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I <br />MP <br />(h) Therefore, the People decl ^re that the purposes of this Act are to: <br />(1) require voter approval before the Legislature removes local tax dollars <br />from the control of Local Government, as described in this measure; <br />(2) insure that local tax dollars are dedicated to local governments to fund <br />local public services; <br />(3) insure that the Legislature reimburses local governments when the <br />State mandates local governments to assume more financial responsibility <br />for new or existing programs; and <br />(4) prohibit the Legislature from deferring or delaying annual <br />reimbursement to local governments for state - mandated programs. <br />SECTION THREE. Article XIHE is hereby added to the California Constitution to <br />read as follows: <br />ARTICLE XIHE Local Taxpayers and Public Safety Protection Act <br />Section 1. State -wide Voter Approval Required <br />(a) Approval by a majority vote of the electorate, as provided for in this section, <br />shall be required before any act of the Legislature takes effect that removes the following <br />funding sources, or portions thereof, from the control of any Local Government as <br />follows: <br />(1) Reduces, or suspends or delays the receipt of, any Local Government's <br />proportionate share of the Local Property Tax when the Legislature <br />exercises its power to apportion the Local Property Tax; or requires <br />any Local Government to remit Local Property Taxes to the State, a <br />state - created fund, or, without the consent of the affected Local <br />Governments, to another Local Government; <br />(2) Reduces, or delays or suspends the receipt of, the Local Government <br />Base Year Fund to any Local Government, withotf appropriating <br />funds to offset the reduction, delay or suspension in an equal amount; <br />(3) Restricts the authority to impose, or changes the method of <br />distributing, the Local Sales Tax; <br />(4) Reduces, or suspends or delays the receipt of, the 2003 Local <br />Government Payment Deferral; or <br />(5) Fails to reinstate the suspended Bradley -Bums Uniform Sales Tax <br />Rate in accordance with Section 97.68 of the Revenue and Taxation <br />Code added by Chapter 162 of 2003 Statutes; or reduces any Local <br />Government's allocation of the Property Tax required by Section <br />97.68 while the Sales Tax Rate is suspended. <br />2 <br />