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Assessor John R. Noguez is a member of the California Assessors' Association (CAA) Legislative Committee. Our office, in conjunction with the CAA Legislative Committee, tracks legislation that impacts the property tax system. In addition, the CAA sponsors legislation that enhances or clarifies property tax policy.

The bills of interest to assessors are listed below. To see the full text of the legislation along with analysis, click on the bill number. The positions noted are those of the Los Angeles County Assessor and may not reflect those of the CAA.

For any questions relating to legislation, please contact Brian Donnelly, Special Assistant, at (213)974-3101 or via email at bdonnelly@assessor.lacounty.gov.

2012 SESSION
Bill No	Author	Bill Summary	Position
AB 404	Gatto	In counties with lobbyist ordinances, such as Los Angeles, this bill would require the board of supervisors to apply the ordinance provisions provisions to those, such as tax agents, who lobby before the county assessor, county assessor's staff, or the county assessment appeals board.	Support
AB 658	Calderon	As currently written, affects State Board of Equalization enforcement efforts.	Watch
AB 1054	Skinner	Existing law allows lessees of oil and gas and mineral leases to make and file with the State Lands Commission a written quitclaim or relinquishment of all rights under a lease comprising a particular parcel. The quitclaim or relinquishment becomes effective as of the date of its filing subject to specified conditions. This bill instead would allow a lessee to file with the State Lands Commission a written request for the commission to approve a quitclaim or relinquishment of all rights under an oil and gas and mineral lease subject to any required abandonment of facilities and required reclamation of the lease premises. The bill would require the request to approve a quitclaim or relinquishment of all rights under a lease to be heard at a commission meeting.	Watch
AB 1266	Nielsen	Bill related to Williamson Act advisory boards.	Watch
AB 1271	Donnelly	Spot bill related to exemptions on supplemental assessments.	Watch
AB 1530	Huffman	This bill, commencing with the 2013-14 fiscal year, would, until January 1, 2020, authorize local agencies to provide an annual rebate to a taxpayer in an amount that shall not exceed the amount of property tax revenue paid by the taxpayer for that year for "qualified manufacturing property" that is located within a clean manufacturing zone. The definition of "qualified manufacturing property" is fairly complex, see bill for more details.	Watch: point out problems
AB 1590	Campos	This bill proposes to subject Assessment Appeals Boards to the provisions of the Brown Act.	Watch
AB 1700	Butler	This bill would provide that a transfer of a cotenancy interest, as defined, in real property from one cotenant to the other that takes effect upon the death of the transferor cotenant and that occurs on or after January 1, 2013, does not constitute a change of ownership, as provided. This bill would require the transferor cotenant to sign an affidavit, as specified, under penalty of perjury.	Support Letter
AB 1711	Galgiani	Pertains to energy efficiency assessments, ratings, or improvement for residential buildings. Intent of bill as introduced is vague.	Watch
AB 1751	Pan	This bill would require all state departments, boards, agencies, bureaus, or other agencies of the state, or any of its political subdivisions, to provide information to county child welfare agencies and county probation departments for use in identifying, locating, and notifying the parents of children who are in juvenile court proceedings, as well as for use in establishing parent and child relationships and in assessing the appropriateness of placing the child with a noncustodial parent.	Oppose unless amended
AB 2014	Ammiano	This bill would require the Legislature to convene a task force composed of specified citizens and officials to update the work done by a task force in 1979 that provided recommendations to the Legislature regarding the definition of change of ownership described above for complex legal entities.	Watch
AB 2046	Allen	This bill would provide that a transfer of a floating home marina, by the tenants of the floating home marina, does not constitute a change in ownership, provided that a specified condition is met. The condition is: individual tenants who were renting at least 51 percent of the berths in the floating home marina prior to the transfer participate in the transaction through the ownership of an aggregate of at least 51 percent of the ownership or membership interests in, the entity that acquires the floating home marina. Primarily of interest to Marin County.	FYI
AB 2069	Solorio	Concerns the secured billing of sanitation, sewerage, and water charges.	Watch
AB 2210	Smyth	Existing lawrequires a county assessor, upon the request of the governing body of the jurisdiction where the assessor performs the duty of assessing taxes, to furnish an estimate of the assessed valuation of property within the jurisdiction for the succeeding fiscal year. This bill would require the assessor, in cooperation with the tax collector, to estimate whether property valuations have decreased by 3% or more and, if so, require the assessor to issue a written report to the governing body within 30 days. This bill would require the assessor to notify entities affected by the decrease in property valuation. Costs related to this bill may be reimburseable by the state.	Watch
AB 2299	Feuer	This bill would authorize the board of supervisors of a county to establish a program that requires the names of public safety officials (a term defined in the bill) to be redacted from any property record of principal residence that is disclosed to the public by that county, except as specified. The bill would authorize a county to charge a fee for participation in the program. The bill would also set forth requirements that would apply to the sale of aggregate data.	Watch: point out problems
AB 2519	Berryhill	A variety of updated regulations pertaining to to real estate appraisal licensing via the Office of Real Estate Appraisers. This bill appears to affect only fee appraisers and fee appraiser management firms regulated by OREA. As written would appear to has no affect on BOE certified appraisers for property tax purposes.	Watch
AB 2650	Butler	Currently a spot bill proposing a reinstatement of the Property Tax Administration Loan Program.	Watch
SB 874	Hancock	Pertains to exemptions from school district parcel taxes. This bill would provide an additional exemption for persons receiving Social Security Disability Insurance, regardless of age. Amended 1/4/2012	Watch

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