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AB-27 Personal Income Tax Law: Corporation Tax Law: Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event: exclusions.(2025-2026)



As Amends the Law Today


SECTION 1.

 Section 17157.5 is added to the Revenue and Taxation Code, to read:

17157.5.
 (a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, gross income does not include any Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature event payment amount received by a taxpayer.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event” means the elevated temperature landfill event, beginning on May 1, 2022, that occurred beneath the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the County of Los Angeles, California.
(2) “Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event payment” means any amount received by a taxpayer on or after March 1, 2024, as compensation for loss, damages, expenses, relocation, suffering, loss in real property value, closing costs with respect to real property, including realtor commissions, or inconvenience, including access to real property, resulting from the Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event, if the amount was provided by either of the following:
(A) A federal, state, or local governmental agency.
(B) Waste Connections, Inc., any subsidiary, insurer, or agent of Waste Connections, Inc., or any person related to Waste Connections, Inc.
(c) The taxpayer shall provide, upon request by the Franchise Tax Board, documentation of the Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature event payment amount in the form and manner requested by the Franchise Tax Board.
(d) For the purpose of complying with Section 41 in regards to the exclusion provided by this section and Section 24309.9, the Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(1) The specific goal, purpose, and objective of the tax exclusion is to provide essential relief to individuals who have suffered loss, damages, expenses, relocation, suffering, and inconvenience resulting from the Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event.
(2) The performance indicators for the Legislature to use in determining if the exclusion achieves the stated goal, purpose, and objective shall be the number of taxpayers that excluded Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature event payment amounts from gross income, and the aggregate amount of related payments arising out of the Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event.

SEC. 2.

 Section 24309.9 is added to the Revenue and Taxation Code, to read:

24309.9.
 (a) For taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2024, gross income does not include any Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event payment amount received by a taxpayer.
(b) For purposes of this section:
(1) “Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event” means the elevated temperature landfill event, beginning on May 1, 2022, that occurred beneath the Chiquita Canyon Landfill in the County of Los Angeles, California.
(2) “Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event payment” means any amount received by a taxpayer on or after March 1, 2024, as compensation for loss, damages, expenses, relocation, suffering, loss in real property value, closing costs with respect to real property, including realtor commissions, or inconvenience, including access to real property, resulting from the Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event, if the amount was provided by either of the following:
(A) A federal, state, or local governmental agency.
(B) Waste Connections, Inc., any subsidiary, insurer, or agent of Waste Connections, Inc., or any person related to Waste Connections, Inc.
(c) The taxpayer shall provide, upon request by the Franchise Tax Board, documentation of the Chiquita Canyon elevated temperature landfill event payment amount in the form and manner requested by the Franchise Tax Board.
SEC. 3.
 This act provides for a tax levy within the meaning of Article IV of the California Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.