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-lei 9 Local Government, as described in this measure; (2) insure that local tax dollars are dedicated to local governments to fund local public services; (3) insure that the Legislature reimburses local governments when the State mandates local governments to assume more financial responsibility for new or existing programs; and (4) prohibit the Legislature from deferring or delaying annual reimbursement to local govern- ments for state -mar: dated programs. SECTION THREE. Article XIIIE is hereby added to the California Constitution to read as follows: ARTICLE XIIIE Local Taxpayers and Public Safety Protection Act Section 1. State -wide Voter Approval Required (a) Approval by a majority vote of the electorate, as provided for in this section, shall be required before any act of the Legislature takes effect that removes the following funding sources, or portions thereof, from the control of any Local Government as follows: (i) Reduces, or suspends or delays the receipt of, any Local Government's proportionate share of the Local Property Tax when the Legislature exercises its power to apportion the Local Property Tax; or requires any Local Government to remit Local Property Taxes to the State, a state -created fund, or, without the consent of the affected Local Governments, to another Local Government; (ii) Reduces, or delays or suspends the receipt of, the Local Government Base Year Fund to any Local Government, without appropriating funds to offset the reduction, delay or suspension in an equal amount; (iii) Restricts the authority to impose, or changes the method of distributing, the Local Sales Tax; (iv) Reduces, or suspends or delays the receipt of, the 2003 Local Government Payment Deferral; or (v) Fails to reinstate the suspended Bradley -Bums Uniform Sales Tax Rate in accordance with Section 97.68 of the Revenue and Taxation Code added by Chapter 162 of 2003 Statutes; or reduces any Local Government's allocation of the Property Tax required by Section 97.68 while the Sales Tax Rate is suspended. (b) A vote of the electorate, as provided in this section, shall also be required if an act of the Legislature that establishes classifications or exemptions from the Local Property Tax or the Local Sales Tax does not include a continuous appropriation to reimburse Local Governments for the actual loss of revenue from those classifications or exemptions. (c) Prior to its submission to the electorate, an act subject to voter approval under this section must be approved by the same vote of the Legislature as is required to enact a budget bill and shall not take effect until approved by a majority of those voting on the measure at the next statewide election in accor- dance with subdivision (d). (d) When an election is required by this section, the Secretary of State shall present the following question to the electorate: "Shall that action taken by the Legislature in [Chapter of the Statutes of ], which affects local revenues, be approved? Visit the League's Official Web Site-- www.caci ties. org PRIORITY FOCUS /PAGE 0