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<ns0:AuthorText authorType="LEAD_AUTHOR">Introduced by Senator Laird</ns0:AuthorText>
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<ns0:Title> An act to add and repeal Chapter 3.85 (commencing with Section 7294.7) of Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to taxation, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately.</ns0:Title>
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<ns0:Subject>Transactions and use taxes: County of Santa Cruz.</ns0:Subject>
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<html:p>Existing law authorizes various local governmental entities, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in any county not exceed 2%.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would authorize, until December 31, 2030, the County of Santa Cruz, by an ordinance adopted by the Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors, to levy a tax pursuant to the Transactions and Use Tax Law at a rate not to exceed 0.5% for general and special purposes, subject to voter approval, as specified. The bill would authorize those taxes to exceed the 2% limit described above.</html:p>
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bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the County of Santa Cruz.</html:p>
<html:p>This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.</html:p>
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<ns0:Preamble>The people of the State of California do enact as follows:</ns0:Preamble>
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Chapter 3.85 (commencing with Section 7294.7) is added to Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the
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(a)
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Notwithstanding any other law, the County of Santa Cruz may impose a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes to support countywide programs at a rate of no more than 0.5 percent that would, in combination with all taxes imposed in accordance with the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251)), exceed the limit established in Section 7251.1, if all of the following requirements are met:
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(1)
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The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors adopts an ordinance proposing the transactions and use tax by any applicable voting approval requirement.
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(2)
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The ordinance proposing the transactions and use tax is submitted to the electorate and is
approved by the voters voting on the ordinance by the applicable voting approval requirement in accordance with Article XIII C of the California Constitution.
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(3)
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The transactions and use tax conforms to the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251)), other than Section 7251.1.
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(b)
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Notwithstanding Section 7251.1, a transactions and use tax rate imposed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not be considered for purposes of the combined rate limitation established by Section 7251.1.
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(c)
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If, as of December 31, 2030, an ordinance proposing a transactions and use tax has not been approved in the County of Santa Cruz as authorized by subdivision (a), this chapter shall be repealed.
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<html:p>The Legislature finds and declares that a special statute is necessary and that a general statute cannot be made applicable within the meaning of Section 16 of Article IV of the California Constitution because of the unique fiscal pressures being experienced in the County of Santa Cruz in providing essential programs.</html:p>
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<html:p>This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are:</html:p>
<html:p>To provide an immediate opportunity for the voters of the County of Santa Cruz to consider a local tax measure to offset reductions to social safety net services, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.</html:p>
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