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                                 THIRD READING


          Bill No:  AB 1963
          Author:   Huber (D)
          Amended:  8/7/12 in Senate
          Vote:     21

           
           SENATE GOVERNANCE & FINANCE COMMITTEE  :  5-3, 7/3/12
          AYES:  Wolk, DeSaulnier, Hernandez, Kehoe, Liu
          NOES:  Dutton, Fuller, La Malfa
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Yee

           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  56-18, 5/31/12 - See last page for vote


           SUBJECT  :    Income tax:  sales and use tax:  Legislative 
          Analysts office:  
                      report

           SOURCE  :     Author


           DIGEST :    This bill requires the Legislative Analysts 
          Office (LAO), on or before July 1, 2013, to submit a report 
          to the Legislature assessing potential changes to the state 
          income and sales and use tax laws.  

           ANALYSIS  :    Existing law requires the Department of 
          Finance (DOF) to submit a tax expenditure report to the 
          Legislature each year by September 15th.  Tax expenditures 
          are defined to be "a credit, deduction, exclusion, 
          exemption, or any other tax benefit as provided by the 
          state."  As part of the Budget, DOF must provide to the 
          Legislature total recommended General Fund expenditures and 
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          estimated, including any proposed, General Fund revenues.

          This bill requires the LAO, on or before July 1, 2013, to 
          submit a report to the Legislature assessing potential 
          changes to the state income and sales and use tax laws.  

          The report must include:

          1.A review of California's current and historical revenue 
            volatility, including the percentage of the gross state 
            product that is made up by the General Fund budget over a 
            period of 10 years;
          
           2.Proposals for tax reforms that would end California's 
            revenue volatility, are sum revenue neutral, and do not 
            require amendments to the California Constitution.  To 
            the extent possible, the LAO must use dynamic revenue 
            modeling in determining viable proposals;
           
           3.An explanation of the calculations needed to determine 
            revenue neutrality;
           
           4.An analysis of the effect a reduction of taxation on 
            individual income would have upon state revenues and 
            revenue volatility; and, 
           
           5.An analysis of the effect of imposing a tax on the sale 
            or use of services, concurrent with a reduction of the 
            SUT rate.  This analysis must include whether a credit or 
            exemption to the services tax should apply to the sale of 
            services between businesses.  This analysis must also 
            include the revenue impact of excluding certain services 
            from taxation.

          This bill also repeals obsolete provisions.

           Comments
           
          This bill provides the Legislature a report that assists it 
          in making an informed decision about how to reduce revenue 
          volatility.  More specifically, this bill requires the LAO 
          to analyze how lowering the personal income tax and the 
          sales and use tax, along with taxing services, could affect 
          revenue and budget stability and predictability.  By making 

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          the state's revenue stream more static, California's 
          revenue trends will correspond with economic trends.  A 
          more static revenue stream may also alleviate some of the 
          pressure on future Legislatures to significantly increase 
          spending in good economic years.  A more stable revenue 
          stream ensures that private vendors, schools, public safety 
          groups, and various state programs will be able to rely on 
          more stable and predictable budgets.  

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

          SUPPORT  :   (Verified  8/8/12)

          - - - -

           OPPOSITION  :    (Verified  8/8/12)(on prior version)

          Roofing Contractors Association of California


           ASSEMBLY FLOOR  :  56-18, 5/31/12
          AYES:  Achadjian, Alejo, Allen, Ammiano, Atkins, Beall, 
            Bill Berryhill, Block, Blumenfield, Bonilla, Bradford, 
            Brownley, Buchanan, Butler, Campos, Carter, Cedillo, 
            Chesbro, Davis, Dickinson, Eng, Feuer, Fletcher, Fong, 
            Fuentes, Furutani, Galgiani, Gatto, Gordon, Hall, 
            Hayashi, Roger Hern�ndez, Hill, Huber, Hueso, Huffman, 
            Lara, Bonnie Lowenthal, Ma, Mitchell, Nestande, Norby, 
            Olsen, Pan, Perea, V. Manuel P�rez, Portantino, Skinner, 
            Smyth, Solorio, Swanson, Torres, Wieckowski, Williams, 
            Yamada, John A. P�rez
          NOES:  Conway, Donnelly, Beth Gaines, Garrick, Gorell, 
            Grove, Hagman, Halderman, Harkey, Jeffries, Jones, 
            Knight, Logue, Miller, Morrell, Nielsen, Silva, Wagner
          NO VOTE RECORDED:  Charles Calderon, Cook, Mansoor, 
            Mendoza, Monning, Valadao


          AGB:n  8/8/12   Senate Floor Analyses 

                         SUPPORT/OPPOSITION:  SEE ABOVE

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