HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RES 81-42RESOLUTION NO. 81-42
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF
THE CITY OF TUSTIN SUPPORTIG THE
ELIMINATION OF THE FEDERAL ESTATE TAX
WHEREAS, , the Federal Government should 'not profit by the ceatn
its people; aha
WHEREAS, the State of California ~io enact legislation Prohibiting
inheritance tax on a surviving spouse; and
WHEhEAS, there is an initiative being circulate~ in t/ne State o~
California to prohibit all state inheritance tax; and
WHEREAS, thle Federal Estate Tax falls heavily on wiOows an~ orph~ms
during grievous times; and
WHEREAS, inflation has suDjecteo many families to t3~e ·Feoeral
Estate Tax that were previously exempted, ~orcing such ~uilies to borrow
~ney to pay the tax at the very instant when their ability to pay such
n'~ney is severly restricted; and
WI4ERi~S, the nDnies raise~ by the Feoeral Estate Tax ~o·not cover
tlqe cost o~ the Federal Government in collecting the sai~ tax;
NO%~ %HEREflDRE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City o~
Tustin does hereby resolve that the. Fe~erai Estate Tax be. i~e~iateiy 1'
eliminata~ and urges the League of California Cities, the National imague
of Cities, the Southern California Associati~ of C~Dver~m~ents, Congress
ano the President of these UniteG States to at,Dpt this position ar~(] ~'epeal ...... ~
the san'~ forthwith.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the Tustin City Council
held on this 20th day of April, 1981.
Mayor
A%,fEST -
City Cler~
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) SS
CITY OF TUSTIN )
MARY E. WYNN, City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of the City of
Tustin, California, does hereby certify that the whole number of the members of
the City Council of the City of Tustin is five; that the above and foregoing
Resolution No. 81-42 was duly and regularly introduced, passed and adopted at a
regular meeting of the City Council held on the 20th day of April, 1981 by the !98~1· by the
following vote:·
AYES : COUNCILPERSONS: Sharp, Hoesterey, Edgar, Kennedy, Saltarelli
NOES : COUNCILPERSONS: None
ABSENT: COUNCILPERSONS: None
MARY"' E. WYNN, City ~lerk
City of Tustin, California