California Stealing OHV Funds being STOLEN

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Trust fund monies are apparently being transferred to the general fund again. In they past it has been a loan.

I just got this...
"State Budget, and stopping the $31,000,000.00 (Million) TAKE from our trust fund.
A TAKE is like theft. They just take the money, and is NOT a loan. Whoosh, gone. Out money for Gen Fund………… This is criminal to me……….".
 
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Butch

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Dave Pickett, AMA, has been busy trying to save our funds, and is asking for help:

http://ama-d36.org/save-our-state-ohv-funds/

I am unable to copy and paste his plea to call these guys and your own Assemblymember.

It contains this:
Jones Bill to Restore and Protect Off-Highway Vehicle Funding Clears Assembly Transportation Committee

SACRAMENTO – A bill by Assemblyman Brian Jones (R- Santee) to stop the state from taking money from off-highway vehicles (OHV) passed unanimously out of the Assembly Transportation Committee on Monday.

“California’s OHV program allows people to go off-road and into nature so that they can enjoy the beauty of our state,” Jones said. “OHV users pay fees to participate in this program, and it is wrong for the state to spend their money on completely unrelated projects.”

In 2011, the Legislature passed a law to divert $10 million paid by OHV users from the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund to the General Fund. As a result, the OHV program has faced financial difficulties. The Legislative Analyst predicts that the state will have an $11.5 billion surplus in the 2016–17 fiscal years, which means it is no longer necessary to use OHV funds to backfill the General Fund. Assembly Bill 2175 will eliminate the diversion to the General Fund, and restore funding for OHV recreation.
 
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Butch

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text from the AMA site:

Save Our State OHV Funds!
posted in: Breaking News, News, Right to Ride | 0

For the last few years, the District 36 LAO Program and OHV partners have been fighting to get our money returned to us, and this is step in the right direction.

YOU CAN HELP BY SHOWING YOUR SUPPORT WITH JUST A FEW MINUTES OF YOUR TIME TO CALL!

Call the phone number listed, and advise that you SUPPORT this Bill, and that you are an Off-Roader. The more folks that call and leave a message, the stronger the bill becomes, because he can cite larger numbers of Californians supporting this bill………

Better yet, call YOUR Assemblyman!

Spread the word!!!!!

Thanks!
Dave Pickett
LAO Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Ted Blanchard

April 21, 2016 (916) 319-2071
 
Butch

Butch

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I just used this:
http://findyourrep.legislature.ca.gov/

to send this:

there is an assembly bill, AB 2175. Please support this in any way you can:

In 2011, the Legislature passed a law to divert $10 million paid by OHV users from the Off-Highway Vehicle Trust Fund to the General Fund. As a result, the OHV program has faced financial difficulties. The Legislative Analyst predicts that the state will have an $11.5 billion surplus in the 2016–17 fiscal years, which means it is no longer necessary to use OHV funds to backfill the General Fund. Assembly Bill 2175 will eliminate the diversion to the General Fund, and restore funding for OHV recreation.

Our off highway vehicle, OHV, fund has been raided repeatedly in the past. Please help lead our legislature t more responsible behavior.

to my assemblyperson and senator...
 
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