To: [aaron r p] at [netcom.com] Subject: proposition 170 Date: Wed, 01 Sep 93 22:41:36 +45722824 From: aphrael <[a--r--l] at [cats.ucsc.edu]> This amendment proposed by Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 (Statutes of 1992, Resolution Chapter 135) expressly amends the Constitution by amending sections thereof; therefore, existing provisions proposed to be deleted are marked by curly brackets, and new provisions proposed to be added are marked by asterisks. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO ARTICLE XIII A, SECTION 1 AND ARTICLE XVI, SECTION 18. First----That Section 1 of Article XIII A thereof is amended to read: Section 1. (a) The maximum amount of an ad valorem tax on real property shall not exceed {One} *one* percent (1%) of the full cash value of such property. The one percent (1%) tax {to} *shall* be collected by the counties and apportioned according to law to the districts within the counties. (b) The limitation provided for in subdivision (a) shall not apply to ad valorem taxes or special assessments to pay the interest and redemption charges on {1} *any of the following*: *(1) Any* indebtedness approved by the voters prior to July 1, 1978, {or} (2) *Any* bonded indebtedness, *not subject to paragraph (3)*, for the acquisition or improvement of real property approved on or after July 1, 1978, by two-thirds of the {votes cast by the} voters voting on the proposition. *(3) Any bonded indebtedness incurred by a school district, county office of education, or community college district for the construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of school facilities, including the furnishing and equipping thereof, or the acquisition of real prooperty therefor, approved by the majority of the voters voting on the proposition on or after the day after the date of the election at which Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 og the 1991-92 Regular Session is approved. (c) No ad valorem tax levied pursuant to subdivision (b) shall be deemed a special tax for purposes of this article. (d) Section 65997 of the Government Code, as that section read on the effective date of this subdivision, has no force or effect.* Second----That Section 18 of Article XVI thereof is amended to read: SECTION 18. *(a)* No county, city, town, township, board of education, or school district, shall incur any indebtedness or liability in any manner or for any purpose exceeding in any year the income and revenue provided for {such} *that* year, withou the assent of two-thirds of the {qualified electors} *voters* thereof, voting at an election to be held for that purpose, except that, with respect to any such public entity which is authorized to incur indebtedness for public school purposes, any proposition for the incurrence of indebtedness in the form of general obligation bonds for the purpose of repairing, reconstructing, or replacing public school buildings, determined, in the manner prescribed by la, to be structurally unsafe for school use, shall be adopted upon the approval of a majority of the {qualified electors}*voters* of the public entity voting on the proposition at {such} *the* election; nor, unless, before, or at the time of incurring {such} *the* election; nor unless, before or at the time of incurring {such} *the* indebtedness, provision shall be made for the collection of an annual tax sufficient to py the interest on {such} *the* indebtedness as it falls due, and also provision to constitute a sinking fund for the payment of the principal thereof, on or before maturity, which shall not exceed foty years from the time of contracting the {same} *indebtedness*; provided, however, anything to the contrary herein notwithstanding, when two or more propositions for incurring any indebtedness or liability are submitted at the same electin, the votes cast for and against each proposition shall be counted separately, and when two-thirds or a majority of the {qualified electors} *voters*, as the case may be, voting on an one of {such} *those* propositions, vote in favor thereof, {such} *the* proposition shall be deemed adopted. *(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), on or after the day after the date of the election at which a majority of the voters voting in that election on Assembly Constitutional Amendment 6 of the 1991-92 Regular Session approve it, with respect to any school district, county office of education, or community college district, any proposition for the incurrence of indebtedness in the form of teneral obligation bonds for the construction, reconstruction, or rehabilitation of school facilities, including the furnishing and equipping thereof, or the acquisition of real property therefor, shall be adopted upon the approval of a majority of the voters of the district or county, as appropriate, voting on the proposition at an election held for that purpose.* ==== Source: Pages 40-41 of the California Ballot Pamphlet for the November 2, 1993, Special Statewide Election. --- This signature failed to meet the standards set by the UC Santa Cruz Signature Review Board. 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