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LEGISLATIVE alert SCA 12 The Ammunition Tax Bill

Josey1Josey1 Member Posts: 9,598 ✭✭
edited June 2002 in General Discussion
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Legislation Alert
June 3, 2002


SCA 12 The Ammunition Tax Bill which will impose a 5 cents tax on
ammunition will be heard by the Senate Health and Human
Services Committee on Weds. June 5. WE MUST STOP THIS BILL NOW and
ONLY YOU CAN MAKE IT HAPPEN. At a minimum PLEASE FAX AND CALL the
DEMOCRATS AND VOICE YOUR OPPOSITION TO THIS BILL. If you cannot do
this you can leave a message for the committee at (916) 445-5965.
Many people have asked us if this bill includes taxing components and
the answer is YES (see below quotations from the bill)

NOTE: Rumor on the street is that Sen. Perata may propose a change to
a 5% flat tax on ammo and components. This bill, in any form, needs to be stopped!!

***SCA 12 (Perata) If passed by 2/3 vote in both houses, this bill
would place on the November ballot an initiative to tax every round of
ammunition or on bullet components sold separately at a rate of $.05
each, or $2.50 for the average box of 50 rounds. Health and Human
Services Committee hearing June 5th. OPPOSE!!!

"(1) For the privilege of selling munitions at retail there is
hereby imposed a tax upon all retailers at the rate of 5 cents
($0.05) for each munition sold at retail in this state on or after
January 1, 2003."

"For purposes of this section, "munition" means a projectile
with its fuse, propelling charge, or primer fired from a weapon, or
any of the individual components thereof. "


Senate Health and Human Services Committee -(12)

Deborah Ortiz (Chair) DEM - 916-324-4937, Fax: 916-327-8754

Ray Haynes (Vice Chair) Rep - (916) 445-9781, Fax: (916) 447-9008

Jim Battin - Rep - (916)-445-5581, Fax: (760) 568-1501

Wesley Chesbro - Dem - 916-445-3375, Fax: 916-323-6958

Martha Escutia - Dem - 916-327-8315, Fax: 916-327-8755

Liz Figueroa - Dem - 916-445-6671, Fax: 916-327-2433

Sheila Kuehl - Dem - 916-445-1353, Fax: 916-324-4823

Bill Morrow - Rep - 916-445-3731, Fax: 760-445-3731

Richard Polanco - Dem - 916-445-3456, Fax: 916-445-0413

Gloria Romero - Dem - 916-445-1418, Fax: 916-445-0485

John Vasconcellos - Dem - 916-445-9740, Fax: 916-324-0283

Edward Vincent - Dem - 916-445-2104, Fax: 916-445-3712

Staff Director: John Miller. Consul tants: Ana Matosantos, Andrea
Margolis, Sara McCarthy and Nicole Vaz-quez . Assistant: Amofia
Moe" Katsimbras. Phone: (916) 445-5965 Room 2191.
http://www.calnra.org/alert060302.html


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