California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 464

Introduced by Assembly Members Mullin and Gordon

(Coauthors: Assembly Members Frazier and McCarty)

(Coauthors: Senators Allen and Hill)

February 23, 2015

An act to amend Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 464, as introduced, Mullin. Transactions and use taxes: maximum combined rate.

Existing law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%.

This bill would increase that maximum combined rate to 3%.

Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no. State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

SECTION 1.  

Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation
Code is amended to read:

7251.1.  

The combined rate of all taxes imposed in accordance
with this part in any county begin delete may end delete begin insert shall end insert not exceed 2 percent. begin delete No end delete begin insert A end insert
tax shall begin insert not end insert be considered to be in accordance with this part if,
upon its adoption, the combined rate in the county will exceed begin delete 2 end delete
begin insert 3 end insert percent.