Amended in Senate April 2, 2014

Amended in Senate March 25, 2014

Senate Bill No. 1323

Introduced by Senator Lieu

February 21, 2014

An act to amend Sections 75.21, 206.1, 254, 254.5, 255, 257, 257.1, 270, 271, and 276 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

SB 1323, as amended, Lieu. Property taxation.

Existing property tax law allows taxes, penalties, and interest imposed for late filings of certain property tax exemption applications to be canceled or refunded in an amount equal to 90% or 85%, as applicable, of any tax, penalty, or interest or any amount of tax, penalty, or interest exceeding $250, whichever is greater.

This bill would instead require 90% of any tax, penalty, or interest resulting from the assessed value of the property or begin insert that portion of end insert any amount of tax, penalty, or interest begin delete exceeding $200, end delete begin insert that exceeds $20,000, end insert whichever is greater, to be canceled or refunded, provided an appropriate application for exemption is thereafter filed. This bill would require this property tax relief to apply to each claim for exemption filed, and in the case where a claim for exemption is filed for a property location consisting of contiguous parcels, would authorize any tax or penalty or interest thereon resulting from the reduction of the amount of the exemption otherwise available to be applied to a single parcel.

The California Constitution authorizes the Legislature to exempt from taxation property not used for commercial purposes that is reasonably and necessarily required for the parking of vehicles of persons worshiping on exempt land. Pursuant to this constitutional authorization, existing property tax law exempts from tax any real property that is reasonably and necessarily required for the parking of automobiles by persons engaged in religious activities, as specified. Existing property tax law provides that this exemption shall apply to land and improvements that are not owned by a church, religious denomination, or sect using the land and improvements for the parking of automobiles, provided that certain conditions are met, including, among others, that the congregation of the church, religious denomination, or sect is no greater than 500 members.

This bill would modify this exemption to apply to any real property that is required for the parking of vehicles, and would remove the limitation that the congregation of the church, religious denomination, or sect be no greater than 500 members.

Existing property tax law requires applicants for certain property tax exemptions to notify the assessor if the applicant or the property becomes ineligible for the exemption, as specified. Existing property tax law requires a penalty to be assessed for failure to provide this notification to the assessor in an amount not to exceed $250.

This bill would reduce the $250 limitation on the penalty for failure to notify the assessor to $200.

Existing property tax law requires any person claiming certain property tax exemptions and anyone claiming the classification of a vessel as a documented vessel eligible for assessment, as provided, to submit to the assessor annually an affidavit giving any information required by the board. Existing property tax law requires these affidavits to be filed with the assessor between the lien date and 5 p.m. on February 15.

This bill would require the affidavit to be submitted for each property location for which the property tax exemption is sought, and would authorize any person claiming any exemption specified above to submit a single claim for a property location consisting of contiguous parcels. This bill would require an affidavit for the disabled veterans’ exemption to instead be filed with the assessor any time after the claimant becomes eligible but no later than 5 p.m. on February 15, except as otherwise provided.

Existing property tax law requires a claim for certain property tax exemptions to be filed by a specified date with the assessor each year. Existing property tax law does not require applicants granted certain property tax exemptions to reapply for the exemption in any subsequent year in which there has been no change in the title to, or the use of, the property. Existing property tax law requires the assessor to annually mail a notice to every applicant relieved of the requirement of filing an annual application, as specified, which is required to include a card in a specified form, to be returned to the assessor by the applicant desiring to maintain eligibility for the exemption.

This bill would instead require the State Board of Equalization to prescribe the form of the card included with the notice.

By changing the manner in which property tax refunds for late filings of certain property tax exemptions are made by local county officials, this bill would impose 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, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to these statutory provisions.

Section 2229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code requires the Legislature to reimburse local agencies annually for certain property tax revenues lost as a result of any exemption or classification of property for purposes of ad valorem property taxation.

This bill would provide that, notwithstanding Section 2229 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, no appropriation is made and the state shall not reimburse local agencies for property tax revenues lost by them pursuant to the bill.

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

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

SECTION 1.  

Section 75.21 of the Revenue and Taxation Code
is amended to read:

75.21.  

(a) Exemptions shall be applied to the amount of the
supplemental assessment, provided that the property is not
receiving any other exemption on either the current roll or the roll
being prepared except as provided for in subdivision (b), that the
assessee is eligible for the exemption, and that, in those instances
in which the provisions of this division require the filing of a claim
for the exemption, the assessee makes a claim for the exemption.

(b) If the property received an exemption on the current roll or
the roll being prepared and the assessee on the supplemental roll
is eligible for an exemption and, in those instances in which the
provisions of this division require the filing of a claim for the
exemption, the assessee makes a claim for an exemption of a
greater amount, then the difference in the amount between the two
exemptions shall be applied to the supplemental assessment.

(c) In those instances in which the provisions of this division
require the filing of a claim for the exemption, except as provided
in subdivision (d), (e), or (f), any person claiming to be eligible
for an exemption to be applied against the amount of the
supplemental assessment shall file a claim or an amendment to a
current claim, in that form as prescribed by the board, on or before
the 30th day following the date of notice of the supplemental
assessment, in order to receive a 100-percent exemption.

(1) With respect to property as to which the college, cemetery,
church, religious, exhibition, veterans’ organization, free public
libraries, free museums, or welfare exemption was available, but
for which a timely application for exemption was not filed, 90
percent of any tax or penalty or interest resulting from the assessed
value thereon, or begin insert that por end insert begin insert tion of end insert any amount of tax or penalty or
interest resulting from the assessed value thereon begin delete exceeding two
hundred dollars ($200), end delete begin insert that exceeds twenty thousand dollars
($20,000), end insert whichever is greater, shall be canceled or refunded for
each supplemental assessment, provided that an appropriate
application for exemption is thereafter filed.

(2) With respect to property as to which the welfare exemption
or veterans’ organization exemption was available, all provisions
of Section 254.5, other than the specified dates for the filing of
affidavits and other acts, are applicable to this section.

(3) With respect to property as to which the veterans’ or
homeowners’ exemption was available, but for which a timely
application for exemption was not filed, that portion of tax
attributable to 80 percent of the amount of exemption available
shall be canceled or refunded, provided that an appropriate
application for exemption is filed on or before the date on which
the first installment of taxes on the supplemental tax bill becomes
delinquent, as provided by Section 75.52.

(4) With respect to property as to which the disabled veterans’
exemption was available, but for which a timely application for
exemption was not filed, that portion of tax attributable to 90
percent of the amount of exemption available shall be canceled or
refunded, provided that an appropriate application for exemption
is thereafter filed.

(5) With respect to property as to which any other exemption
was available, but for which a timely application for exemption
was not filed, 90 percent of any tax or penalty or interest resulting
from the assessed value thereon, or begin insert that portion of end insert any amount of
tax or penalty or interest resulting from the assessed value thereon
begin delete exceeding two hundred dollars ($200), end delete begin insert that exceeds twenty
thousand dollars ($20,000), end insert whichever is greater, shall be canceled
or refunded, for each supplemental assessment, provided that an
appropriate application for exemption is thereafter filed.

Other provisions of this division pertaining to the late filing of
claims for exemption do not apply to assessments made pursuant
to this chapter.

(d) For purposes of this section, any claim for the homeowners’
exemption, veterans’ exemption, or disabled veterans’ exemption
previously filed by the owner of a dwelling, granted and in effect,
constitutes the claim or claims for that exemption required in this
section. In the event that a claim for the homeowners’ exemption,
veterans’ exemption, or disabled veterans’ exemption is not in
effect, a claim for any of those exemptions for a single
supplemental assessment for a change in ownership or new
construction occurring on or after June 1, up to and including
December 31, shall apply to that assessment; a claim for any of
those exemptions for the two supplemental assessments for a
change in ownership or new construction occurring on or after
January 1, up to and including May 31, one for the current fiscal
year and one for the following fiscal year, shall apply to those
assessments. In either case, if granted, the claim shall remain in
effect until title to the property changes, the owner does not occupy
the home as his or her principal place of residence on the lien date,
or the property is otherwise ineligible pursuant to Section 205,
205.5, or 218.

(e) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), an additional exemption
claim may not be required to be filed until the next succeeding
lien date in the case in which a supplemental assessment results
from the completion of new construction on property that has
previously been granted exemption on either the current roll or the
roll being prepared.

(f) (1) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), an additional exemption
claim is not required to be filed in the instance where a
supplemental assessment results from a change in ownership of
property where the purchaser of the property owns and uses or
uses, as the case may be, other property that has been granted the
college, cemetery, church, religious, exhibition, veterans’
organization, free public libraries, free museums, or welfare
exemption on either the current roll or the roll being prepared and
the property purchased is put to the same use.

(2) In all other instances where a supplemental assessment
results from a change in ownership of property, an application for
exemption shall be filed pursuant to the provisions of subdivision
(c).

(g) The relief authorized under this section applies to each
supplemental assessment for which an application for exemption
is filed. If a claim for the exemption is filed for a property location
consisting of contiguous parcels, and the assessor grants the claim
for that property location, any tax or penalty or interest resulting
from the reduction of the amount of the exemption otherwise
available may be applied to a single parcel.

SEC. 2.  

Section 206.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

206.1.  

(a) Pursuant to the authority of subdivision (d) of
Section 4 of Article XIII of the California Constitution, and in
accordance with subdivision (b) of this section, all real property
that is necessarily and reasonably required for the parking of
vehicles of persons who are attending religious services, or are
engaged in religious services or worship or any religious activity,
is exempt from taxation.

(b) For purposes of the exemption established by subdivision
(a), all of the following shall apply:

(1) “Real property” means land and improvements or a
possessory interest in land and improvements.

(2) The real property is not required to be contiguous to the land
on which the church or other structure used for religious services
or as the place of worship or religious activity is located.

(3) The real property is not at other times used for commercial
purposes. For purposes of this paragraph, “commercial purposes”
does not include use of the property for the parking of vehicles or
bicycles, the revenue from which does not exceed the ordinary
and necessary costs of maintaining the real property.

(4) The exemption shall apply to otherwise qualifying land and
improvements regardless of whether the land and improvements
are owned by the church, religious denomination, or sect using the
land and improvements for the parking of vehicles by persons
described in subdivision (a). However, the exemption shall apply
to land and improvements that are not owned by the church,
religious denomination, or sect using the land and improvements
for the parking of vehicles by persons described in subdivision (a)
only as long as all of the following conditions are met:

(A) The church, religious denomination, or sect is engaged in
a lease of the land and improvements for the exclusive purpose of
the parking of vehicles by persons described in subdivision (a).

(B) The church, religious denomination, or sect is responsible,
under the terms of its lease with the fee owner of the land and
improvements, for paying the property taxes levied on the land
and improvements. For purposes of this subparagraph, paying
property taxes levied on land and improvements includes
reimbursement paid to the fee owner of the land and improvements
for those taxes.

(C) The real property is used exclusively for the parking of
vehicles by persons described in subdivision (a).

(D) The fee owner of the real property and the county agree that
the fee owner shall pay the total amount of taxes that would be
levied on the real property for the current fiscal year and the first
two subsequent fiscal years in the absence of a grant of exemption
pursuant to this paragraph for the current fiscal year, if the real
property is used for any purpose other than that specified in
subparagraph (C) during either of those two subsequent fiscal
years.

SEC. 3.  

Section 254 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

254.  

(a) (1)  Any person claiming the church, cemetery,
college, exhibition, welfare, veterans’ organization, free public
libraries, free museums, aircraft of historical significance, tribal
housing, or public schools property tax exemption and anyone
claiming the classification of a vessel as a documented vessel
eligible for assessment under Section 227, shall submit to the
assessor annually an affidavit, giving any information required by
the board.

(2) The affidavit required pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
submitted for each property location for which the property tax
exemption is sought.

(b) Any person claiming any exemption specified in subdivision
(a) may submit a single claim for a property location consisting
of contiguous parcels.

SEC. 4.  

Section 254.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

254.5.  

(a) Claims for the welfare exemption and the veterans’
organization exemption shall be filed on or before February 15 of
each year with the assessor.

The assessor may not approve a property tax exemption claim
until the claimant has been issued a valid organizational clearance
certificate pursuant to Section 254.6. Financial statements shall
be submitted only if requested in writing by the assessor.

(b) (1) The assessor shall review all claims for the welfare
exemption to ascertain whether the property on which the
exemption is claimed meets the requirements of Section 214. The
assessor shall also review all claims for the veterans’ organization
exemption to ascertain whether the property on which the
exemption is claimed meets the requirements of Section 215.1. In
this connection, the assessor shall consider, among other matters,
whether:

(A) Any capital investment of the owner or operator for
expansion of a physical plant is justified by the contemplated return
thereon, and required to serve the interests of the community.

(B) The property on which the exemption is claimed is used for
the actual operation of an exempt activity and does not exceed an
amount of property reasonably necessary to the accomplishment
of the exempt purpose.

(2) The assessor may institute an audit or verification of the
operations of the owner or operator of the applicant’s property to
ascertain whether both the owner and operator meet the
requirements of Section 214.

(c) (1) The assessor may deny a claim for the welfare exemption
on a property, notwithstanding that the claimant has been granted
an organizational clearance certificate by the board.

(2) If the assessor finds that the claimant’s property is ineligible
for the welfare exemption or the veterans’ organization exemption,
the assessor shall notify the claimant in writing of all of the
following:

(A) That the property is ineligible for the exemption.

(B) That the claimant may seek a refund of property taxes paid
by filing a refund claim with the county.

(C) That if the claimant’s refund claim with the county is denied,
the claimant may file a refund action in superior court.

(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), an applicant, granted a
welfare exemption and owning any property exempted pursuant
to Section 214.15 or Section 231, shall not be required to reapply
for the welfare exemption in any subsequent year in which there
has been no transfer of, or other change in title to, the exempted
property and the property is used exclusively by a governmental
entity or by a nonprofit corporation described in Section 214.15
for its interest and benefit. The applicant shall notify the assessor
on or before February 15 if, on or before the preceding lien date,
the applicant became ineligible for the welfare exemption or if,
on or before that lien date, the property was no longer owned by
the applicant or otherwise failed to meet all requirements for the
welfare exemption.

Prior to the lien date, the assessor shall annually mail a notice
to every applicant relieved of the requirement of filing an annual
application by this subdivision.

The notice shall be in a form and contain that information that
the board may prescribe, and shall set forth the circumstances
under which the property may no longer be eligible for exemption,
and advise the applicant of the duty to inform the assessor if the
property is no longer eligible for exemption.

The notice shall include a card, as prescribed by the board, that
is to be returned to the assessor by any applicant desiring to
maintain eligibility for the welfare exemption under Section 214.15
or Section 231.

Failure to return this card does not of itself constitute a waiver
of exemption as called for by the California Constitution, but may
result in onsite inspection to verify exempt activity.

(e) Upon any indication that a welfare exemption or veterans’
organization exemption on the property has been incorrectly
granted, the assessor shall redetermine eligibility for the exemption.
If the assessor determines that the property, or any portion thereof,
is no longer eligible for the exemption, he or she shall immediately
cancel the exemption on so much of the property as is no longer
eligible for the exemption.

(f) If a welfare exemption or veterans’ organization exemption
on the property has been incorrectly allowed, an escape assessment
as provided by Article 4 (commencing with Section 531) of Chapter
3 in the amount of the exemption, with interest as provided in
Section 506, shall be made, and a penalty shall be assessed for any
failure to notify the assessor as required by this section in an
amount equaling 10 percent of the escape assessment, but may not
exceed two hundred dollars ($200).

(g) Pursuant to Section 15640 of the Government Code, the
board shall review the assessor’s administration of the welfare
exemption and the veterans’ organization exemption as part of the
board’s survey of the county assessment roll to ensure the proper
administration of the exemption.

SEC. 5.  

Section 255 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

255.  

(a) Affidavits required for exemptions named in this
article, except the homeowners’ exemption and the disabled
veterans’ exemption, shall be filed with the assessor between the
lien date and 5 p.m. on February 15.

(b) Affidavits for the homeowners’ exemption except as
otherwise provided in Sections 255.1, 255.2, and 275, shall be
filed with the assessor any time after the claimant becomes eligible
but no later than 5 p.m. on February 15.

(c) Except as otherwise provided in Sections 276, 276.1, and
276.2, affidavits for the disabled veterans’ exemption shall be filed
with the assessor any time after the claimant becomes eligible for
the exemption but no later than 5 p.m. on February 15.

(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (a), any
claimant who has been found ineligible for the church exemption
or the religious exemption may file an affidavit for a welfare
exemption. Affidavits for the welfare exemption filed pursuant to
this subdivision shall be filed within 15 days from the date of
notification by the assessor of the claimants’ ineligibility for the
church exemption or the religious exemption.

SEC. 6.  

Section 257 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

257.  

(a) Any person claiming the religious exemption shall
submit to the assessor an affidavit giving specific information
relating to property tax exemption.

(b) The affidavit shall show that:

(1) The building, equipment, and land are used exclusively for
religious purposes.

(2) The land claimed as exempt is required for the convenient
use of the building.

(3) The property is owned by an entity organized and operating
exclusively for religious purposes.

(4) The entity is nonprofit.

(5) No part of the net earnings inures to the benefit of any private
individual.

(c) Any exemption granted pursuant to a claim filed in
accordance with this section, once granted, shall remain in effect
until that time that title to the property changes or the property is
no longer used for exempt purposes. Any person who is granted
an exemption pursuant to a claim filed in accordance with this
section shall notify the assessor by February 15 if the property
becomes ineligible for the exemption.

(d) Upon any indication that a religious exemption has been
incorrectly allowed, the assessor shall make a redetermination of
eligibility for the religious exemption. If the assessor determines
that the property or any portion thereof is no longer eligible for
the exemption, he or she shall immediately cancel the exemption
on so much of the property as is no longer eligible for exemption.

If a religious exemption has been incorrectly allowed, an escape
assessment as allowed by Article 4 (commencing with Section
531) of Chapter 3 in the amount of the exemption with interest as
provided in Section 506 shall be made, together with a penalty for
failure to notify the assessor, where applicable, in the amount of
10 percent of the assessment, but may not exceed two hundred
dollars ($200) in tax liability.

SEC. 7.  

Section 257.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

257.1.  

For the 1983-84 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter,
the assessor shall annually, prior to the lien date, mail a notice to
every person who received the religious exemption for the previous
fiscal year.

The notice shall be in a form and contain that information which
the board may prescribe, and shall set forth the circumstances
under which the property may no longer be eligible for exemption
and advise the person of the duty to inform the assessor if the
property is no longer eligible for exemption.

The notice shall include a card, as prescribed by the board, that
is to be returned to the assessor by any person who desires to
maintain eligibility for the religious exemption.

SEC. 8.  

Section 270 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

270.  

(a) With respect to property as to which the college,
cemetery, church, religious, exhibition, veterans’ organization,
free public libraries, free museums, public schools, community
colleges, state colleges, state universities, tribal housing, or welfare
exemption was available but for which a timely application for
exemption was not filed, 90 percent of any tax or penalty or interest
resulting from the assessed value thereon begin delete or any tax or penalty or
interest resulting from the assessed value thereon exceeding two
hundred dollars ($200) in total amount, whichever is greater, end delete shall
be canceled or refunded provided an appropriate application for
exemption is thereafter filed.

begin insert

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), that portion of any tax or
penalty resulting from the assessed value thereon that exceeds
twenty thousand dollars ($20,000) shall be canceled or refunded
provided it is imposed upon property entitled to relief under
subdivision (a) for which an appropriate claim for exemption has
been filed.

end insert begin delete

(b)

end delete

begin insert (c) end insert  The relief authorized under this section applies to each claim
for exemption filed. In the case where a claim for exemption is
filed for a property location consisting of contiguous parcels, and
the assessor grants the claim for that property location, any tax or
penalty or interest thereon resulting from the reduction of the
amount of the exemption otherwise available may be applied to a
single parcel.

begin delete

(c)

end delete

begin insert (d) end insert  With respect to property as to which the welfare exemption
or veterans’ organization exemption was available, Section 254.5,
other than the specified dates for the filing of affidavits and other
acts, is applicable to this section.

SEC. 9.  

Section 271 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

271.  

(a) Provided that an appropriate application for exemption
is filed within 90 days from the first day of the month following
the month in which the property was acquired or by February 15
of the following calendar year, whichever occurs earlier, any tax
or penalty or interest resulting from the assessed value imposed
upon:

(1) Property owned by any organization qualified for the college,
cemetery, church, religious, exhibition, veterans’ organization,
tribal housing, or welfare exemption that is acquired by that
organization during a given calendar year, after the lien date but
prior to the first day of the fiscal year commencing within that
calendar year, when the property is of a kind that would have been
qualified for the college, cemetery, church, religious, exhibition,
veterans’ organization, tribal housing, or welfare exemption if it
had been owned by the organization on the lien date, shall be
canceled or refunded.

(2) Property owned by any organization that would have
qualified for the college, cemetery, church, religious, exhibition,
veterans’ organization, tribal housing, or welfare exemption had
the organization been in existence on the lien date, that was
acquired by it during that calendar year after the lien date in that
year but prior to the commencement of that fiscal year, and of a
kind that presently qualifies for the exemption and that would have
so qualified for that fiscal year had it been owned by the
organization on the lien date and had the organization been in
existence on the lien date, shall be canceled or refunded.

(3) Property acquired after the beginning of any fiscal year by
an organization qualified for the college, cemetery, church,
religious, exhibition, veterans’ organization, tribal housing, or
welfare exemption and the property is of a kind that would have
qualified for an exemption if it had been owned by the organization
on the lien date, whether or not that organization was in existence
on the lien date, shall be canceled or refunded in the proportion
that the number of days for which the property was so qualified
during the fiscal year bears to 365.

(b) Ninety percent of any tax or penalty or interest resulting
from the assessed value thereon imposed upon property that would
be entitled to relief under subdivision (a) or Section 214.01, except
that an appropriate application for exemption was not filed within
the time required by the applicable provision, shall be canceled or
refunded provided that an appropriate application for exemption
is filed after the last day on which relief could be granted under
subdivision (a) or Section 214.01.

(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), begin insert that portion of end insert any tax or
penalty or interest resulting from the assessed value thereon begin delete exceeding two hundred dollars ($200) end delete begin insert that exceeds twenty thousand
dollars ($20,000) end insert in total amount shall be canceled or refunded
provided it is imposed upon property that would be entitled to
relief under subdivision (a) except that an appropriate application
for exemption was not filed within the time period required by the
applicable provision, so long as an appropriate claim for exemption
has been filed.

(d) The relief authorized under this section applies to each claim
for exemption filed. In the case where a claim for exemption is
filed for a property location consisting of contiguous parcels, and
the assessor grants the claim for that property location, any tax or
penalty or interest thereon resulting from the reduction of the
amount of the exemption otherwise available may be applied to a
single parcel.

(e) With respect to property acquired after the beginning of the
fiscal year for which relief is sought, subdivisions (b) and (c) shall
apply only to that pro rata portion of any tax or penalty or interest
resulting from the assessed value thereon that would have been
canceled or refunded had the property qualified for relief under
paragraph (3) of subdivision (a).

SEC. 10.  

Section 276 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:

276.  

(a) Except as otherwise provided by subdivision (b), for
property for which the disabled veterans’ exemption described in
Section 205.5 was available, but for which a timely claim was not
filed, 90 percent of any tax, including any interest or penalty
thereon, levied upon that portion of the assessed value of the
property that would have been exempt under a timely and
appropriate claim shall be canceled or refunded, provided that an
appropriate claim for exemption is thereafter filed.

Cancellations made under this subdivision are subject to the
provisions of Article 1 (commencing with Section 4985) of Chapter
4. Refunds issued under this subdivision are subject to the
limitations periods on refunds as described in Article 1
(commencing with Section 5096) of Chapter 5.

(b) If a late-filed claim for the one-hundred-fifty-thousand-dollar
($150,000) exemption is filed in conjunction with a timely filed
claim for the one-hundred-thousand-dollar ($100,000) exemption,
the amount of any exemption allowed under the late-filed claim
under subdivision (a) shall be determined on the basis of that
portion of the exemption amount, otherwise available under
subdivision (a), that exceeds one hundred thousand dollars
($100,000).

(c) For those claims filed pursuant to subdivision (a) after
November 15, the exemption under that subdivision may be applied
to the second installment. If that exemption is so applied, the first
installment is still delinquent on December 10, and is subject to
delinquent penalties provided for in this division if that installment
is not timely paid. A refund shall be made to the taxpayer upon a
claim submitted to the auditor if the exemption is applied to the
second installment and either of the following is true:

(1) Both installments are paid on or before December 10.

(2) The reduction in taxes resulting from the exemption exceeds
the amount of taxes due on the second installment.

SEC. 11.  

If the Commission on State Mandates determines
that this act contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement
to local agencies and school districts for those costs shall be made
pursuant to Part 7 (commencing with Section 17500) of Division
4 of Title 2 of the Government Code.

SEC. 12.  

Notwithstanding Section 2229 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code, no appropriation is made by this act and the state
shall not reimburse any local agency for any property tax revenues
lost by it pursuant to this act.