Bill Text: CA SB721 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Introduced

California Senate Bill 721

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Bill Title: General plan: annual report: suite-style student housing quarters.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Engrossed) 2024-08-15 - August 15 hearing: Held in committee and under submission. [SB721 Detail]

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CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE— 2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION

Senate Bill

No. 721

Introduced by Senator Becker

February 16, 2023

An act to add Section 50076.1 to the Government Code, relating to local government.

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

SB 721, as introduced, Becker. Special taxes: vacant land.

The California Constitution generally conditions the imposition of a special tax by a city, county, or special district upon the approval of ²/₃ of the voters of the city, county, or special district voting on that tax. Under existing law, a charter city, pursuant to its constitutional authority over municipal affairs, may levy local taxes to raise revenues for local purposes, subject to restrictions imposed by that city’s charter or preemption in matters of statewide concern. Existing law also authorizes the legislative body of any city to levy any tax which may be levied by any charter city, subject to the voters’ approval pursuant to the California Constitution.

Existing law specifies procedural requirements for the legislative body of a city, county, or district to propose to the voters an ordinance or resolution to adopt a special tax.

This bill would specify that, as used in those procedural requirements, a special tax includes a tax, levied by any city, including a charter city, county, or district on vacant sites included in the inventory on land suitable and available for residential development pursuant to the housing element of a county’s or a city’s long-term general plan, that meets the constitutional requirements.

Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: NO Local Program: NO

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

SECTION 1.

Section 50076.1 is added to the Government Code, to read:

50076.1.

For the purposes of this article, “special tax” includes a tax that meets the requirements of Section 4 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution levied by any city, including a charter city, county, or district on vacant sites included in the inventory on land suitable and available for residential development pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 65583.