Bill Text: CA AB580 | 2013-2014 | Regular Session | Amended

California Assembly Bill 580 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Arts Council: grants.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2014-02-03 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB580 Detail]

Download: California-2013-AB580-Amended.html

BILL NUMBER: AB 580	AMENDED
	BILL TEXT

	AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY  MARCH 19, 2013

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Nazarian

                        FEBRUARY 20, 2013

   An act to  amend Section 5096 of the Revenue and Taxation
Code    add Section 8753.6 to the Government Code 
, relating to  taxation   state government, and
making an appropriation therefor  .



	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 580, as amended, Nazarian.  Property taxation: refunds.
  Arts Council: grants. 
    Existing law establishes the Arts Council composed of 11
members, with the Speaker of the Assembly and the Senate Committee on
Rules each appointing one member and the Governor appointing 9
members who are subject to confirmation by the Senate. The Arts
Council is authorized to award grants, as specified.  
   This bill would continuously appropriate $75,000,000 annually from
the General Fund to the Arts Council to be used for grants as
currently authorized by law, thereby making an appropriation. 

   This bill would also provide legislative findings and declarations
regarding publicly funded art.  
   Existing law requires property taxes to be refunded under
specified circumstances.  
   This bill would make a technical, nonsubstantive change to that
provision. 
   Vote:  majority   2/3  . Appropriation:
 no   yes  . Fiscal committee:  no
  yes  . State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

   SECTION 1.    The Legislature finds and declares all
of the following:  
   (a) Life in this state is enriched by art, innovation, and
creativity.  
   (b) The source of art is in the natural flow of the human mind,
but realizing craft and beauty is demanding, and the people of the
state desire to encourage and nourish these skills wherever they
occur, to the intrinsic and extrinsic benefit of all.  
   (c) Every dollar in state support for the arts leverages seven
dollars ($7) in earned and contributed revenue, and brings back more
than three dollars ($3) in taxes to state and local government
entities.  
   (d) California's cultural enterprises provide nearly 500,891 jobs
for its residents, accounting for 7.6 percent of total employment.
 
   (e) Nonprofit arts organizations contribute nine billion four
hundred thousand dollars ($9,000,400,000) to the state's economy.
 
   (f) Nonprofit arts organizations are a partner to the creative
industries and play a key role in the 21st Century workforce and the
global economy, including in the fields of architecture, advertising,
consulting, education, performing arts, museums, and other cultural
industries; design, including electronic design, software
development, film, games, including computer games, historic
preservation, music, new media, publishing, radio, television, and
tourism.  
   (g) An investment in the arts and the creative economy industries
can revitalize a neighborhood or area by accomplishing all of the
following:  
   (1) Stimulating the economy.  
   (2) Engaging residents.  
   (3) Drawing tourists.  
   (4) Providing a sense of community.  
   (5) Serving as a gathering place.  
   (6) Encouraging creativity.  
   (7) Strengthening community partnerships.  
   (8) Promoting the arts and supporting artists.  
   (9) Developing a positive image for the area.  
   (10) Enhancing property values.  
   (11) Capitalizing on local cultural, economic, and social assets.
 
   (12) Creating jobs. 
   SEC.   2.    Section 8753.6 is added to the
  Government Code   , to read:  
   8753.6.  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the
General Fund is hereby continuously appropriated to the Arts Council
in the amount of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) in each
fiscal year. These funds shall be used only to issue grants to
further the arts, as otherwise authorized to be issued under this
chapter.  
       
  SECTION 1.    Section 5096 of the Revenue and
Taxation Code is amended to read:
   5096.  Taxes paid before or after delinquency shall be refunded if
they were:
   (a) Paid more than once.
   (b) Erroneously or illegally collected.
   (c) Illegally assessed or levied.
   (d) Paid on an assessment in excess of the ratio of assessed value
to the full value of the property as provided in Section 401 by
reason of the assessor's clerical error or excessive or improper
assessments attributable to erroneous property information supplied
by the assessee.
   (e) Paid on an assessment of improvements when the improvements
did not exist on the lien date.
   (f) Paid on an assessment in excess of the value of the property
as determined pursuant to Section 1614 by the county assessment
appeals board.
   (g) Paid on an assessment in excess of the value of the property
as determined by the assessor pursuant to Section 469.