BILL NUMBER: AB 183	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN SENATE  MARCH 18, 2010
	AMENDED IN SENATE  SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

INTRODUCED BY    Committee on Budget   (
  Evans (Chair), Arambula, Beall, Blumenfield,
Brownley, Caballero, Carter, De La Torre, Feuer, Hill, Huffman,
Monning, Ruskin, and Swanson   )  
Assembly Member   Caballero 
    (   Principal  coauthors:  
Senators   Ashburn   and Calderon   )

    (   Coauthor:   Assembly Member  
Huber   ) 
    (   Coauthor:   Senator   Alquist
  ) 

                        FEBRUARY 2, 2009

    An act to amend Section 13311.1 of, and to amend, repeal,
and add Section 5924 of, the Government Code, to amend Section
2103.1 of the Streets and Highways Code, to add Section 12104 to the
Welfare and Institutions Code, and to amend Section 39 of Chapter 12
of the Statutes of 2009 of the Third Extraordinary Session, relating
to state finances, making an appropriation therefor, and declaring
the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.   An
act to add and repeal Section 17059.1 of the Revenue and Taxation
Code, relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.




	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 183, as amended,  Committee on Budget  
Caballero  .  Budget Act of 2009.   Income
tax credit: qualified principal residence.  
   The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes various credits against the
taxes imposed by that law, including a credit against those taxes in
an amount equal to the lesser of 5% of the purchase price of a
qualified principal residence, as defined, or $10,000, for purchases
made between March 1, 2009, and before March 1, 2010, subject to
specified restrictions.  
   This bill would authorize a credit against those taxes in an
amount equal to the lesser of 5% of the purchase price of a qualified
principal residence, as defined, or $10,000, for purchases made
between May 1, 2010, and on or before December 31, 2010, or on or
after December 31, 2010, and before August 1, 2011, subject to
specified restrictions, including the submission of a certification
to the Franchise Tax Board by either the taxpayer or seller, made
under the penalty of perjury, that the residence has either never
been occupied or that the taxpayer is a first-time home buyer. 

   This bill would limit the total amount of credits to $200,000,000
and would require that the aggregate limitation of $100,000,000 in
credits for the purchase of qualified principal residences that have
never been occupied be reduced by 70% of the credit amount allocated
under each certification by the Franchise Tax Board, and would
require that the aggregate limitation of $100,000,000 in credits for
the purchase of a qualified principal residence by first-time home
buyers be reduced by 57% of the credit amount allocated under each
certification by the Franchise Tax Board.  
   By expanding the definition of an existing crime, this bill
imposes a state-mandated local program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.  
   This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy. 

   (1) Existing law sets forth the duties and authority of the
Treasurer generally in the sale of state bonds. Moneys are
continuously appropriated from the General Fund in an annual amount
necessary to pay all obligations, including principal, interest,
fees, costs, indemnities, and all other amounts incurred by the state
under or in connection with any credit enhancement or liquidity
agreement entered into by the state, as specified, for bonds payable
pursuant to an appropriation from the General Fund. Existing law
prohibits the amount appropriated for these fees, costs, and other
similar expenses from exceeding a percentage of the original
principal amount of the bonds that is specified in the federal
Internal Revenue Code.  
   This bill would, until June 30, 2013, instead increase that
percentage by which those expenses are calculated to 3%, thereby
making an appropriation.  
   (2) Existing law authorizes the Director of Finance to defer
payments of General Fund moneys in July through September of 2009, in
an amount not to exceed $750,000,000, appropriated to the University
of California in the Budget Act of 2009, as specified. Existing law
also authorizes the director to defer payments of General Fund moneys
in July 2009, in an amount not to exceed $290,000,000, appropriated
to the California State University in the Budget Act of 2009, as
specified. Existing law specifies the schedule of payments for these
deferred amounts.  
   This bill would additionally authorize the director to defer
payments of General Fund moneys owed in February 2010, in an amount
not to exceed $250,000,000, appropriated to the University of
California in the Budget Act of 2009. The bill also would authorize
the director to defer payments of General Fund moneys owed in
February 2010 in an amount not to exceed $250,000,000, and owed in
March 2010 in an amount not to exceed $150,000,000, appropriated to
the California State University in the Budget Act of 2009, as
specified. The bill would specify a schedule of payments for these
deferred amounts.  
   (3) Existing law defers, until October 2009, the disbursal of
payments of General Fund moneys for July 2009, in an amount not to
exceed $200,000,000, appropriated to the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges for apportionments to community college
districts.  
   This bill would additionally defer, until May 2010, the disbursal
of payments of General Fund moneys for March 2010, in an amount not
to exceed $100,000,000, appropriated to the board for apportionments
to community college districts.  
   (4) Existing law requires state excise fuel tax revenues to be
deposited in various accounts and to be allocated, in part, for
various purposes, including the cost of collection and authorized
refunds. Existing law requires the balance of these funds remaining
after authorized deductions to be transferred to, and deposited
monthly in, the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax
Fund. Existing law provides for annual and monthly apportionment by
the Controller of specified revenues in the Highway Users Tax Account
to cities, counties, and cities and counties for the transportation
purposes authorized by Article XIX of the California Constitution.
Existing law, pursuant to Chapter 23 of the Fourth Extraordinary
Session of the Statutes of 2009, requires transfers of those revenues
from the Highway Users Tax Account to counties or cities that would
otherwise be made during certain months of 2009 to instead be
deferred and made after January 1, 2010.  
   This bill would instead provide for the apportionments for the
months of July and August of 2009 to cities, counties, and cities and
counties to be paid in September 2009, and apportionments for
November and December of 2009 and January, February, and March of
2010 to be paid on or within 2 working days of April 28, 2010, with
specified exceptions. The bill would also authorize the affected
local agencies to use specified transportation bond funds and other
available funds to meet certain cash obligations.  
   (5) Existing law provides for the State Supplementary Program for
the Aged, Blind and Disabled (SSP), which requires the State
Department of Social Services to contract with the United States
Secretary of Health and Human Services to, on behalf of the state,
make combined state and federal payments to SSP recipients to
supplement Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments made available
pursuant to the federal Social Security Act.  
   Existing law provides that the contract with the United States
Secretary of Health and Human Services requires the state to pay the
secretary an amount equal to expenditures made by the secretary as
supplemental payments to SSP recipients less amounts payable by the
federal government.  
   This bill would, upon the order of the Director of Finance,
require the Director of Social Services to defer the above-described
payments to the federal government in February 2010, and March 2010,
and, instead, make payments for those months after April 20, 2010,
but no later than May 31, 2010.  
   (6) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  2/3   majority . Appropriation:
 yes   no  . Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program:  no   yes  .

   AB 183, as amended,  Committee on Budget  
Caballero  .  Budget Act of 2009.   Income
tax credit: qualified principal residence.  
   The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes various credits against the
taxes imposed by that law, including a credit against those taxes in
an amount equal to the lesser of 5% of the purchase price of a
qualified principal residence, as defined, or $10,000, for purchases
made between March 1, 2009, and before March 1, 2010, subject to
specified restrictions.  
   This bill would authorize a credit against those taxes in an
amount equal to the lesser of 5% of the purchase price of a qualified
principal residence, as defined, or $10,000, for purchases made
between May 1, 2010, and on or before December 31, 2010, or on or
after December 31, 2010, and before August 1, 2011, subject to
specified restrictions, including the submission of a certification
to the Franchise Tax Board by either the taxpayer or seller, made
under the penalty of perjury, that the residence has either never
been occupied or that the taxpayer is a first-time home buyer. 

   This bill would limit the total amount of credits to $200,000,000
and would require that the aggregate limitation of $100,000,000 in
credits for the purchase of qualified principal residences that have
never been occupied be reduced by 70% of the credit amount allocated
under each certification by the Franchise Tax Board, and would
require that the aggregate limitation of $100,000,000 in credits for
the purchase of a qualified principal residence by first-time home
buyers be reduced by 57% of the credit amount allocated under each
certification by the Franchise Tax Board.  
   By expanding the definition of an existing crime, this bill
imposes a state-mandated local program.  
   The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local
agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the
state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that
reimbursement.  
   This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this
act for a specified reason.  
   This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy. 

   (1) Existing law sets forth the duties and authority of the
Treasurer generally in the sale of state bonds. Moneys are
continuously appropriated from the General Fund in an annual amount
necessary to pay all obligations, including principal, interest,
fees, costs, indemnities, and all other amounts incurred by the state
under or in connection with any credit enhancement or liquidity
agreement entered into by the state, as specified, for bonds payable
pursuant to an appropriation from the General Fund. Existing law
prohibits the amount appropriated for these fees, costs, and other
similar expenses from exceeding a percentage of the original
principal amount of the bonds that is specified in the federal
Internal Revenue Code.  
   This bill would, until June 30, 2013, instead increase that
percentage by which those expenses are calculated to 3%, thereby
making an appropriation.  
   (2) Existing law authorizes the Director of Finance to defer
payments of General Fund moneys in July through September of 2009, in
an amount not to exceed $750,000,000, appropriated to the University
of California in the Budget Act of 2009, as specified. Existing law
also authorizes the director to defer payments of General Fund moneys
in July 2009, in an amount not to exceed $290,000,000, appropriated
to the California State University in the Budget Act of 2009, as
specified. Existing law specifies the schedule of payments for these
deferred amounts.  
   This bill would additionally authorize the director to defer
payments of General Fund moneys owed in February 2010, in an amount
not to exceed $250,000,000, appropriated to the University of
California in the Budget Act of 2009. The bill also would authorize
the director to defer payments of General Fund moneys owed in
February 2010 in an amount not to exceed $250,000,000, and owed in
March 2010 in an amount not to exceed $150,000,000, appropriated to
the California State University in the Budget Act of 2009, as
specified. The bill would specify a schedule of payments for these
deferred amounts.  
   (3) Existing law defers, until October 2009, the disbursal of
payments of General Fund moneys for July 2009, in an amount not to
exceed $200,000,000, appropriated to the Board of Governors of the
California Community Colleges for apportionments to community college
districts.  
   This bill would additionally defer, until May 2010, the disbursal
of payments of General Fund moneys for March 2010, in an amount not
to exceed $100,000,000, appropriated to the board for apportionments
to community college districts.  
   (4) Existing law requires state excise fuel tax revenues to be
deposited in various accounts and to be allocated, in part, for
various purposes, including the cost of collection and authorized
refunds. Existing law requires the balance of these funds remaining
after authorized deductions to be transferred to, and deposited
monthly in, the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax
Fund. Existing law provides for annual and monthly apportionment by
the Controller of specified revenues in the Highway Users Tax Account
to cities, counties, and cities and counties for the transportation
purposes authorized by Article XIX of the California Constitution.
Existing law, pursuant to Chapter 23 of the Fourth Extraordinary
Session of the Statutes of 2009, requires transfers of those revenues
from the Highway Users Tax Account to counties or cities that would
otherwise be made during certain months of 2009 to instead be
deferred and made after January 1, 2010.  
   This bill would instead provide for the apportionments for the
months of July and August of 2009 to cities, counties, and cities and
counties to be paid in September 2009, and apportionments for
November and December of 2009 and January, February, and March of
2010 to be paid on or within 2 working days of April 28, 2010, with
specified exceptions. The bill would also authorize the affected
local agencies to use specified transportation bond funds and other
available funds to meet certain cash obligations.  
   (5) Existing law provides for the State Supplementary Program for
the Aged, Blind and Disabled (SSP), which requires the State
Department of Social Services to contract with the United States
Secretary of Health and Human Services to, on behalf of the state,
make combined state and federal payments to SSP recipients to
supplement Supplemental Security Income (SSI) payments made available
pursuant to the federal Social Security Act.  
   Existing law provides that the contract with the United States
Secretary of Health and Human Services requires the state to pay the
secretary an amount equal to expenditures made by the secretary as
supplemental payments to SSP recipients less amounts payable by the
federal government.  
   This bill would, upon the order of the Director of Finance,
require the Director of Social Services to defer the above-described
payments to the federal government in February 2010, and March 2010,
and, instead, make payments for those months after April 20, 2010,
but no later than May 31, 2010.  
   (6) This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately
as an urgency statute. 
   Vote:  2/3   majority . Appropriation:
 yes   no  . Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program:  no   yes  .


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    Section 17059.1 is added to the 
 Revenue and Taxation Code   , to read:  
   17059.1.  (a) (1) In the case of any taxpayer who purchases a
qualified principal residence on and after May 1, 2010, and on or
before December 31, 2010, or any taxpayer who purchases a qualified
principal residence on and after December 31, 2010, and before August
1, 2011, pursuant to an enforceable contract executed on or before
December 31, 2010, there shall be allowed as a credit against the
"net tax," as defined in Section 17039, an amount equal to the lesser
of 5 percent of the purchase price of the qualified principal
residence or ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
   (2) The amount of any credit allowed under paragraph (1) shall be
applied in equal amounts over the three successive taxable years
beginning with the taxable year in which the purchase of the
qualified principal residence is made.
   (3) The credit under this section shall be allowed for the
purchase of only one qualified principal residence with respect to
any taxpayer.
   (4) A qualified principal residence is purchased on the date on
which escrow closes with respect to the purchase of the qualified
principal residence.
   (b) For purposes of this section:
   (1) "Qualified principal residence" means a single-family
residence, whether detached or attached, that is purchased to be the
principal residence of the taxpayer, is eligible for the homeowner's
exemption under Section 218, and has either never been occupied or is
purchased by a first-time home buyer.
   (2) "First-time home buyer" means any individual, or individual's
spouse, who had no present ownership interest in a principal
residence during the preceding three-year period ending on the date
of the purchase of the qualified principal residence.
   (c) (1) (A) A taxpayer may, but is not required to, reserve a
credit prior to close of escrow for the purchase of a qualified
principal residence that has never been occupied. To reserve a
credit, the taxpayer and seller shall jointly sign and submit to the
Franchise Tax Board a certification that they have entered into an
enforceable contract on or after May 1, 2010, and on or before
December 31, 2010. Upon receipt of the joint certification, the
Franchise Tax Board shall notify the taxpayer that the board has
reserved the credit for the taxpayer, pending receipt, within two
weeks after the close of escrow, of the information required under
paragraph (2) for a qualified principal residence that has never been
occupied.
   (B) The reservation of a credit shall be canceled if a taxpayer
does not provide either the information required under paragraph (2)
or a notification of cancellation before August 16, 2011.
   (2) No credit shall be allowed under this section unless the
taxpayer submits to the Franchise Tax Board, within two weeks after
the date of the purchase of the qualified principal residence, a copy
of the properly executed settlement statement and either one of the
following:
   (A) If the qualified principal residence has never been occupied,
a certification by the seller, made under penalty of perjury, that
the residence has never been previously occupied.
   (B) If the qualified principal residence is purchased by a
taxpayer who is a first-time home buyer, a certification from the
taxpayer, made under penalty of perjury, that he or she is a
first-time home buyer.
   (d) If the taxpayer does not occupy the qualified principal
residence as his or her principal residence for at least two years
immediately following the purchase, any remaining unapplied credit
shall be canceled and any previously applied credit shall be
recaptured, and the taxpayer shall be liable for any increase in tax
attributable to the recapture of any credit previously allowed under
this section.
   (e) (1) In the case of two married taxpayers filing separately,
the credit allowed under subdivision (a) shall be equally apportioned
between the two taxpayers.
   (2) If two or more taxpayers who are not married purchase a
qualified principal residence, the amount of the credit allowed under
subdivision (a) shall be allocated among the taxpayers in the same
manner as each taxpayer's percentage of ownership, except that the
total amount of the credits allowed to all of these taxpayers shall
not exceed an amount equal to the lesser of 5 percent of the purchase
price of the qualified principal residence or ten thousand dollars
($10,000).
   (f) (1) The total amount of credit that may be allocated pursuant
to this section shall not exceed one hundred million dollars
($100,000,000) for the purchase of qualified principal residences
that have never been occupied and one hundred million dollars
($100,000,000) for the purchase of qualified principal residences by
first-time home buyers.
   (A) For each certification or reservation received from a taxpayer
for the purchase of a qualified principal residence that has never
been occupied, the total amount of credit available for allocation
shall be reduced by an amount equal to 70 percent of the amount of
the credit for the purchase of a qualified principal residence that
has never been occupied.
   (B) For each certification received from a taxpayer for the
purchase of a qualified principal residence by a first-time home
buyer, the total amount of credit available for allocation shall be
reduced by an amount equal to 57 percent of the amount of the credit
for the purchase of a qualified principal residence by a first-time
home buyer.
   (2) Once the credits allocated for qualified principal residences
that have never been occupied exceed the limit established in
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), the Franchise Tax Board shall
establish a wait list for subsequently received certifications or
reservations, with an order of priority based on the date
certification or reservation was received by the Franchise Tax Board.
The Franchise Tax Board shall notify taxpayers on the wait list no
later than December 31, 2011, as to whether they have been allocated
a credit and the amount allocated.
   (3) In the case where a taxpayer is both a first-time home buyer,
as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), and the purchaser
of a qualified principal residence that has never been occupied, the
Franchise Tax Board shall allocate that taxpayer their credit amount
from the one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for qualified
principal residences that have never been occupied.
   (g) (1) Upon receipt of the information described in subdivision
(c), the Franchise Tax Board shall allocate the credit to the
taxpayer on a first-come-first-served basis.
   (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the taxpayer shall
claim the credit on a timely filed original return.
   (B) Taxpayers on the wait list, as described in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (f), that are allocated a credit for a qualified
principal residence that was purchased in the 2010 taxable year may
claim the credit on an amended income tax return for that taxable
year.
   (3) The date the information described in subdivision (c) is
received shall be determined by the Franchise Tax Board.
   (4) (A) The determinations of the Franchise Tax Board with respect
to the date the information described in subdivision (c) is
received, the allocation and reservation of credit, and whether a
return has been timely filed for purposes of this subdivision, may
not be reviewed in any administrative or judicial proceeding.
   (B) Any disallowance of a credit claimed due to a determination
under this subdivision, including the application of the limitation
specified in subdivision (f), shall be treated as a mathematical
error appearing on the return. Any amount of tax resulting from that
disallowance may be assessed by the Franchise Tax Board in the same
manner as provided by Section 19051.
   (h) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe rules, guidelines, or
procedures necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
section, including any guidelines regarding the allocation of the
credit allowed under this section. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code does not apply to any rule, guideline, or procedure prescribed
by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section.
   (i) The credit allowed by this section is not a business credit
within the meaning of Section 17039.2.
   (j) No credit shall be allowed under this section if any of the
following apply:
   (1) The taxpayer was allowed a credit under Section 17059.
   (2) The taxpayer is not 18 years of age or older as of the date of
purchase. A taxpayer who is married at the date of purchase shall be
considered to be 18 years of age if the spouse of the taxpayer is 18
years of age or older on the date of purchase.
   (3) The taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse, if the taxpayer is
married, is related to the seller within the meaning of Section 267
of the Internal Revenue Code, related to losses, expenses, and
interest with respect to transactions between related taxpayers.
   (4) The taxpayer qualifies as a dependent, as defined in Section
17056, of any other taxpayer for the taxable year of the purchase.
   (k) This section shall remain in effect only until December 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed. 
   SEC. 2.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution. 
   SEC. 3.    This act provides for a tax levy within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect.  All matter omitted in this version of the
bill appears in the bill as amended in the Senate, September 4, 2009.
(JR11)
   SECTION 1.    Section 17059.1 is added to the 
 Revenue and Taxation Code   , to read:  
   17059.1.  (a) (1) In the case of any taxpayer who purchases a
qualified principal residence on and after May 1, 2010, and on or
before December 31, 2010, or any taxpayer who purchases a qualified
principal residence on and after December 31, 2010, and before August
1, 2011, pursuant to an enforceable contract executed on or before
December 31, 2010, there shall be allowed as a credit against the
"net tax," as defined in Section 17039, an amount equal to the lesser
of 5 percent of the purchase price of the qualified principal
residence or ten thousand dollars ($10,000).
   (2) The amount of any credit allowed under paragraph (1) shall be
applied in equal amounts over the three successive taxable years
beginning with the taxable year in which the purchase of the
qualified principal residence is made.
   (3) The credit under this section shall be allowed for the
purchase of only one qualified principal residence with respect to
any taxpayer.
   (4) A qualified principal residence is purchased on the date on
which escrow closes with respect to the purchase of the qualified
principal residence.
   (b) For purposes of this section:
   (1) "Qualified principal residence" means a single-family
residence, whether detached or attached, that is purchased to be the
principal residence of the taxpayer, is eligible for the homeowner's
exemption under Section 218, and has either never been occupied or is
purchased by a first-time home buyer.
   (2) "First-time home buyer" means any individual, or individual's
spouse, who had no present ownership interest in a principal
residence during the preceding three-year period ending on the date
of the purchase of the qualified principal residence.
   (c) (1) (A) A taxpayer may, but is not required to, reserve a
credit prior to close of escrow for the purchase of a qualified
principal residence that has never been occupied. To reserve a
credit, the taxpayer and seller shall jointly sign and submit to the
Franchise Tax Board a certification that they have entered into an
enforceable contract on or after May 1, 2010, and on or before
December 31, 2010. Upon receipt of the joint certification, the
Franchise Tax Board shall notify the taxpayer that the board has
reserved the credit for the taxpayer, pending receipt, within two
weeks after the close of escrow, of the information required under
paragraph (2) for a qualified principal residence that has never been
occupied.
   (B) The reservation of a credit shall be canceled if a taxpayer
does not provide either the information required under paragraph (2)
or a notification of cancellation before August 16, 2011.
   (2) No credit shall be allowed under this section unless the
taxpayer submits to the Franchise Tax Board, within two weeks after
the date of the purchase of the qualified principal residence, a copy
of the properly executed settlement statement and either one of the
following:
   (A) If the qualified principal residence has never been occupied,
a certification by the seller, made under penalty of perjury, that
the residence has never been previously occupied.
   (B) If the qualified principal residence is purchased by a
taxpayer who is a first-time home buyer, a certification from the
taxpayer, made under penalty of perjury, that he or she is a
first-time home buyer.
   (d) If the taxpayer does not occupy the qualified principal
residence as his or her principal residence for at least two years
immediately following the purchase, any remaining unapplied credit
shall be canceled and any previously applied credit shall be
recaptured, and the taxpayer shall be liable for any increase in tax
attributable to the recapture of any credit previously allowed under
this section.
   (e) (1) In the case of two married taxpayers filing separately,
the credit allowed under subdivision (a) shall be equally apportioned
between the two taxpayers.
   (2) If two or more taxpayers who are not married purchase a
qualified principal residence, the amount of the credit allowed under
subdivision (a) shall be allocated among the taxpayers in the same
manner as each taxpayer's percentage of ownership, except that the
total amount of the credits allowed to all of these taxpayers shall
not exceed an amount equal to the lesser of 5 percent of the purchase
price of the qualified principal residence or ten thousand dollars
($10,000).
   (f) (1) The total amount of credit that may be allocated pursuant
to this section shall not exceed one hundred million dollars
($100,000,000) for the purchase of qualified principal residences
that have never been occupied and one hundred million dollars
($100,000,000) for the purchase of qualified principal residences by
first-time home buyers.
   (A) For each certification or reservation received from a taxpayer
for the purchase of a qualified principal residence that has never
been occupied, the total amount of credit available for allocation
shall be reduced by an amount equal to 70 percent of the amount of
the credit for the purchase of a qualified principal residence that
has never been occupied.
   (B) For each certification received from a taxpayer for the
purchase of a qualified principal residence by a first-time home
buyer, the total amount of credit available for allocation shall be
reduced by an amount equal to 57 percent of the amount of the credit
for the purchase of a qualified principal residence by a first-time
home buyer.
   (2) Once the credits allocated for qualified principal residences
that have never been occupied exceed the limit established in
subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1), the Franchise Tax Board shall
establish a wait list for subsequently received certifications or
reservations, with an order of priority based on the date
certification or reservation was received by the Franchise Tax Board.
The Franchise Tax Board shall notify taxpayers on the wait list no
later than December 31, 2011, as to whether they have been allocated
a credit and the amount allocated.
   (3) In the case where a taxpayer is both a first-time home buyer,
as described in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b), and the purchaser
of a qualified principal residence that has never been occupied, the
Franchise Tax Board shall allocate that taxpayer their credit amount
from the one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for qualified
principal residences that have never been occupied.
   (g) (1) Upon receipt of the information described in subdivision
(c), the Franchise Tax Board shall allocate the credit to the
taxpayer on a first-come-first-served basis.
   (2) (A) Except as provided in subparagraph (B), the taxpayer shall
claim the credit on a timely filed original return.
   (B) Taxpayers on the wait list, as described in paragraph (2) of
subdivision (f), that are allocated a credit for a qualified
principal residence that was purchased in the 2010 taxable year may
claim the credit on an amended income tax return for that taxable
year.
   (3) The date the information described in subdivision (c) is
received shall be determined by the Franchise Tax Board.
   (4) (A) The determinations of the Franchise Tax Board with respect
to the date the information described in subdivision (c) is
received, the allocation and reservation of credit, and whether a
return has been timely filed for purposes of this subdivision, may
not be reviewed in any administrative or judicial proceeding.
   (B) Any disallowance of a credit claimed due to a determination
under this subdivision, including the application of the limitation
specified in subdivision (f), shall be treated as a mathematical
error appearing on the return. Any amount of tax resulting from that
disallowance may be assessed by the Franchise Tax Board in the same
manner as provided by Section 19051.
   (h) The Franchise Tax Board may prescribe rules, guidelines, or
procedures necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes of this
section, including any guidelines regarding the allocation of the
credit allowed under this section. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with
Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government
Code does not apply to any rule, guideline, or procedure prescribed
by the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section.
   (i) The credit allowed by this section is not a business credit
within the meaning of Section 17039.2.
   (j) No credit shall be allowed under this section if any of the
following apply:
   (1) The taxpayer was allowed a credit under Section 17059.
   (2) The taxpayer is not 18 years of age or older as of the date of
purchase. A taxpayer who is married at the date of purchase shall be
considered to be 18 years of age if the spouse of the taxpayer is 18
years of age or older on the date of purchase.
   (3) The taxpayer or the taxpayer's spouse, if the taxpayer is
married, is related to the seller within the meaning of Section 267
of the Internal Revenue Code, related to losses, expenses, and
interest with respect to transactions between related taxpayers.
   (4) The taxpayer qualifies as a dependent, as defined in Section
17056, of any other taxpayer for the taxable year of the purchase.
   (k) This section shall remain in effect only until December 1,
2014, and as of that date is repealed. 
   SEC. 2.    No reimbursement is required by this act
pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California
Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local
agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a
new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or
changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of
Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a
crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the
California Constitution. 
   SEC. 3.    This act provides for a tax levy within
the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into
immediate effect.  All matter omitted in this version of the
bill appears in the bill as amended in the Senate, September 4, 2009.
(JR11)
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