HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 1987-32RESOLUTION N0. 07-32
A RESOLUTION ASKING THE U.S. CONGRESS TO
REJECT PROPOSALS BY THE EXECUTIVE BRANCH TO
REMOVE THE CURRENT EXEMPTIONS FOR LOCAL
GOVERNMENT VEHICLES FROM FEDERAL HIGHWAY
GASOLINE AND EXCISE TAXES} PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, the proposed budget submitted to the U.S. Congress
by the executive Branch the imposition of federal gas
and excise taxes on local government vehicles in an attempt to
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raise $800 million new federal tax dollars annually; and
' WHEREAS, such forms of taxation are in conflict with the
Constitutional concept of reciprocal immunity which provides that
one level of government may not tax another; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cape Canaveral will be required to pay
federal highway gas and excise taxes if the exemption for local
government vehicles is repealed] and
WHEREAS, Florida municipalities are restricted by State law
in their ability to increase local revenues to absorb such a
mandated additional cost; and
WHEREAS, federally funded loan and grant programs to munici-
palities have diminished over the past several years; and
WHEREAS, the increased costsassociated with .federally
mandated legislation, combined with the decreasing funding
sources, has prevented member municipalites of the Brevard County
League of Cities from addressing major infrastructure needs;
NOW, THERFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the
City of Cape Canaveral, Brevard County, Florida, as follows:
SECTION 1. The City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral
hereby opposes the repeal of .the exemption for local government
I vehicles from federal highway gas and excise taxes as provided by
the Executive Branch.
SECTION 2. Senators Lawton Chiles and Bob Graham,
Representative Bill Nelson and all other members of the Florida
Congressional Delegation are hereby formally requested to oppose
the repeal of the exemption for local government vehicles from
federal highway gas and excise taxes.
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SECTION 3 . The City Clerk is hereby directed to provide
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copies of this Resolution to Senators Lawton Chiles and Bob
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Graham, Representative Bill Nelson, all other members of the
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Florida Congressional Delegation, the Florida League of Cities
and the Brevard County Commissioners. ■
SECTION 3 . This Resolution shall become effective immed-
iately upon its adoption.
ADOPTED BY the City Council of the City of Cape Canaveral,
Florida, this 19th day of May , 1987.
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