CC Resolution No. 8806
RESOLUTION NO. 8806
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CUPERTINO SUPPORTING THE "FEDERAL MANDATE RELIEF
ACT OF 1993"
WHEREAS, the Federal Government has imposed unfunded federal mandates on
State and local governments without ensuring that they will pay the costs incurred by
those governments in complying with certain requirements under Federal statutes and
regulations; and
WHEREAS, unfunded Federal mandates on State and local governments have
become increasingly extensive in recent years; and
WHEREAS, such mandates have, in many instances, added to growing deficits in
State and local budgets and have resulted in the need for State and local governments to
increase revenue or curtail services; and
WHEREAS, such excessive fiscal burdens on State and local governments have
undermined, in many instances, the ability of State and local governments to achieve
their responsibilities under State and local law; and
WHEREAS, proposed legislation has been drafted to assure that the Federal
Government pays the total amount of direct costs incurred by State and local
governments in complying with certain requirements which take effect on or after the
date of the enactment of the proposed legislation under a Federal statute or regulation;
and
WHEREAS, the legislation may be cited as the "Federal Mandate Relief Act of
1993,"
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
Cupertino hereby expresses support for the "Federal Mandate Relief Act of 1993" which
would assure that notwithstanding any other provision of law, any requirement under a
Federal statute or regulation that a State or local government conduct an activity
(including a requirement that a government meet national standards in providing a
service) shall apply to the government only if all funds necessary to pay the direct costs
incurred by the government in conducting the activity are provided by the Federal
Government.
RES,OLUTION NO. 8806
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of
Cupertino this 7th day of December , 1992, by the following
vote:
Vote Members of the City Council
}\,(ES: Dean, Goldman, Koppel, Sorensen, Szabo
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
ABSTAIN: None
ATTEST: APPROVED:
/s/ Dorothy Cornelius
City Clerk
/s/ Nick Szabo
Mayor, City of Cupertino
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