Pursuant to subdivision (b) of § 29 of Article XIII of the California Constitution, on or after November 4, 1998, counties, cities and counties, and cities may enter into contracts to apportion revenue between them, provided that both of the following conditions are met:

(a) Each contract is proposed in an ordinance or resolution of the governing body of each jurisdiction that is a party to that contract.

Terms Used In California Government Code 55704.5

  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • revenue: means revenue derived from the tax collected pursuant to the Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law provided for in Part 1. See California Government Code 55702
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which the term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Government Code 10

(b) Each proposing ordinance or resolution described in subdivision (a) is approved by a two-thirds vote of the governing body to which it is submitted.

(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 56, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2000.)

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