Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11160. Section 11160.
This part is applicable only to the City and County of San Francisco.
PART 5.7. VOTER-APPROVED LOCAL ASSESSMENT [11160. - 11167.]
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC 5.7.
in effectCal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11161. Section 11161.
For purposes of this part:
(a)
“Board of supervisors” means the board of supervisors of the city and county.
(b)
“City and county” means the City and County of San Francisco.
(c)
“Department” means the Department of Motor Vehicles.
(d)
“Market value” has the same meaning and shall be determined in the same manner as required under Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701) of Division 2.
(e)
“Person” includes an individual, a firm, a corporation, a limited liability company, a partnership, or any other legal entity.
(f)
“Resident of the city and county” means a person whose address, as reflected in department registration records, is in the city and county, but does not include a person that establishes to the satisfaction of the department that the person’s place of residence is elsewhere.
(g)
“Voter-approved local assessment” means a supplemental charge added to the fee imposed pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701).
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11162. Section 11162.
Notwithstanding Section 10758, the board of supervisors may, by ordinance, impose a voter-approved local assessment for general revenue purposes pursuant to this part, if all of the following conditions are met:
(a)
The ordinance proposing the assessment complies with both of the following:
(1)
Section 11163.
(2)
Article 3.7 (commencing with Section 53720) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the Government Code.
(b)
The ordinance proposing the assessment is approved by two-thirds of all members of the board of supervisors.
(c)
The ordinance proposing the assessment is submitted to the electorate of the city and county and is approved by a majority vote of the voters voting on the ordinance.
(d)
The board of supervisors transmits to the department and the Franchise Tax Board a certified copy of the ordinance imposing that assessment immediately after the results of the election described in subdivision (c) are certified.
(e)
The ordinance proposing the assessment does not create different classes of vehicles (whether by type, size,
passenger capacity, value or cost, fuel consumption, or any other characteristic) for differential taxation (whether by rate, method, assessment ratio, or any other means), except that the exemptions from the vehicle license fee set forth in Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701) shall be applicable.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11163. Section 11163.
An ordinance imposing a voter-approved local assessment pursuant to this part shall contain provisions in substance as follows:
(a)
A provision that the assessment is imposed for the privilege of a resident of the city and county to operate upon the public highways in the city and county a vehicle or trailer coach, the registrant of which is subject to tax under Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701).
(b)
(1)
A provision establishing the annual amount of the assessment at a rate that equals the difference between the following two rates:
(A)
Two percent of the market value of the vehicle or trailer coach.
(B)
The rate, including any offset to that rate, set forth in Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701), for a vehicle or trailer coach.
(2)
A provision that the rate established under the provision described in paragraph (1) is subject to both of the following:
(A)
That the rate may not exceed 2 percent of the market value of the vehicle or trailer coach.
(B)
That any adjustment that is required to be
made to the rate because of a change in the rate, or any offset to that rate, set forth in Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701), shall not take effect until the first day of the first fiscal year that follows the fiscal year in which the change to the rate or offset set forth in that part became operative.
(c)
A provision that the assessment will begin to be imposed as follows:
(1)
If the election in which the ordinance receives voter approval occurs between January 1 and June 30, on the first January 1 that follows that election.
(2)
If the election in which the ordinance receives voter approval occurs between July 1 and December 31, on the first July 1 that follows that election.
(d)
Provisions identical to those contained in Part 5 (commencing with
Section 10701), insofar as they relate to vehicle license fees and are applicable, and insofar as they are consistent with this part, except that the name of the city and county as the taxing agency shall be substituted for that of the state.
(e)
A provision that all amendments, subsequent to the effective date of the voter-approved local assessment ordinance, to Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701) relating to vehicle license fees and not inconsistent with this part, shall automatically be incorporated into the voter-approved local assessment ordinance.
(f)
A provision that requires the city and county to contract with the department, which contract shall contain provisions in substance as follows:
(1)
A requirement that the department perform all functions incident to the administration and collection of the
voter-approved local assessment.
(2)
A provision specifying the manner in which refunds pursuant to Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701), as incorporated in the voter-approved local assessment ordinance pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d), will be made and administered.
(3)
A provision that requires the city and county to pay the department for the initial setup and programming costs identified by the department.
(4)
A provision specifying the manner in which reimbursements to the state shall be made in compliance with subdivision (b) of Section 11167 after the inoperation or repeal of a voter-approved local assessment.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11163.2. Section 11163.2.
Any ordinance approved pursuant to Section 11163 shall be valid and enforceable even if approved, as required by Section 11162, by the board of supervisors and by the voters prior to the effective date of the act adding this section, but only if both of the following apply:
(a)
Any assessment imposed pursuant to the approval of the ordinance is not levied until at least 90 days after the effective date of the act adding
this section.
(b)
The board of supervisors ratifies its adoption of the ordinance after the effective date of the act adding this section and prior to the first levy of the assessment imposed pursuant to the approval of the ordinance.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11164. Section 11164.
The department shall do all of the following:
(a)
Collect the voter-approved local assessment, pursuant to a contract with the city and county, and deposit it into the San Francisco Vehicle Assessment Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury.
(b)
Calculate its costs in administering the voter-approved local assessment pursuant to this part.
(c)
From the assessments collected under subdivision (a), calculate the amount reported under subdivision (a) of Section 11166 as appropriately adjusted, if applicable, by the most recent amount reported under subdivision (b) of Section 11166.
(d)
Transmit revenues derived from the assessments collected under subdivision (a), minus the amount currently outstanding that has been calculated under subdivisions (b) and (c), to the city and county as promptly as feasible. The moneys necessary to accomplish the transfer shall be continuously appropriated for that purpose.
(e)
The department and the Franchise Tax Board shall develop a reporting process that enables the department to report to the Franchise Tax Board in a timely manner the data necessary for the Franchise Tax Board to prepare the estimate of revenue loss
specified in Section 11166.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11165. Section 11165.
(a)
This part shall not be construed to supplant any moneys that the state apportions to the city and county, including, but not limited to, moneys apportioned to the city and county under the Vehicle License Fee Law set forth in Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701), or any successor to that law.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other law, if the city and county that imposes a voter-approved local assessment
has a reduction in revenue derived from that assessment because of an increase in the rate, including any offset to that rate, set forth in Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701) for a vehicle or a trailer coach, reimbursement by the state shall not be made to the city and county for that loss in revenue.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11166. Section 11166.
(a)
On or before January 1 of the year that follows a year, or portion thereof, in which an assessment is imposed pursuant to this part, and annually thereafter, the Franchise Tax Board shall report to the department an estimate of the total amount of the revenue loss to the state that is expected to occur in the next calendar year, for a report given before January 1, or the current calendar year, for a report given on January 1, from deductions taken under the
Personal Income Tax Law (Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001)) and the Corporation Tax Law (Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001)) for taxes paid or incurred as a result of an enacted tax being imposed pursuant to this part.
(b)
On or before January 1 of the second year that follows a year, or portion thereof, in which an assessment is imposed pursuant to this part, and annually thereafter, the Franchise Tax Board shall report to the department a revision of the applicable previous estimate made pursuant to subdivision (a), based on actual filings and returns.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11167. Section 11167.
For any revisions to previous estimates made by the Franchise Tax Board on or after January 1 following the inoperation or repeal of a voter-approved local assessment pursuant to Section 11166, the following shall apply:
(a)
(1)
In the event that the Franchise Tax Board’s reported estimate, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11166, exceeds the revision of that estimate, pursuant to subdivision (b)
of Section 11166, the city and county shall be reimbursed by the Controller from the San Francisco Vehicle Assessment Fund.
(2)
The money in the San Francisco Vehicle Assessment Fund is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for the purposes enumerated in this subdivision.
(b)
In the event that the Franchise Tax Board’s reported estimate, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11166, is less than the revision of that estimate, pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 11166, the state shall be reimbursed by the city and county. The reimbursement pursuant to this subdivision shall be performed as provided in paragraph (4) of subdivision (f) of Section 11163.
(c)
Notwithstanding Section 11166, any revision of an applicable previous estimate shall not be reported to the department and shall be
reported to the Controller.
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