Bill Text: CA AB1473 | 2021-2022 | Regular Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Business licenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Failed) 2022-02-01 - Died at Desk. [AB1473 Detail]
Download: California-2021-AB1473-Introduced.html
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2021–2022 REGULAR SESSION
Assembly Bill
No. 1473
Introduced by Assembly Member Chen |
February 19, 2021 |
An act to amend Section 16000 of the Business and Professions Code, relating to business.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
AB 1473, as introduced, Chen.
Business licenses.
Existing law permits the legislative body of an incorporated city, in the exercise of its police power, to license any kind of business not prohibited by law that is transacted and carried on within its jurisdiction and to fix the rates of the license fee, as specified.
This bill would make nonsubstantive changes to those provisions.
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Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NOBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 16000 of the Business and Professions Code is amended to read:16000.
(a) The legislative body of an incorporated city may, in the exercise of its police power, and for the purpose of regulation, as herein provided, and not otherwise, license any kind of business not prohibited by law transacted and carried on within the limits of its jurisdiction, including all shows,(b) No A license fee levied pursuant to subdivision (a) that is measured by the licensee’s income or gross receipts, whether levied by a charter or general law city, shall not apply to any nonprofit organization that is exempted from taxes by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 23701) of Part 11 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or Subchapter F (commencing with Section 501) of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal
Revenue Code of 1986, or the successor of either, or to any minister, clergyman, member of the clergy, Christian Science practitioner, rabbi, or priest of any religious organization that has been granted an exemption from federal income tax by the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a successor to that section.
(c) Before a city, including a charter city, issues a business license to a person to conduct business as a contractor, as defined in Section 7026, the city shall verify that the person is licensed by the Contractors’
Contractors State License Board.