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Legislative Bill Action The following are summaries of just a few of the legislative bills that are currently being acted upon by the League of California Cities. The League encourages you to review the bills and contoct the appropriate committees to demonstrate your support or opposition of issues that are important to your community. Your assistance is ap. predated. REVENUE AND TAXA'I'~ON PUBLI'C SAFETY AB 1122. AB 1744 (Corbett); AB 1743 SB 823 (Poochigian). Local Law Enforcement (CampbeLl). Personal Income and Bank Corpora- Funding. Existing Law requires each city receiving tJon Tax Laws. Federal Conformity. The Economic funds from the SuppLementaL Law Enforcement Growth and Tax ReLief ReconciLiation Act of 2001 Services Fund for, among other things, frontLine Law expanded the tax benefits allowed for contributions enforcement services, to submit data detailing and to retirement plans. Since the state did not adopt summarizing allocations to their respective Supple- conforming Legislation Last year, employers and mental Law Enforcement Oversight Committee employees have been caught in a technical and Legal (SLEOC). This data must be submitted 30 days prior quagmire. These three bills have joined two Senate to the Local jurisdiction public hearing, which by Law bills, SB 657 (Scott), and SB 1256 (BruLte), in must be held annually in September. If the city fails conforming state tax Law to the 2001 changes in to submit the data, it will forfeit its allocation. SB federal Law. Staff: Amy Brown, Status: AB 1122 823 amends existing Law to provide flexibility by SenRevTax;Hrg-2/12; AB 1743 and AB 1744 stating that a city that fails to make this submission AsRevTax;Hrg-2/19; Position: Support. "shall not continue to expend funds.., until the data and report are submitted." This bill also amends the provision in existing Law allowing the Controller to reduce subsequent year allocations WANTTOSENDA LEI'[ERINSUPPORTOFA when the SLEOC fails to submit the required repot: to the Controller by October 15. Specifically, this bill LEAGUE POSITION? HERE'S WHO TO CONTACt: allows a Local Law enforcement agency to continue to ASSEMBLY REVENUE AND TAXATION COMMII'rEE expend funds when the agency has met all of the (AsRevTax): Corbett (D)(Chair), Harman (R)(Vice other reporting requirements. Staff: Natasha Chair), Atquist (D), Aroner (D), CeditLo (D), Koretz Fooman, Status: AsApps, Position: Support. (D), Matthews (D), and WyLand (R). ASSEMBLY APPROPRIATIONS COMMTITEE (AsApps): Migden (D)(Chair), Bates (R)(Vice Chair), NOTE TO OUR READERS: ALquist (D), Aroner (D), Ashbum (R), CeditLo (D), Corbett (D), Correa (D), Daucher (R), GoLdberg (D), 3anuary 3:1 was the Legislative deadline for two MaLdonado (R), Robert Pacheco (R), Papan (D), year bills to pass out of their house of origin. Pav[ey (D), Runner (R), Simitian (D), Thomson (D), Thus, any Assembly or Senate bill that remains Wesson (D), Wiggins (D), Wright (D), and ZetteL (R). in its house of origin is dead. While this means For legislators' phone numbers, addresses that the bill itself is dead, the issue may resur- and emaiL please see the League's Web site face elsewhere-- in a newly introduced bill, or (WWW,cadties.org/tegtracking). Legislators be amended into another biLL. Remember the and legistaUve committees are listed under oLd legislative proverb: "A biLl is never realLy "Resources." dead." Visit the League's Official Web Site--www. cadties.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 1