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<br />~lo:\ll-:xrs:A~~,F.R:the :Mi~:i?e;.ot;fL:cgislai:nre - An ill1p()rt~nt'aspect of this I-;~" is that it
<br />kid gh'cnfili;Ir;II>'pro,"'al lastll1ly t~;:-~l~ histo):icsh:ll:es lax base. ~~'his conn:pt-l~l_a{bc a little
<br />lllctn)J>(>litaldis<.'a(C1isl)ar~des'biJl:-:I;'~;'Va-iTcn tricky to llllclcrstalldat first gJail,:(:',but the law
<br />Prccshl, a SU,IHlI'h:'!l sch()ol :hoard'~ll:Ctllber. contains a wa)' wherehy cenain t;i~ 1):!se will
<br />conllllellled:"'<'::,,~;,;s;_ :;. .;:_,; .'d.::;~~~':' become leg;,lly a pan of a community's vallla-
<br />"I n:oall)' l)dieve ~this binjsjh~:salvation of tiou, even tholl~h the buildings arc. not pltpi-
<br />I()("algo\'eml~~_~n:t.'''.;. - -;~f_c~-:.f~~~:}:,::_, ~~ . cally located there. (~rOTe dctailson the me-
<br />Pcrhaps ahi~ toil strong, but it\\'as under- chanics of basc sharing arc given on page 105.)
<br />standahle ('~l,i!)e!":mce sinc~ Pl~ceshI- had origi- Preeshl's comment ahout the ]a\~ heing "the
<br />naled the idc~:.ilpon ~\'hic.:.h,. t~l~_ hiHwas hased. salvation of local govcrnment" st!,ikes to the
<br />l'\cyerlhdcss, P;'ceshl captnredth~'T611 signifi- essence of one of the most nagg-illg problems
<br />(".lIlce of this I~e'~ ]a\\', a .signifi(:a~~ce whiCh in the national debate over eqllali~,tion of the
<br />shollld I)C)t. go unnoticed as (:i(he~paTtsof the . property tax: Is it possible to aWlck malclistri-
<br />Nationslr~lggJewiththe same kin~l(~rpTOb- blllion of tax reSOlm:es and still preserve local
<br />)cms this law tries-t(~ meet. .~ : ~ lr~::~_: dccision-making? - . ~' ".:
<br />- The law guarante~everyunitoLgovern- This question has attracted national atten-
<br />ment in the ~rinneapolis.St. Paul metropolitan tic)J) hecause ()f the Serrano v. Pl'iesl decision
<br />an~a-\\'Jlcther a city, ,'jJlage,to\vllship, school handed down hy the California Supreme Court
<br />district, (:{)Unty or special district-a share of ahout 30 days after the ~fillnesota hill bccame
<br />10 }>cn'ent of the l"C,riOll'S future (J'rowth in Jaw. That dec:,j-si-un declared California's sdlOol
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<br />commcrl"ial.inc1nstrial assessed valuation, re- financing syste~ un,cf)J)stitntionaL The Cali-
<br />~ardless of where in the :~,{)OO.s(l'lare.mile area fornia decision was followed hy similar ones in
<br />the new commercial.industrial gmwth is physi. other States. It appeats dear that the Xation
<br />(":111)' Incated. Each community's share of the
<br />40 percent will he determined mainly by its
<br />population, hut if its tfJlCIl property valuation
<br />per (';tpita is below thclllctropoliwn average.
<br />it willl'cceivc a larger share, and if above aver-
<br />age. a smaller share.
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<br />spmlsoT('d hy lhc IL'i. Dcpartl1lcllt or nou~ill~ and
<br />lIrh:1II Ikvcloplllcnl in Scattlc, \\'ashingtnn, ill I'-c\'.
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