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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 1546
          Author:   Assembly Revenue and Taxation Committee
          Amended:  8/17/09 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE REVENUE & TAXATION COMMITTEE  :  5-2, 7/8/09
          AYES:  Wolk, Alquist, Florez, Padilla, Wiggins
          NOES:  Walters, Ashburn
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Runner

           SENATE APPROPRIATIONS COMMITTEE  :  8-4, 8/17/09
          AYES:  Kehoe, Corbett, Hancock, Leno, Oropeza, Price, Wolk,  
            Yee
          NOES:  Cox, Denham, Runner, Walters
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Wyland

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  50-29, 5/28/09 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Taxation:  limited partnerships:  estimated  
          payments

           SOURCE  :     Franchise Tax Board


           DIGEST  :    This bill requires a canceled domestic limited  
          partnership seeking to revive its active status to pay  
          outstanding fees and file missing tax returns with the  
          Franchise Tax Board (FTB) in addition to other existing  
          requirements.  FTB will be authorized to charge a $100  
          service fee for expedited reinstatement until January 1,  
          2011, and establish future fee amounts through regulation  
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          based upon direct and indirect costs of providing the  
          service.  This bill also makes technical and clarifying  
          changes to recently enacted budget provisions.

           ANALYSIS  :    According to the FTB, the bill's sponsor, the  
          purpose of this bill is to maintain equitable treatment  
          among taxpayers by ensuring that the revival requirements  
          applicable to a domestic limited partnership (LP) are the  
          same as those applicable to a corporation. 

          All domestic LPs, regardless of the date of formation, will  
          be subject to the Uniform Limited Partnerships Act (ULPA)  
          of 2008 as of January 1, 2010.  The ULPA requires a  
          domestic LP to file a certificate of cancellation with the  
          Secretary of State to complete the dissolution process, and  
          to file a certificate of revival to revive active status.   
          The certificate of revival must be accompanied by  
          certification by FTB that the domestic LP has paid all  
          annual taxes, penalties, and interest due, including  
          amounts for periods between dissolution and revival.   
          Current law requires corporations that are suspended by FTB  
          and seeking to revive active status to file a certificate  
          of revival accompanied by written confirmation by FTB that  
          the corporation has filed all delinquent tax returns and  
          paid any outstanding taxes, penalties, interest, and fees.   
          Corporations seeking expedited processing of a revival  
          request must pay a $100 service fee.

          While existing law requires corporations seeking revival to  
          pay any outstanding fees and file tax returns, these  
          requirements do not apply to domestic LPs seeking revival.   
          Furthermore, there is no existing authorization for FTB to  
          charge a service fee when a domestic LP seeks expedited  
          processing of certification requests.  This bill requires  
          domestic LPs seeking to revive active status to pay any  
          outstanding fees and file missing tax returns with FTB, in  
          addition to other requirements, and authorizes FTB to  
          charge a $100 specialized service fee for LP revival  
          confirmation letter requests until January 1, 2011.  After  
          that date, FTB establishes the fees based upon direct and  
          indirect costs for providing the service through  
          regulation.  

          This bill cleans up provisions enacted in AB 3XXX (Evans),  







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          Chapter 15, Statutes of 2009, Third Extraordinary Session,  
          and SB 15XXX (Calderon), Chapter 17, Statutes of 2009,  
          Third Extraordinary Session.  Specifically, this bill:

          1. Clarifies the operative date for the changes to the  
             dependent exemption credit.

          2. Corrects cross-referencing errors for the underpayment  
             of estimated tax penalty.

          3. Clarifies the operative date and correct a  
             cross-referencing error in provisions that authorize  
             businesses that apportion income to make an annual  
             irrevocable election to utilize a "single sales factor"  
             apportionment formula.

           FISCAL EFFECT  :    Appropriation:  No   Fiscal Com.:  Yes    
          Local:  No

          Approximately 240 domestic LPs canceled registration in  
          fiscal year 2007-08.  FTB estimates that few canceled  
          domestic LPs with outstanding fees would seek revival.  If  
          five percent of canceled domestic LPs seek revival and pay  
          the $100 expedited processing fee, there would be a minor  
          revenue gain of $1,200 annually.

           SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/18/09)

          Franchise Tax Board (source)


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  : 
          AYES:  Ammiano, Arambula, Beall, Block, Blumenfield,  
            Brownley, Buchanan, Caballero, Charles Calderon, Carter,  
            Chesbro, Coto, Davis, De La Torre, De Leon, Eng, Evans,  
            Feuer, Fong, Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Hall, Hayashi,  
            Hernandez, Hill, Huffman, Jones, Krekorian, Lieu, Bonnie  
            Lowenthal, Ma, Mendoza, Monning, Nava, John A. Perez, V.  
            Manuel Perez, Portantino, Price, Ruskin, Salas, Saldana,  
            Skinner, Solorio, Swanson, Torlakson, Torres, Torrico,  
            Yamada, Bass
          NOES:  Adams, Anderson, Bill Berryhill, Tom Berryhill,  
            Blakeslee, Conway, Cook, DeVore, Duvall, Emmerson,  
            Fletcher, Fuller, Gaines, Garrick, Gilmore, Hagman,  







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            Harkey, Huber, Jeffries, Knight, Logue, Miller, Niello,  
            Nielsen, Silva, Smyth, Audra Strickland, Tran, Villines
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Nestande


          DLW:mw  8/18/09   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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