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10.A_- <br />October 9, 2003 <br />Issue #40 -2003 <br />sky inim OW Oiled 441st = ( <br />Page 2 LEAGUE'S ONLINE CALENDAR HELPS YOU BUDGET FOR 2004 MEETINGS <br />FIRE CHIEFS LEADERSHIP SEMINAR <br />Page 3 NEW LAW & ELECTION SEMINAR <br />LEAGUE'S POSITION ON VLF: <br />Hot Bills <br />KEEP LOCAL SERVICES FULLY FUNDED <br />... Act Now <br />With the recent increase in the vehicle license fee (VLF) figuring highly in <br />the just completed recall election, city officials and the news media have <br />begun to ask what the impact will be of Govemor -elect Schwartzenegger's <br />■ <br />promise to reduce the fee. While it is crystal clear from his campaign state- <br />: <br />The legislature is in <br />ments that the Govemor -elect supports reducing the VLF, we do not have <br />Interim Recess. It will <br />detailed information on how the plan will be implemented or how he will deal <br />■ reconvene January 5, <br />with "backfilling" cities . and counties as a result. For more, see page 2. <br />2004. <br />FEDERAL INTERNET BILLS THREATEN LOCAL REVENUES <br />URGENT CALL FOR CITY LETTERS <br />Two identical bills currently moving through Congress, H.R. 49 (Cox) and <br />■ <br />S. 150 (Allen), threaten to fundamentally undermine the telecommunications <br />tax revenue base for local governments throughout Califomia. The Internet <br />■ <br />Tax Freedom Act of 1998 prevented state and local governments from impos- <br />ing a tax on Internet access services. Under current law, Internet access <br />does not include telecommunications services. However, H.R. 49 and S. 150 <br />■ <br />would expand the coverage of the moratorium by adding "telecommunications <br />services" to the definition of Internet access. For more, see page 3. <br />. <br />......................... <br />STATE CONTROLLER WILL PROVIDE <br />. <br />Want more details on <br />VLF GAP DETAILS <br />these and other bills? <br />Log on to the League of <br />State Controller Steve Westly has agreed to a request from the League <br />California Cities Web site <br />and CSAC to provide a.jurisdication -by jurisdiction accounting of the actual <br />at www.cacities.orgl <br />VLF "gap" money owed to local government, and scheduled to be repaid in <br />legrracking. <br />August, 2006. We expect an initial accounting hopefully no later than January, <br />with a final accounting at the end of the fiscal year. As soon as this informa- <br />tion is available, we will share it with you. <br />Page 2 LEAGUE'S ONLINE CALENDAR HELPS YOU BUDGET FOR 2004 MEETINGS <br />FIRE CHIEFS LEADERSHIP SEMINAR <br />Page 3 NEW LAW & ELECTION SEMINAR <br />