 1951 for further acquisition for improvement of public parking facilities after original bonded indebtedness has been incurred* Recommendation: Support. A.B. 515 - 528* These bills provide the conclusive presumption that disabled public safety employees., who are disabled or die of herniap heart trouble or pneumonia, incur such disability as a result of their employment* It would prevent cities from raising any defense on the basis that the heart trouble or other illness of the type mentioned was caused by some factor unrelated to employment* Recommendation: Oppose.