Amended IN Assembly April 26, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2746Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 16, 2018 An act to add Section 35021.4 to the Education amend Section 3707 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to school volunteers. taxation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2746, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. School volunteers: seniors as mentors. Taxation: tax-defaulted property sales.Existing property tax law attaches, as a lien against property, taxes that are owed on that property. Existing law generally declares in default the taxes, assessments, and penalties on real property if those charges are not paid by a specified time. Existing law requires the tax collector to attempt to sell property that has become tax defaulted 5 years or more after that property has become tax defaulted, and in the case of tax-defaulted property that is also subject to a nuisance abatement lien, 3 years or more after that property becomes tax defaulted, as specified. During these 3- and 5-year periods, existing law allows a taxpayer a right of redemption whereby the taxpayer may pay specified charges to remove the lien against the property. Existing law specifies that this right of redemption terminates on the last business day prior to the date that the sale of the property begins and, if the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date, as specified. Existing law also provides that the right of redemption is revived if the property is not sold.This bill would provide that if a property has not been redeemed, any person or entity with title of record to the property loses all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein, upon close of the redemption period. However, those rights return if the right of redemption is revived. This bill would specify that the provisions relating to the right of redemption do not affect the distribution of proceeds, as specified. The bill would also provide that the sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during the redemption period is to sell the tax-defaulted property, and specify that the tax collector and the county are not liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to permit any person, except a person required to register as a sex offender, to serve as a nonteaching volunteer aide, or to perform other specified duties, under the immediate supervision and direction of certificated personnel of the school district, as specified. Existing law requires that a nonteaching volunteer aide serve without compensation of any type or other benefits accorded to employees of the school district, except as specified. Existing law prohibits a school district from abolishing a classified position and using a nonteaching volunteer aide in lieu of a classified employee, and from refusing to employ a person in a vacant classified position and using a volunteer aide in lieu of filling the classified position. Existing law authorizes a school district or county office of education to request that a local law enforcement agency conduct an automated records check of a prospective nonteaching volunteer aide, as specified. This bill would authorize a local educational agency, as defined, to operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils. The bill would require that a senior in the seniors as mentors program be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of the provisions governing nonteaching volunteer aides, except as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The bill would require the department to post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YESNO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 3707 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:3707. (a) (1) The right of redemption terminates at the close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the sale.(2) If the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires pursuant to Section 3693.1, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any remittance sent by mail for redemption of tax-defaulted property must be received in the tax collectors office prior to the time established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).(c) The sale shall be deemed complete when full payment has been received by the tax collector.(d) The right of redemption revives if the property is not sold.(e) If the tax-defaulted property is not redeemed prior to the redemption termination deadline specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall lose all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein. If the right of redemption is revived pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or pursuant to subdivision (d), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall regain all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein.(f) Nothing in this section affects the distribution of proceeds pursuant to Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 4671) of Part 8.(g) Neither the tax collector nor the county shall not be liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto, whether the injury arises out of an act or omission of the tax collector, the county, their employee, or any other person from the time the redemption rights terminate to the time that the tax collector executes a deed to the purchaser. The sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during this period is to sell the tax-defaulted property.SECTION 1.Section 35021.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:35021.4.(a)For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1)Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2)Senior means a person who is 60 years of age or older.(b)A local educational agency may operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils, pursuant to this section. A senior who participates in this program shall be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of Sections 35021 and 35021.1, except that the work of a senior mentor shall be as described in this section.(c)The department shall offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The training may include, for example, trainings at schoolsites.(d)The department shall post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site. Amended IN Assembly April 26, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2746Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 16, 2018 An act to add Section 35021.4 to the Education amend Section 3707 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to school volunteers. taxation.LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2746, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. School volunteers: seniors as mentors. Taxation: tax-defaulted property sales.Existing property tax law attaches, as a lien against property, taxes that are owed on that property. Existing law generally declares in default the taxes, assessments, and penalties on real property if those charges are not paid by a specified time. Existing law requires the tax collector to attempt to sell property that has become tax defaulted 5 years or more after that property has become tax defaulted, and in the case of tax-defaulted property that is also subject to a nuisance abatement lien, 3 years or more after that property becomes tax defaulted, as specified. During these 3- and 5-year periods, existing law allows a taxpayer a right of redemption whereby the taxpayer may pay specified charges to remove the lien against the property. Existing law specifies that this right of redemption terminates on the last business day prior to the date that the sale of the property begins and, if the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date, as specified. Existing law also provides that the right of redemption is revived if the property is not sold.This bill would provide that if a property has not been redeemed, any person or entity with title of record to the property loses all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein, upon close of the redemption period. However, those rights return if the right of redemption is revived. This bill would specify that the provisions relating to the right of redemption do not affect the distribution of proceeds, as specified. The bill would also provide that the sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during the redemption period is to sell the tax-defaulted property, and specify that the tax collector and the county are not liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to permit any person, except a person required to register as a sex offender, to serve as a nonteaching volunteer aide, or to perform other specified duties, under the immediate supervision and direction of certificated personnel of the school district, as specified. Existing law requires that a nonteaching volunteer aide serve without compensation of any type or other benefits accorded to employees of the school district, except as specified. Existing law prohibits a school district from abolishing a classified position and using a nonteaching volunteer aide in lieu of a classified employee, and from refusing to employ a person in a vacant classified position and using a volunteer aide in lieu of filling the classified position. Existing law authorizes a school district or county office of education to request that a local law enforcement agency conduct an automated records check of a prospective nonteaching volunteer aide, as specified. This bill would authorize a local educational agency, as defined, to operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils. The bill would require that a senior in the seniors as mentors program be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of the provisions governing nonteaching volunteer aides, except as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The bill would require the department to post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site. Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YESNO Local Program: NO Amended IN Assembly April 26, 2018 Amended IN Assembly April 26, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2746 Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo GarciaFebruary 16, 2018 Introduced by Assembly Member Eduardo Garcia February 16, 2018 An act to add Section 35021.4 to the Education amend Section 3707 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to school volunteers. taxation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST ## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 2746, as amended, Eduardo Garcia. School volunteers: seniors as mentors. Taxation: tax-defaulted property sales. Existing property tax law attaches, as a lien against property, taxes that are owed on that property. Existing law generally declares in default the taxes, assessments, and penalties on real property if those charges are not paid by a specified time. Existing law requires the tax collector to attempt to sell property that has become tax defaulted 5 years or more after that property has become tax defaulted, and in the case of tax-defaulted property that is also subject to a nuisance abatement lien, 3 years or more after that property becomes tax defaulted, as specified. During these 3- and 5-year periods, existing law allows a taxpayer a right of redemption whereby the taxpayer may pay specified charges to remove the lien against the property. Existing law specifies that this right of redemption terminates on the last business day prior to the date that the sale of the property begins and, if the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date, as specified. Existing law also provides that the right of redemption is revived if the property is not sold.This bill would provide that if a property has not been redeemed, any person or entity with title of record to the property loses all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein, upon close of the redemption period. However, those rights return if the right of redemption is revived. This bill would specify that the provisions relating to the right of redemption do not affect the distribution of proceeds, as specified. The bill would also provide that the sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during the redemption period is to sell the tax-defaulted property, and specify that the tax collector and the county are not liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto.Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to permit any person, except a person required to register as a sex offender, to serve as a nonteaching volunteer aide, or to perform other specified duties, under the immediate supervision and direction of certificated personnel of the school district, as specified. Existing law requires that a nonteaching volunteer aide serve without compensation of any type or other benefits accorded to employees of the school district, except as specified. Existing law prohibits a school district from abolishing a classified position and using a nonteaching volunteer aide in lieu of a classified employee, and from refusing to employ a person in a vacant classified position and using a volunteer aide in lieu of filling the classified position. Existing law authorizes a school district or county office of education to request that a local law enforcement agency conduct an automated records check of a prospective nonteaching volunteer aide, as specified. This bill would authorize a local educational agency, as defined, to operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils. The bill would require that a senior in the seniors as mentors program be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of the provisions governing nonteaching volunteer aides, except as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The bill would require the department to post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site. Existing property tax law attaches, as a lien against property, taxes that are owed on that property. Existing law generally declares in default the taxes, assessments, and penalties on real property if those charges are not paid by a specified time. Existing law requires the tax collector to attempt to sell property that has become tax defaulted 5 years or more after that property has become tax defaulted, and in the case of tax-defaulted property that is also subject to a nuisance abatement lien, 3 years or more after that property becomes tax defaulted, as specified. During these 3- and 5-year periods, existing law allows a taxpayer a right of redemption whereby the taxpayer may pay specified charges to remove the lien against the property. Existing law specifies that this right of redemption terminates on the last business day prior to the date that the sale of the property begins and, if the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date, as specified. Existing law also provides that the right of redemption is revived if the property is not sold. This bill would provide that if a property has not been redeemed, any person or entity with title of record to the property loses all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein, upon close of the redemption period. However, those rights return if the right of redemption is revived. This bill would specify that the provisions relating to the right of redemption do not affect the distribution of proceeds, as specified. The bill would also provide that the sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during the redemption period is to sell the tax-defaulted property, and specify that the tax collector and the county are not liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto. Existing law authorizes the governing board of a school district to permit any person, except a person required to register as a sex offender, to serve as a nonteaching volunteer aide, or to perform other specified duties, under the immediate supervision and direction of certificated personnel of the school district, as specified. Existing law requires that a nonteaching volunteer aide serve without compensation of any type or other benefits accorded to employees of the school district, except as specified. Existing law prohibits a school district from abolishing a classified position and using a nonteaching volunteer aide in lieu of a classified employee, and from refusing to employ a person in a vacant classified position and using a volunteer aide in lieu of filling the classified position. Existing law authorizes a school district or county office of education to request that a local law enforcement agency conduct an automated records check of a prospective nonteaching volunteer aide, as specified. This bill would authorize a local educational agency, as defined, to operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils. The bill would require that a senior in the seniors as mentors program be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of the provisions governing nonteaching volunteer aides, except as specified. The bill would require the State Department of Education to offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The bill would require the department to post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site. ## Digest Key ## Bill Text The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 3707 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:3707. (a) (1) The right of redemption terminates at the close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the sale.(2) If the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires pursuant to Section 3693.1, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any remittance sent by mail for redemption of tax-defaulted property must be received in the tax collectors office prior to the time established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).(c) The sale shall be deemed complete when full payment has been received by the tax collector.(d) The right of redemption revives if the property is not sold.(e) If the tax-defaulted property is not redeemed prior to the redemption termination deadline specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall lose all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein. If the right of redemption is revived pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or pursuant to subdivision (d), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall regain all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein.(f) Nothing in this section affects the distribution of proceeds pursuant to Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 4671) of Part 8.(g) Neither the tax collector nor the county shall not be liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto, whether the injury arises out of an act or omission of the tax collector, the county, their employee, or any other person from the time the redemption rights terminate to the time that the tax collector executes a deed to the purchaser. The sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during this period is to sell the tax-defaulted property.SECTION 1.Section 35021.4 is added to the Education Code, to read:35021.4.(a)For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply:(1)Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school.(2)Senior means a person who is 60 years of age or older.(b)A local educational agency may operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils, pursuant to this section. A senior who participates in this program shall be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of Sections 35021 and 35021.1, except that the work of a senior mentor shall be as described in this section.(c)The department shall offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The training may include, for example, trainings at schoolsites.(d)The department shall post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site. The people of the State of California do enact as follows: ## The people of the State of California do enact as follows: SECTION 1. Section 3707 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read:3707. (a) (1) The right of redemption terminates at the close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the sale.(2) If the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires pursuant to Section 3693.1, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any remittance sent by mail for redemption of tax-defaulted property must be received in the tax collectors office prior to the time established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).(c) The sale shall be deemed complete when full payment has been received by the tax collector.(d) The right of redemption revives if the property is not sold.(e) If the tax-defaulted property is not redeemed prior to the redemption termination deadline specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall lose all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein. If the right of redemption is revived pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or pursuant to subdivision (d), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall regain all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein.(f) Nothing in this section affects the distribution of proceeds pursuant to Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 4671) of Part 8.(g) Neither the tax collector nor the county shall not be liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto, whether the injury arises out of an act or omission of the tax collector, the county, their employee, or any other person from the time the redemption rights terminate to the time that the tax collector executes a deed to the purchaser. The sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during this period is to sell the tax-defaulted property. SECTION 1. Section 3707 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is amended to read: ### SECTION 1. 3707. (a) (1) The right of redemption terminates at the close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the sale.(2) If the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires pursuant to Section 3693.1, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any remittance sent by mail for redemption of tax-defaulted property must be received in the tax collectors office prior to the time established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).(c) The sale shall be deemed complete when full payment has been received by the tax collector.(d) The right of redemption revives if the property is not sold.(e) If the tax-defaulted property is not redeemed prior to the redemption termination deadline specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall lose all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein. If the right of redemption is revived pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or pursuant to subdivision (d), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall regain all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein.(f) Nothing in this section affects the distribution of proceeds pursuant to Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 4671) of Part 8.(g) Neither the tax collector nor the county shall not be liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto, whether the injury arises out of an act or omission of the tax collector, the county, their employee, or any other person from the time the redemption rights terminate to the time that the tax collector executes a deed to the purchaser. The sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during this period is to sell the tax-defaulted property. 3707. (a) (1) The right of redemption terminates at the close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the sale.(2) If the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires pursuant to Section 3693.1, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any remittance sent by mail for redemption of tax-defaulted property must be received in the tax collectors office prior to the time established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).(c) The sale shall be deemed complete when full payment has been received by the tax collector.(d) The right of redemption revives if the property is not sold.(e) If the tax-defaulted property is not redeemed prior to the redemption termination deadline specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall lose all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein. If the right of redemption is revived pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or pursuant to subdivision (d), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall regain all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein.(f) Nothing in this section affects the distribution of proceeds pursuant to Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 4671) of Part 8.(g) Neither the tax collector nor the county shall not be liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto, whether the injury arises out of an act or omission of the tax collector, the county, their employee, or any other person from the time the redemption rights terminate to the time that the tax collector executes a deed to the purchaser. The sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during this period is to sell the tax-defaulted property. 3707. (a) (1) The right of redemption terminates at the close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the sale.(2) If the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires pursuant to Section 3693.1, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any remittance sent by mail for redemption of tax-defaulted property must be received in the tax collectors office prior to the time established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a).(c) The sale shall be deemed complete when full payment has been received by the tax collector.(d) The right of redemption revives if the property is not sold.(e) If the tax-defaulted property is not redeemed prior to the redemption termination deadline specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall lose all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein. If the right of redemption is revived pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or pursuant to subdivision (d), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall regain all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein.(f) Nothing in this section affects the distribution of proceeds pursuant to Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 4671) of Part 8.(g) Neither the tax collector nor the county shall not be liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto, whether the injury arises out of an act or omission of the tax collector, the county, their employee, or any other person from the time the redemption rights terminate to the time that the tax collector executes a deed to the purchaser. The sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during this period is to sell the tax-defaulted property. 3707. (a) (1) The right of redemption terminates at the close of business on the last business day prior to the date of the sale. (2) If the tax collector approves a sale as a credit transaction and does not receive full payment on or before the date upon which the tax collector requires pursuant to Section 3693.1, the right of redemption is revived on the next business day following that date. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, any remittance sent by mail for redemption of tax-defaulted property must be received in the tax collectors office prior to the time established in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a). (c) The sale shall be deemed complete when full payment has been received by the tax collector. (d) The right of redemption revives if the property is not sold. (e) If the tax-defaulted property is not redeemed prior to the redemption termination deadline specified in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall lose all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein. If the right of redemption is revived pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) or pursuant to subdivision (d), any person or entity with title of record to the property shall regain all rights in the property, including all legal and equitable interest therein. (f) Nothing in this section affects the distribution of proceeds pursuant to Chapter 1.3 (commencing with Section 4671) of Part 8. (g) Neither the tax collector nor the county shall not be liable for any injury on the property or relating thereto, whether the injury arises out of an act or omission of the tax collector, the county, their employee, or any other person from the time the redemption rights terminate to the time that the tax collector executes a deed to the purchaser. The sole responsibility of the tax collector and the county during this period is to sell the tax-defaulted property. (a)For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1)Local educational agency means a school district, county office of education, or charter school. (2)Senior means a person who is 60 years of age or older. (b)A local educational agency may operate a seniors as mentors program by recruiting senior volunteers to serve as mentors to pupils, pursuant to this section. A senior who participates in this program shall be considered a nonteaching volunteer aide for purposes of Sections 35021 and 35021.1, except that the work of a senior mentor shall be as described in this section. (c)The department shall offer training and support to a local educational agency that operates a seniors as mentors program and to seniors who participate in the program. The training may include, for example, trainings at schoolsites. (d)The department shall post a notice of the opportunity for seniors to participate in the seniors as mentors program on the departments Internet Web site.