Amended IN Senate August 13, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2954Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 50079 of the Government Code, relating to taxation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2954, as amended, Bonta. School districts: special taxes: uniformity requirement: unimproved property. Existing law authorizes school districts to impose qualified special taxes, subject to specified constitutional and statutory provisions. Existing law defines qualified special taxes as taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within a school district and may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for specified persons.This bill would provide an exception to the requirement that the qualified taxes apply uniformly by authorizing unimproved property to be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 50079 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2458 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2458 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 50079 of the Government Code is amended to read:50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.SEC. 1.1. Section 50079 of the Government Code is amended to read:50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that qualified unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.SEC. 1.2. Section 50079 is added to the Government Code, to read:50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) (1) If a school district provides for an exemption for a qualified special tax pursuant to subdivision (b), and the school district contracts or enters into an agreement with the county to collect the qualified special tax within the district, the school district shall annually provide to the tax collector of that county the following information:(A) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains exemption information, if available.(B) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains the application for the exemption, if available.(C) A phone number to provide persons with exemption information or direct persons requesting exemption information.(2) If a county contracts or enters into an agreement with a school district to collect a qualified special tax for the district and for which that district provides for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (b), the tax collector of that county shall include a hyperlink, which shall be identified as Parcel Tax Exemptions, on the tax collectors Internet Web site homepage to another location on the tax collectors Internet Web site that posts the hyperlinks and information provided by the school district in paragraph (1).(3) Paragraph (2) shall only apply when the school district provides the information to the tax collector required by paragraph (1). The tax collector shall not post any hyperlink to a location on a school district Internet Web site that is invalid.(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.SEC. 2. Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of this bill incorporate amendments to Section 50079 of the Government Code proposed by both this bill and Assembly Bill 2458. Those sections shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2019, (2) each bill amends Section 50079 of the Government Code, (3) Assembly Bill 2458 amends, repeals, and adds Section 50079 of the Government Code, and (4) this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 2458, in which case Section 1 of this bill shall not become operative.
Amended IN Senate August 13, 2018 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION Assembly Bill No. 2954Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 16, 2018 An act to amend Section 50079 of the Government Code, relating to taxation. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTAB 2954, as amended, Bonta. School districts: special taxes: uniformity requirement: unimproved property. Existing law authorizes school districts to impose qualified special taxes, subject to specified constitutional and statutory provisions. Existing law defines qualified special taxes as taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within a school district and may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for specified persons.This bill would provide an exception to the requirement that the qualified taxes apply uniformly by authorizing unimproved property to be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 50079 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2458 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2458 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO
Amended IN Senate August 13, 2018
Amended IN Senate August 13, 2018
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20172018 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill No. 2954
Introduced by Assembly Member BontaFebruary 16, 2018
Introduced by Assembly Member Bonta
February 16, 2018
An act to amend Section 50079 of the Government Code, relating to taxation.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 2954, as amended, Bonta. School districts: special taxes: uniformity requirement: unimproved property.
Existing law authorizes school districts to impose qualified special taxes, subject to specified constitutional and statutory provisions. Existing law defines qualified special taxes as taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within a school district and may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for specified persons.This bill would provide an exception to the requirement that the qualified taxes apply uniformly by authorizing unimproved property to be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 50079 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2458 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2458 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
Existing law authorizes school districts to impose qualified special taxes, subject to specified constitutional and statutory provisions. Existing law defines qualified special taxes as taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within a school district and may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for specified persons.
This bill would provide an exception to the requirement that the qualified taxes apply uniformly by authorizing unimproved property to be taxed at a lower rate than improved property.
This bill would incorporate additional changes to Section 50079 of the Government Code proposed by AB 2458 to be operative only if this bill and AB 2458 are enacted and this bill is enacted last.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. Section 50079 of the Government Code is amended to read:50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.SEC. 1.1. Section 50079 of the Government Code is amended to read:50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that qualified unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.SEC. 1.2. Section 50079 is added to the Government Code, to read:50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) (1) If a school district provides for an exemption for a qualified special tax pursuant to subdivision (b), and the school district contracts or enters into an agreement with the county to collect the qualified special tax within the district, the school district shall annually provide to the tax collector of that county the following information:(A) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains exemption information, if available.(B) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains the application for the exemption, if available.(C) A phone number to provide persons with exemption information or direct persons requesting exemption information.(2) If a county contracts or enters into an agreement with a school district to collect a qualified special tax for the district and for which that district provides for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (b), the tax collector of that county shall include a hyperlink, which shall be identified as Parcel Tax Exemptions, on the tax collectors Internet Web site homepage to another location on the tax collectors Internet Web site that posts the hyperlinks and information provided by the school district in paragraph (1).(3) Paragraph (2) shall only apply when the school district provides the information to the tax collector required by paragraph (1). The tax collector shall not post any hyperlink to a location on a school district Internet Web site that is invalid.(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.SEC. 2. Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of this bill incorporate amendments to Section 50079 of the Government Code proposed by both this bill and Assembly Bill 2458. Those sections shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2019, (2) each bill amends Section 50079 of the Government Code, (3) Assembly Bill 2458 amends, repeals, and adds Section 50079 of the Government Code, and (4) this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 2458, in which case Section 1 of this bill shall not become operative.
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 50079 of the Government Code is amended to read:50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.
SECTION 1. Section 50079 of the Government Code is amended to read:
### SECTION 1.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.
(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:
(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.
(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.
(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.
(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.
(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.
SEC. 1.1. Section 50079 of the Government Code is amended to read:50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that qualified unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 1.1. Section 50079 of the Government Code is amended to read:
### SEC. 1.1.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that qualified unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that qualified unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that qualified unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIIIA of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.
(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that qualified unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:
(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.
(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.
(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.
(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.
(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2020, and as of that date is repealed.
SEC. 1.2. Section 50079 is added to the Government Code, to read:50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) (1) If a school district provides for an exemption for a qualified special tax pursuant to subdivision (b), and the school district contracts or enters into an agreement with the county to collect the qualified special tax within the district, the school district shall annually provide to the tax collector of that county the following information:(A) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains exemption information, if available.(B) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains the application for the exemption, if available.(C) A phone number to provide persons with exemption information or direct persons requesting exemption information.(2) If a county contracts or enters into an agreement with a school district to collect a qualified special tax for the district and for which that district provides for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (b), the tax collector of that county shall include a hyperlink, which shall be identified as Parcel Tax Exemptions, on the tax collectors Internet Web site homepage to another location on the tax collectors Internet Web site that posts the hyperlinks and information provided by the school district in paragraph (1).(3) Paragraph (2) shall only apply when the school district provides the information to the tax collector required by paragraph (1). The tax collector shall not post any hyperlink to a location on a school district Internet Web site that is invalid.(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
SEC. 1.2. Section 50079 is added to the Government Code, to read:
### SEC. 1.2.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) (1) If a school district provides for an exemption for a qualified special tax pursuant to subdivision (b), and the school district contracts or enters into an agreement with the county to collect the qualified special tax within the district, the school district shall annually provide to the tax collector of that county the following information:(A) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains exemption information, if available.(B) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains the application for the exemption, if available.(C) A phone number to provide persons with exemption information or direct persons requesting exemption information.(2) If a county contracts or enters into an agreement with a school district to collect a qualified special tax for the district and for which that district provides for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (b), the tax collector of that county shall include a hyperlink, which shall be identified as Parcel Tax Exemptions, on the tax collectors Internet Web site homepage to another location on the tax collectors Internet Web site that posts the hyperlinks and information provided by the school district in paragraph (1).(3) Paragraph (2) shall only apply when the school district provides the information to the tax collector required by paragraph (1). The tax collector shall not post any hyperlink to a location on a school district Internet Web site that is invalid.(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) (1) If a school district provides for an exemption for a qualified special tax pursuant to subdivision (b), and the school district contracts or enters into an agreement with the county to collect the qualified special tax within the district, the school district shall annually provide to the tax collector of that county the following information:(A) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains exemption information, if available.(B) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains the application for the exemption, if available.(C) A phone number to provide persons with exemption information or direct persons requesting exemption information.(2) If a county contracts or enters into an agreement with a school district to collect a qualified special tax for the district and for which that district provides for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (b), the tax collector of that county shall include a hyperlink, which shall be identified as Parcel Tax Exemptions, on the tax collectors Internet Web site homepage to another location on the tax collectors Internet Web site that posts the hyperlinks and information provided by the school district in paragraph (1).(3) Paragraph (2) shall only apply when the school district provides the information to the tax collector required by paragraph (1). The tax collector shall not post any hyperlink to a location on a school district Internet Web site that is invalid.(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.(e) (1) If a school district provides for an exemption for a qualified special tax pursuant to subdivision (b), and the school district contracts or enters into an agreement with the county to collect the qualified special tax within the district, the school district shall annually provide to the tax collector of that county the following information:(A) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains exemption information, if available.(B) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains the application for the exemption, if available.(C) A phone number to provide persons with exemption information or direct persons requesting exemption information.(2) If a county contracts or enters into an agreement with a school district to collect a qualified special tax for the district and for which that district provides for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (b), the tax collector of that county shall include a hyperlink, which shall be identified as Parcel Tax Exemptions, on the tax collectors Internet Web site homepage to another location on the tax collectors Internet Web site that posts the hyperlinks and information provided by the school district in paragraph (1).(3) Paragraph (2) shall only apply when the school district provides the information to the tax collector required by paragraph (1). The tax collector shall not post any hyperlink to a location on a school district Internet Web site that is invalid.(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
50079. (a) Subject to Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, any school district may impose qualified special taxes within the district pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) and any other applicable procedures provided by law.
(b) (1) As used in this section, qualified special taxes means special taxes that apply uniformly to all taxpayers or all real property within the school district, except that unimproved property may be taxed at a lower rate than improved property. Qualified special taxes may include taxes that provide for an exemption from those taxes for any or all of the following taxpayers:
(A) Persons who are 65 years of age or older.
(B) Persons receiving Supplemental Security Income for a disability, regardless of age.
(C) Persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance benefits, regardless of age, whose yearly income does not exceed 250 percent of the 2012 federal poverty guidelines issued by the United States Department of Health and Human Services.
(2) Qualified special taxes do not include special taxes imposed on a particular class of property or taxpayers.
(c) The amendments made to this section by Chapter 81 of the Statutes of 2015 are declaratory of existing law.
(d) Any exemption granted pursuant to subdivision (b) shall remain in effect until the taxpayer becomes ineligible. If the taxpayer becomes ineligible for the exemption for any reason, a new exemption may be granted in the same manner.
(e) (1) If a school district provides for an exemption for a qualified special tax pursuant to subdivision (b), and the school district contracts or enters into an agreement with the county to collect the qualified special tax within the district, the school district shall annually provide to the tax collector of that county the following information:
(A) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains exemption information, if available.
(B) A hyperlink to the location on the Internet Web site of the school district that contains the application for the exemption, if available.
(C) A phone number to provide persons with exemption information or direct persons requesting exemption information.
(2) If a county contracts or enters into an agreement with a school district to collect a qualified special tax for the district and for which that district provides for an exemption pursuant to subdivision (b), the tax collector of that county shall include a hyperlink, which shall be identified as Parcel Tax Exemptions, on the tax collectors Internet Web site homepage to another location on the tax collectors Internet Web site that posts the hyperlinks and information provided by the school district in paragraph (1).
(3) Paragraph (2) shall only apply when the school district provides the information to the tax collector required by paragraph (1). The tax collector shall not post any hyperlink to a location on a school district Internet Web site that is invalid.
(f) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2020.
SEC. 2. Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of this bill incorporate amendments to Section 50079 of the Government Code proposed by both this bill and Assembly Bill 2458. Those sections shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2019, (2) each bill amends Section 50079 of the Government Code, (3) Assembly Bill 2458 amends, repeals, and adds Section 50079 of the Government Code, and (4) this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 2458, in which case Section 1 of this bill shall not become operative.
SEC. 2. Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of this bill incorporate amendments to Section 50079 of the Government Code proposed by both this bill and Assembly Bill 2458. Those sections shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2019, (2) each bill amends Section 50079 of the Government Code, (3) Assembly Bill 2458 amends, repeals, and adds Section 50079 of the Government Code, and (4) this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 2458, in which case Section 1 of this bill shall not become operative.
SEC. 2. Sections 1.1 and 1.2 of this bill incorporate amendments to Section 50079 of the Government Code proposed by both this bill and Assembly Bill 2458. Those sections shall only become operative if (1) both bills are enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2019, (2) each bill amends Section 50079 of the Government Code, (3) Assembly Bill 2458 amends, repeals, and adds Section 50079 of the Government Code, and (4) this bill is enacted after Assembly Bill 2458, in which case Section 1 of this bill shall not become operative.
### SEC. 2.