BILL NUMBER: AJR 77	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Members Granlund, Bordonaro, Battin,
Goldsmith, Alby, Bowler, Campbell, Cunneen, Ducheny, Leach, Leonard,
Morrow, Oller, Pacheco, Papan, Perata, Poochigian, Pringle, Runner,
Scott, Vincent, Woods, and Wright

                        AUGUST 10, 1998

   Assembly Joint Resolution No. 77--Relative to the Forest Tax
Relief Act.



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AJR 77, as introduced, Granlund.  Forest Tax Relief Act.
   This measure would memorialize the President and the Congress of
the United States to enact the "Forest Tax Relief Act," which would
repeal legislation authorizing the United States Forest Service to
implement a pilot program charging visitors of the Angeles,
Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino national forests specified
daily and yearly fees to park on national forest lands.
   Fiscal committee:  no.




   WHEREAS, In 1996, Congress authorized the United States Forest
Service to charge visitors to the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and
San Bernardino national forests daily and yearly fees to obtain a
permit to park on forest land, and issue citations for the failure to
obtain such a permit; and
   WHEREAS, Citizens of California pay for the operation and
maintenance of the national forests through the payment of federal
income taxes, and are again charged a fee to park in those forests,
which amounts to a double tax; and
   WHEREAS, The imposition of parking fees at the Angeles, Cleveland,
Los Padres, and San Bernardino national forests constitutes an
unjustified tax that has the effect of deterring individuals from
visiting and enjoying our national forests, and is producing only
half of the revenues projected for parking fees at those national
forests; now, therefore, be it
   Resolved by the Assembly and Senate of the State of California,
jointly, That the Legislature respectfully memorializes the President
and the Congress of the United States to enact the "Forest Tax
Relief Act," which would repeal legislation authorizing the United
States Forest Service to implement a pilot program charging visitors
of the Angeles, Cleveland, Los Padres, and San Bernardino national
forests specified daily and yearly fees to park on national forest
lands; and be it further
   Resolved, That the Chief Clerk of the Assembly transmit copies of
this resolution to the President and Vice President of the United
States, to the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives,
and to each Senator and Representative from California in the
Congress of the United States.