RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION IN SUPPORT OF AB 1717 (LIEBER), PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION: PARE PROGRAM

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, counties administer the property tax system, which generates revenues for cities, counties, special district and schools; and

WHEREAS, statewide counties receive 17 percent of property tax revenues collected while schools receive 56 percent; and

WHEREAS, in San Mateo County, the County receives only 14 percent while schools receive 65 percent; and

WHEREAS, while counties can recover administrative costs for property tax administration and collections from cities, and special districts, it cannot recover such costs from schools, the largest recipients of the property tax revenues; and

WHEREAS, AB 1717 would allocate $60 million for property tax administration activities and create the State-County Property Assessment and Revenue for Education Funding (PARE) program;

WHEREAS, funds from AB 1717 would be allocated among counties proportional to the individual counties prior three-year average share of “non-basic aid” K-12 school district funding compared to the statewide average and enable San Mateo County to receive an estimated $1.3 million for property tax administration activities;

NOW, THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors by adoption of this resolution hereby supports AB 1717 regarding property tax administration funding.

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