This bill has a number of “plus-sections”

As readers may remember, bills in the California Legislature can end with “plus sections,” which are uncodified clauses that can do a number of things, such as expressing the intent of the legislature, making legislative inferences and statements, or explaining why a bill might have a certain designation. Probably the most common “plus” section is the government-mandated disclaimer language.

Many bills in the California Legislature do not contain plus sections. When invoices do contain them, there is usually only one “plus” section, but sometimes the reader may see two or even three such sections.

While reading through recently gutted and amended bills, I stumbled upon a measure with five plus sections that definitely stood out to me. Apart from the budget bill or the junior budget bill, which often contain a number of additional sections, there were quite a lot of them in this particular Assembly bill. The following are the additional sections contained in this particular bill (with my designation for each section):

SEC. 3. [legislative intent]

(a) The Legislature intends to enact this legislation to provide legislative guidance to district assessors, the State Equalization Board, the courts, and other interested parties regarding the intended interpretation of the term “independent” as that term is used in section 107 of the Internal Revenue Code and in relation to government projects. housing.

(b) Section 2 of this law, adding Section 107.5 to the Revenue and Tax Code, is not a change to existing law, but rather declares it. The intention of the Legislative Assembly is not to seek reimbursement to any entity for the loss of any ad valorem value property tax proceeds as a result of this act, as the act is declarative in relation to existing law.

SEC. 4. [legislative intent]

The legislature intends to comply with Article 41 of the Tax Code.

SEC. 5. [cost mandate disclaimer]

If the State Mandates Board determines that this act contains state expenses, reimbursement of those expenses to local agencies and school districts must be made in accordance with part 7 (beginning with section 17500) of section 4 of title 2 of the Code of Government. .

SEC. 6. [Section 2229 waiver]

Notwithstanding section 2229 of the Revenue and Tax Code, this law does not provide for any appropriation, and the state will not reimburse any local authority for any property tax revenue lost by it under this law.

SEC. 7. [tax levy]

This law provides for a tax levy within the meaning of Section IV of the California Constitution and is effective immediately.

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