Article: San Martin's independence may get boost with bill.

Byline: Matt King

Feb. 21--GILROY -- A bill that will be introduced in the state legislature Tuesday may give a push to San Martin's idling incorporation plans.

Authored by Assemblyman John Laird (D-Santa Cruz), the bill would restore tax revenues that a recent ballot measure took away from newly incorporated towns.

Passed last November, Proposition 1A protects cities and counties from having tax revenue taken by the state through a complicated process whereby schools hand over property tax revenue to their municipalities and are reimbursed by the state. Proposition 1A did not, however, include language dealing with new towns, leaving areas ...

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