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FEDERAL PRIORITIES from page 4. · · · ATTENTION NATIONAL LEAGUE OF Oppose proposals that reduce or eliminate compen- CITIES CONVENTIONEERS!! sation paid to cities for the use of their property and You are cordially invited to participate in a rights-of-way, variety of events at the NLC Congressional Confer- ence in Washington D.C. E-Commerce: Support efforts to ensure all sales transactions are treated equally, leveling the · A Reception and Legislative Briefing by the playing field for traditional "Brick and Mortar" League of California Cities, Monday, March 11, merchants, out of state sellers such as remote 2002, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m. at the Washington Hilton and Towers Lincoln East Room. web sites, and mail order outlets, as well as new hybrid "Click and Mortar" businesses. · A Reception for California City Officials and Congressional Members hosted by the California · Oppose proposals that bar collection of sales State Society, Tuesday, March 12, 2002, 6:00 - and use taxes on Internet transactions which 8:00 p.m. at the Rayburn House Office Building, cities and their residents depend on to provide Room B-354. critical municipal services (e.g., police and fire services receive approximately 60 percent of · A Roundtable Discussion with the California city discretionary spending; other important Congressional Delegation to discuss homeland services include sewer and water systems, road security and anti-terrorism, Wednesday, March maintenance, parks, recreation, and libraries.) 13, 2002, 10:00 - 11:30 a.m., location to be announced. · Support state and local governments' ability to require remote sellers without a physical We urge all city officials attending the NLC Congressional Conference to attend this program. presence in the state to collect use taxes on This critical program will take the place of our goods and services sold, and remit those taxes regular briefing with the California Congressional to the purchaser's state. Delegation. Contact the League's Jennifer Lewis for more information and to RSVP, (916) 658-8254, · Support state and local governments' efforts lewi~@cacities.org. to simplify and reduce compliance costs for remote sellers on use tax remittance. This LOOKING FOB OALIFOIINIA'S NEST TO includes uniform definitions and categories for FILL A POSITION IH YOUII CITYP items subject to sales and use tax and a method to keep these uniform definitions in /¢~.,~/'ar~ ~,~MagazJne's job opportunity section is place for a multi-year period to make such t/~e source for job seekers looking for positions in systems sustainable, local government. According to our reader survey, the job opportunity section is the best read section of · Support proposals that allow state and local our magazine! governments to gain taxing authority auto- matically after fulfilling Congress' simplifica- When you place an ad in/f~e~,~m ~,#),Magazine, it tion requirements, will be posted at no additional charge on our website, which receives over 60,000 hits per month. · Oppose proposals that exempt all intangible property and software downloads from sales Call to place your recruitment ad todayl and use tax. Makers of these products should 800262-1801orvisitourwebsite pay their fair share, w~v. westemcJJl/.com. Visit the League's Official Web Site--www. cacities.org PRIORITY FOCUS/PAGE 5