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San Diego Transit Tax and Voter Initiative Rules
This law allows voters in San Diego County to propose a transit tax through an initiative and excludes that specific tax from the county's overall sales tax limit.
What This Bill Does
- Allows qualified voter initiatives to impose a transactions and use tax for public transit purposes within the jurisdiction of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS).
- Excludes the 0.5% transit tax rate imposed by MTS or a voter initiative from the combined 2% tax cap set by state law.
- Imposes additional duties on county elections officials related to these new voter measures, creating a potential state-mandated local program.
Who It Names or Affects
- Voters in the southern portion of San Diego County
- The San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS)
- County elections officials
Terms To Know
- Transactions and use tax
- A fee added to sales or the purchase of goods used within a specific area.
- Voter initiative
- A process that allows citizens to propose laws or taxes directly through voting.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not state when it will officially take effect.
- Reimbursement for local costs depends on a future decision by the Commission on State Mandates regarding whether costs are mandated by the state.