Bill Text: CA SB726 | 2017-2018 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: CalWORKs: benefits overpayment.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2018-09-29 - Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter 930, Statutes of 2018. [SB726 Detail]
Download: California-2017-SB726-Amended.html
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Amended
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Senate
January 03, 2018 |
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Amended
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Senate
March 23, 2017 |
| Senate Bill | No. 726 |
| Introduced by Senator Wiener |
February 17, 2017 |
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
Existing law, as added by an initiative measure that was approved by voters as Proposition 6 at the June 8, 1982, statewide primary election, prohibits the Legislature or a political subdivision of the state from imposing any tax on or by reason of any transfer occurring by reason of death. Existing law imposes a California estate tax, commonly referred to as the “pick up tax,” equal to a certain portion of the maximum allowable amount of credit for state death taxes allowable under applicable federal estate tax law. The Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 phased out the allowance of this credit, and, as of 2005, no longer allows a person to claim a credit of this nature under federal law. Therefore, the “pick up tax” is no longer imposed in California.
This bill would propose to the voters a repeal of the above initiative measure prohibiting the imposition of a tax on or by reason of any transfer occurring by reason of death and would impose estate, gift, and generation-skipping transfer taxes, in modified conformity with federal law, on and after January 1, 2019, upon estates valued at over $5,490,000, as may be adjusted.
Existing law prohibits amendment of the initiative measure by the Legislature unless the amendment is approved by the voters.
This bill would call a special election to be consolidated with the next statewide general election. It would condition the amendment of the initiative upon voter approval, and would require the Secretary of State to submit the provisions of the bill that amend the initiative statute to the voters for their approval at the next consolidated
statewide election. The bill would permit its provisions to be amended by a bill passed by a majority vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature unless otherwise required by the California Constitution.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an act calling an election.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee:Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 41.5 is added to the Revenue and Taxation Code, immediately following Section 41, to read:41.5.
Notwithstanding any other law, any bill introduced on or after January 1, 2019, that would authorize an exemption from the taxes imposed by Part 1 (commencing with Section 6001) of Division 2 shall contain all of the following:(a)Subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to estate and gift taxes, shall apply, except as otherwise provided in this part.
(b)Subtitle B of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to estate and gift taxes, is modified as follows:
(1)(A)Section 2010(c)(3)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code is modified by substituting “$5,490,000” for “$5,000,000.”
(B)The basic exclusion amount referenced in subparagraph (A) shall be increased by an adjustment for inflation by taking the product of that amount for the prior calendar year multiplied by the inflation factor adjustment as specified in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (h) of Section 17041, rounded off to the nearest dollar beginning January 1, 2020.
(2)The term “taxpayer” shall be substituted for the terms “executor,” “decedent,” or any combination of those terms in each place they appear.
(3)The term “Franchise Tax Board” shall be substituted for the term “Secretary” in each place it appears.
(4)Subdivision (a) of Section 2001 is modified by substituting the phrase “the taxable estate of each individual” for the phrase “transfer of the taxable estate of every decedent who is a citizen or resident of the United States.”
On or before July 1, 2019, the Franchise Tax Board shall develop a return for payment of the taxes imposed under this part.
Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the penalties set forth in Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), including any amendments thereto, apply to this part as follows:
(a)Penalties for failing to file a timely return also apply for failing to file a timely return for the taxes imposed under this part.
(b)Penalties for failing to timely pay the tax also apply for failing to timely pay the taxes imposed under this part.
(c)Penalties for filing a false or misleading return apply to filing a false or misleading return for taxes imposed under this part.
The Franchise Tax Board may promulgate regulations to implement this part.
This part shall apply on or after January 1, 2019.
This act may be amended by a bill passed by a majority vote of the membership of both houses of the Legislature, unless otherwise required by the California Constitution.
(a)As an amendment of an initiative statute, Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of this act shall become effective only upon approval by the voters at a statewide election.
(b)A special election is hereby called, to be held throughout the state on the date of the next statewide election, for approval by the voters of Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of this act. The special election
shall be consolidated with the statewide election to be
held. The consolidated elections shall be held and conducted in all aspects as if there were only one election, and only one form of ballot shall be used.
(c)Notwithstanding Section 9040 of the Elections Code, or any other law, the Secretary of State shall, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 10 of Article II of the California Constitution, submit Sections 1 to 3, inclusive, of this act to the voters for their approval at the consolidated statewide election.
This act calls an election within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.
