§ 1513. — Impact on local governments.
[Laws in effect as of January 24, 2002]
[Document not affected by Public Laws enacted between
January 24, 2002 and December 19, 2002]
[CITE: 2USC1513]
TITLE 2--THE CONGRESS
CHAPTER 25--UNFUNDED MANDATES REFORM
SUBCHAPTER I--LEGISLATIVE ACCOUNTABILITY AND REFORM
Sec. 1513. Impact on local governments
(a) Findings
The Senate finds that--
(1) the Congress should be concerned about shifting costs from
Federal to State and local authorities and should be equally
concerned about the growing tendency of States to shift costs to
local governments;
(2) cost shifting from States to local governments has, in many
instances, forced local governments to raise property taxes or
curtail sometimes essential services; and
(3) increases in local property taxes and cuts in essential
services threaten the ability of many citizens to attain and
maintain the American dream of owning a home in a safe, secure
community.
(b) Sense of Senate
It is the sense of the Senate that--
(1) the Federal Government should not shift certain costs to the
State, and States should end the practice of shifting costs to local
governments, which forces many local governments to increase
property taxes;
(2) States should end the imposition, in the absence of full
consideration by their legislatures, of State issued mandates on
local governments without adequate State funding, in a manner that
may displace other essential government priorities; and
(3) one primary objective of this chapter and other efforts to
change the relationship among Federal, State, and local governments
should be to reduce taxes and spending at all levels and to end the
practice of shifting costs from one level of government to another
with little or no benefit to taxpayers.
(Pub. L. 104-4, title I, Sec. 106, Mar. 22, 1995, 109 Stat. 63.)
