BILL NUMBER:  ABX2 10
  VETOED	DATE: 05/04/2016




May 4, 2016



To the Members of the California State Assembly:

I am returning Assembly Bill X2 10 without my signature.

This bill would permit, on a blanket basis, tobacco taxation at the
discretion of local counties.

Although California has one of the lowest cigarette tax rates in the
nation, I am reluctant to approve this measure in view of all the
taxes being proposed for the 2016 ballot.

Sincerely,



Edmund G. Brown Jr.