Bill Text: CA AB2579 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Inspections: exterior elevated elements.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-05-30 - In committee: Hearing postponed by committee. [AB2579 Detail]
Download: California-2023-AB2579-Amended.html
Amended
IN
Assembly
April 09, 2024 |
Introduced by Assembly Member Quirk-Silva |
February 14, 2024 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing property tax law requires the county auditor, in each fiscal year, to allocate property tax revenue to local jurisdictions in accordance with specified formulas and procedures, and generally requires that each jurisdiction be allocated an amount equal to the total of the amount of revenue allocated to that jurisdiction in the prior fiscal year, subject to certain modifications, and that jurisdiction’s portion of the annual tax increment, as defined. Existing property tax law also reduces the amounts of ad valorem property tax revenue that would otherwise be annually allocated to the county, cities, and special districts pursuant to these general allocation requirements by requiring, for purposes of determining property tax revenue allocations in each county for the 1992–93 and 1993–94 fiscal years, that the amounts of property tax revenue deemed allocated in the prior fiscal year
to the county, cities, and special districts be reduced in accordance with certain formulas. Existing property tax law requires that the revenues not allocated to the county, cities, and special districts as a result of these reductions be transferred to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund in that county for allocation to school districts, community college districts, and the county office of education.
This bill, for the 2025–26 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, would require the auditor of the County of Orange to increase the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue that is otherwise required to be allocated to the county by the county equity amount, as defined, and to commensurately decrease the amount of ad valorem property tax revenue that is otherwise required to be allocated to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund and, if necessary, the
amount of those revenues otherwise required to be allocated to school districts.
By imposing new duties upon local officials in the allocation of ad valorem property tax revenues, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Orange.
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 the statutory provisions noted above.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:SEC. 2.
Section 17973 of the Health and Safety Code is amended to read:17973.
(a) Exterior elevated elements that include load-bearing components in all buildings containing three or more multifamily dwelling units shall be inspected. The inspection shall be performed by a licensed architect; licensed civil or structural engineer; a building contractor holding any or all of the “A,” “B,” or “C-5” license classifications issued by the Contractors State License Board, with a minimum of five years’ experience, as a holder of the aforementioned classifications or licenses, in constructing multistory wood frame buildings; or an individual certified as a building inspector or building official from a recognized state, national, or international association, as determined by the local jurisdiction. These individuals shall not be employed by the local jurisdiction while performing these inspections. The purpose of the inspection is to determine that exterior elevated elements and their associated waterproofing elements are in a generally safe condition, adequate working order, and free from any hazardous condition caused by fungus, deterioration, decay, or improper alteration to the extent that the life, limb, health, property, safety, or welfare of the public or the occupants is not endangered. The person or business performing the inspection shall be hired by the owner of the building.(a)Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2025–26 fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter, the auditor of the County of Orange shall do both of the following:
(1)Increase the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue that is otherwise required to be allocated to the county by the county equity amount.
(2)(A)Decrease the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue that is otherwise required to be allocated to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund by the county equity amount.
(B)If, for any fiscal year, there is not enough ad valorem property tax revenue that is
otherwise required to be allocated to a county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund for the auditor to complete the allocation reduction required by subparagraph (A), the auditor shall additionally reduce the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue that is otherwise required to be allocated to all school districts in the county for that fiscal year by an amount equal to the difference between the county equity amount and the amount of ad valorem property tax revenue that is otherwise required to be allocated to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund for that fiscal year. This reduction for each school district in the county shall be the percentage share of the total reduction that is equal to the proportion that the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue that is otherwise required to be allocated to the school district bears to the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue that is otherwise required to be allocated to all school districts in a county. For purposes of this
subparagraph, “school districts” do not include any districts that are excess tax school entities, as defined in Section 95.
(C)Any reduction in the amount of ad valorem property tax revenues deposited in the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund as a result of subparagraph (A) shall be applied exclusively to reduce the amounts that are allocated from that fund to school districts and county offices of education, and shall not be applied to reduce the amounts of ad valorem property tax revenues that are otherwise required to be allocated from that fund to community college districts.
(b)For purposes of this section, the following definitions shall apply:
(1)“County equity amount” shall
mean the following:
(A)For the 2025–26 fiscal year, 1 percent of the total amount of property tax revenue otherwise required to be allocated to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund.
(B)For the 2026–27 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the sum of the following amounts:
(i)The county equity amount for the prior fiscal year.
(ii)The product of the two following amounts:
(I)The amount described in subparagraph (A).
(II)The percentage change from the prior fiscal year to the current fiscal year in gross taxable assessed valuation within the jurisdiction of the County of Orange, as reflected in the
equalized assessment roll for those fiscal years.
(iii)If the county property tax threshold amount is less than 12 percent of countywide ad valorem property tax revenues and the percentage change from the prior fiscal year to the current fiscal year in gross taxable assessed valuation within the jurisdiction of the County of Orange, as reflected in the equalized assessment roll for those fiscal years, is greater than 3 percent, then the product of the following amounts:
(I)The total amount of property tax revenue otherwise required to be allocated to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund.
(II)The percentage change from the prior fiscal year to the current fiscal year in gross taxable assessed valuation within the jurisdiction of the County of Orange, as reflected in the equalized assessment roll for
those fiscal years, minus 3 percent.
(2)“County property tax threshold amount” equals the sum of the following amounts:
(A)The County of Orange’s allocation of countywide ad valorem property tax revenues which are not subject to Section 6503.1 of the Government Code.
(B)The county equity amount for the prior year.
(c)For the 2021–22 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, ad valorem property tax revenue allocations made pursuant to Sections 96.1 and 96.5, or any successor to either of those provisions, shall not incorporate the allocation adjustments made by this section.
The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique inequities experienced from fiscal year to fiscal year by the County of Orange that, of all the counties in the state, was allocated the lowest percentage of countywide ad valorem property tax revenues as determined by the State Board of Equalization for the 2021–22 fiscal year.
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.