BILL NUMBER: AB 2601	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Benoit

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2008

   An act to add Section 11006 to the Revenue and Taxation Code,
relating to local government finance.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2601, as introduced, Benoit. Local government finance: vehicle
license fee revenues: sanctuary cities.
   The Vehicle License Fee (VLF) Law establishes, in lieu of any ad
valorem property tax upon vehicles, an annual license fee for any
vehicle subject to registration in this state. Under existing law,
the Controller is required to allocate VLF revenues in the Motor
Vehicle License Fee Account in a specified order to cities, counties,
and cities and counties.
   This bill would require that vehicle license fee revenues not be
allocated to any city that is declared to be a sanctuary city, as
defined. This bill would state the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would create a specified fund in the State
Treasury, for the deposit of VLF revenues that would otherwise be
allocated to a sanctuary city, for the purpose of providing grants to
cities that would like additional law enforcement training, as
specified.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 11006 is added to the Revenue and Taxation
Code, to read:
   11006.  (a) Any city that is declared to be a sanctuary city shall
not be allocated any vehicle license fee revenues.
   (b) Vehicle license fee revenues that would otherwise be allocated
to a sanctuary city shall be allocated equally to any city, county,
and city and county that has not been declared a sanctuary city.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that
would create in the State Treasury, the Optional Local Immigration
Enforcement Fund, for the deposit of vehicle license fee revenues
that would otherwise be allocated to a sanctuary city, for the
purpose of providing grants to cities that request additional law
enforcement training pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 287 of
the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigration Responsibility
Act.
   (d) For purposes of this section, a "sanctuary city" means a city
that adopts a "don't ask, don't tell" policy, by not requiring their
employees, including law enforcement officers, to report to federal
officials aliens who may be illegally present in the city, or by not
requiring an applicant who applies for a municipal identification
card to provide verification of their immigration status.