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SB-732 Transactions and use tax: South Coast Air Quality Management District.(2019-2020)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 317 of the Elections Code is amended to read:

317.
 (a)  “District,” for purposes of initiative and referendum under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 9300) of Division 9, includes any regional agency that has the power to tax, to regulate land use, or to condemn and purchase land.
(b) “District,” for purposes of Section 1405 and initiative under Article 1 (commencing with Section 9300) of Chapter 4 of Division 9, includes the South Coast Air Quality Management District established pursuant to Chapter 5.5 (commencing with Section 40400) of Part 3 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.

SEC. 2.

 Section 9314.5 is added to the Elections Code, to read:

9314.5.
 (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms have the following meanings:
(1) “Legal counsel for the south coast district” means the attorney designated under the south coast district’s conflict of interest code as its legal officer pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 87300) of Chapter 7 of Title 9 of the Government Code.
(2) “South coast district” means the South Coast Air Quality Management District, established pursuant to Section 40410 of the Health and Safety Code.
(b) (1) Whenever a south coast district measure is submitted to the voters of the south coast district, the south coast district elections official shall transmit a copy of the measure to the legal counsel for the south coast district. Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (c), the legal counsel for the south coast district shall prepare an impartial analysis of the measure that does all of the following:
(A) Shows the effect of the measure on the existing law.
(B) Shows the operation of the measure.
(C) Includes a statement indicating whether the measure was placed on the ballot by a petition signed by the requisite number of voters or by the governing body of the south coast district.
(D) Is printed preceding the arguments for and against the measure.
(E) Does not exceed 500 words in length.
(2) If the entire text of the measure is neither printed on the ballot nor in the voter information guide, there shall be printed in no less than 10-point bold type immediately below the impartial analysis a legend that reads substantially as follows:

“The above statement is an impartial analysis of Ordinance or Measure ____. If you desire a copy of the ordinance or measure, please call the south coast district elections official’s office at (insert telephone number) and a copy will be mailed at no cost to you.”

SEC. 3.

 Article 9 (commencing with Section 40560) is added to Chapter 5.5 of Part 3 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:

Article  9. Ballot Measure Elections for Transactions and Use Taxes
40560.
 (a) An ordinance to levy, increase, or extend a transactions and use tax authorized pursuant to this article, Article 1 (commencing with Section 9300) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the Elections Code, and the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) for purposes and uses specified in this article and determined appropriate by the south coast district may be enacted in the south coast district at a rate of 0.25 percent, or a multiple of that percentage not to exceed a maximum of 1 percent, through either of the following:
(1) Approval by a majority vote of the south coast district board and placement on the ballot for subsequent approval by the south coast district’s electorate in conformance with other applicable constitutional and statutory requirements.
(2) Placement on the ballot by a voter initiative for subsequent approval by the south coast district’s electorate in compliance with other applicable constitutional and statutory requirements.
(b) The south coast district board may levy, increase, or extend more than one transactions and use tax pursuant to this section if the adoption of the transaction and use tax conforms with both of the following:
(1) The requirements of this article.
(2) The requirements of the Transactions and Use Tax Law (Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).
(c) An ordinance that is not related to, or for, the adoption, modification, or amendment of a transactions and use tax shall not be enacted in the south coast district.
(d) (1) If the voters approve a transactions and use tax levy, increase, or extension within the south coast district pursuant to this section, the south coast district shall establish an independent taxpayers’ oversight committee within six months of the effective date of the transactions and use tax levy, increase, or extension to ensure that revenues generated by the levy, increase, or extension are expended consistent with the applicable requirements of this article.
(2) (A) The independent taxpayers’ oversight committee shall include two representatives from each county within the jurisdiction of the south coast district. Each representative shall be appointed by the applicable county board of supervisors and serve a four-year term. Each representative shall be limited to two terms.
(B) Members of the independent taxpayers’ oversight committee shall not be any of the following:
(i) Current or former members of the south coast district board or current or former employees of the south coast district.
(ii) Employees of an organization or person that has received, or is receiving, funding from the south coast district.
(iii) Former employees or persons who have contracted with an organization or person that has received, or is receiving, funding from the south coast district within one year of having worked for, or contracted with, that organization or person.
(3) The independent taxpayers’ oversight committee shall annually review the south coast district’s expenditure of funds generated by the transactions and use tax levy, increase, or extension for the projects and programs specified in this article, and shall prepare and submit to the relevant environmental committees of the Legislature a report summarizing its findings. The oversight committee may request any public records, as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 6252 of the Government Code, or any unprivileged documents from the south coast district to assist the committee in performing its functions.
40562.
 (a) For purposes of this section, “GIS mapping system” means a geographical information system that will collect, store, retrieve, analyze, and display geographical data.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, a transactions and use tax ordinance that is approved by the voters in the south coast district shall not be included for purposes of the combined tax rate limit of Section 7251.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(c) A transactions and use tax ordinance adopted pursuant to this article shall be operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 150 days after the adoption of the ordinance by the electorate in compliance with any applicable constitutional or statutory requirements.
(d) (1) Before the operative date of the transactions and use tax ordinance, the south coast district shall contract with the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration, or other state agency provided for by law, to perform all functions related to the administration and operation of the transactions and use tax ordinance.
(2) Notwithstanding Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, both of the following apply:
(A) The costs to be covered by the contract required pursuant to this subdivision may include the services described in Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for preparatory work up to the operative date of the ordinance. A dispute as to the amount of the costs shall be resolved in the same manner as provided for in Section 7272 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(B) The maximum amount of preparatory costs incurred may exceed those costs as described in paragraph (1) if the increased amount reflects necessary preparatory costs.
(3) Within 45 days from the date a transactions and use tax ordinance is adopted pursuant to this article, the south coast district shall provide the California Department of Tax and Fee Administration with a GIS mapping system of the south coast district boundaries, as set forth in Section 40410.
40564.
 (a) All moneys received by the south coast district or any other recipients pursuant to this article shall be used to implement projects that reduce air pollution through incentives and other measures to first fully implement the state implementation plan for the south coast district and any subsequent air quality attainment plans adopted by the south coast district to meet state and federal ambient air quality standards, then to reduce toxic diesel air pollution, reduce climate change pollutants, including short-lived climate pollutants, reduce exposure to air pollution, especially in disadvantaged communities, and to carry out transit and transportation projects that reduce air pollution, with priority given to clean fuel and electric transit projects and associated infrastructure. Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, either of the following:
(1) Zero-emission, near-zero-emission, or cleanest commercially available mobile and stationary equipment that reasonably meets the needs of the operators of that equipment, all as defined and determined by the south coast district board.
(2) Alternative fueling and charging infrastructure.
(b) For a project that involves construction, alteration, demolition, installation, repair, or maintenance work that is funded in whole or in part with moneys received pursuant to this article, the following requirements shall apply:
(1) The project shall be considered public work for purposes of Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 1720) of Part 7 of Division 2 of the Labor Code.
(2) The south coast district shall require, as a condition of providing funding for a project in excess of one million dollars ($1,000,000), an enforceable commitment that a skilled and trained workforce, as defined in Section 2601 of the Public Contract Code, will be used to perform the work for that project.
(3) The south coast district shall not authorize funding for a project in excess of five million dollars ($5,000,000) unless all contractors and subcontractors performing work on the project will be bound by a project labor agreement, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 2500 of the Public Contract Code, in performing that work.
(c) Funds available under this article shall not be allocated for the purchase of fully automated cargo-handling equipment. For purposes of this subdivision, “fully automated” means equipment that is remotely operated with or without the exercise of human intervention or control. This subdivision does not prohibit the use of funds for a project that includes the purchase of human-operated zero-emission equipment, human-operated near-zero emission equipment, and infrastructure supporting that human-operated equipment. This subdivision does not prohibit the purchase of devices that support human-operated equipment, including equipment to evaluate the utilization and environmental benefits of that human-operated equipment.
(d)  No more than 6.25 percent of the total revenues received pursuant to this article may be used for administrative costs in implementing the programs authorized pursuant to this article.
(e)  Beginning the year after the first calendar year in which moneys from the transactions and use tax ordinance are made available to the south coast district pursuant to this article, the south coast district shall include in its annual report to the Legislature required pursuant to Section 40452 both of the following:
(1) A report of the projects funded from moneys from the transactions and use tax ordinance for the prior calendar year.
(2) The expected emissions reductions to be obtained from projects funded from moneys from the transactions and use tax ordinance.
40568.
 (a) (1) The south coast district board may appoint a district elections official for purposes of overseeing, supervising, or conducting an election required pursuant to Section 40560.
(2) The south coast district’s elections official shall oversee, supervise, or conduct an election required pursuant to Section 40560 and the applicable procedures set forth in Article 1 (commencing with Section 9300) of Chapter 4 of Division 9 of the Elections Code.
(b) (1) The south coast district board may submit a resolution to the board of supervisors of a county that is entirely or partly located within the boundaries of the south coast district to provide services that are reasonable and necessary to conduct an election in the south coast district. Upon the presentation of that resolution by the south coast district board, the applicable county elections official shall provide those services to the south coast district, and those services shall be performed by the county elections official in coordination and consultation with the south coast district’s elections official.
(2) No later than 61 days before an election on the transactions and use tax ordinance authorized pursuant to this article, the county elections official shall work with the south coast district’s elections official to set and finalize a list of precincts or consolidated precincts, as applicable.
(3) The south coast district shall reimburse in full each county that is located entirely or partly within the boundaries of the south coast district for the reasonable cost of the services performed by the county elections official at the request of the south coast district or by agreement upon the presentation of a bill to the south coast district.
(4) Unless otherwise provided by law, election and election-related services shall be conducted by each county as provided by the Elections Code for districts.
(c) The regular election date for the south coast district shall be the date of the statewide general election as provided for in Section 1200 of the Elections Code. The election shall be consolidated with the statewide general election.

SEC. 4.

 Section 7252.3 is added to the Revenue and Taxation Code, to read:

7252.3.
 “District,” as used in this part, also means the South Coast Air Quality Management District if authorized to impose transactions and use taxes pursuant to this part and Article 9 (commencing with Section 40560) of Chapter 5.5 of Part 3 of Division 26 of the Health and Safety Code.
SEC. 5.
  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 nature of the air quality problem in the South Coast Air Quality Management District, which has the worst ozone levels in the nation.
SEC. 6.
 No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because a local agency or school district has the authority to levy service charges, fees, or assessments sufficient to pay for the program or level of service mandated by this act, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code.