Existing law generally requires the county auditor, in each fiscal year, to allocate property tax revenues to local jurisdictions in accordance with specified formulas and procedures, and generally requires that each jurisdiction be allocated an amount equal to the total of the amount of revenue allocated to that jurisdiction in the prior fiscal year, subject to certain modifications, and that jurisdiction’s portion of the annual tax increment, as defined. Existing property tax law also requires a county auditor to make certain property tax revenue allocations to “qualifying cities,” as defined, in accordance with a specified Tax Equity Allocation (TEA) formula and to make corresponding reductions in the amount of property tax revenue that is allocated to the county.

This bill would, in the case in which a “qualifying city” becomes the successor agency to a special district as a result of a merger with that district as described in a specified statute, require the county auditor to additionally allocate to that successor “qualifying city” that amount of property tax revenue that otherwise would have been allocated to that special district pursuant to general allocation requirements.

This bill would also state the intent of the Legislature in enacting these provisions. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.