§ 64612. — 64612. (Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 598, Sec. 1.)

California § 64612.

• Jurisdiction: California
• Code GOV: Government Code - GOV
• Title 6.8.: TITLE 6.8. San Francisco Bay Area Regional Housing Finance
• Part 2.: PART 2. Financing Activities of the Bay Area Housing Finance Authority
• Ch. 2.: CHAPTER 2. Revenue
• Art. 1.: ARTICLE 1. Special Taxes

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(a)
(1)
The authority may impose, subject to approval by the executive board before the authority takes action to approve the placement of a measure on the ballot, by resolution, a special tax measured by the number of employees employed by the taxpayer for the privilege of engaging in any kind of lawful business activity transacted in the San Francisco Bay area pursuant to the procedures established in Article 3.5 (commencing with Section 50075) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 1 of Title 5, Section 64521, and any other applicable procedures provided by law.
(2)
The resolution imposing a special tax pursuant to this subdivision may provide for collection of the tax by suit or otherwise.
(b)
If the authority levies a special tax pursuant to subdivision (a) upon a business operating both within and outside the authority’s taxing jurisdiction, the authority shall levy the tax so that the measure of tax fairly reflects that proportion of the taxed activity actually carried on within the taxing jurisdiction.
(c)
A special tax levied pursuant to subdivision (a) shall not apply to any nonprofit organization that is exempted from taxes by Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 23701) of Part 11 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code or Subchapter F (commencing with Section 501) of Chapter 1 of Subtitle A of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, or the successor of either, or to any minister, clergyman, Christian Science practitioner, rabbi, or leader of any religious organization that has been granted an
exemption from federal income tax by the United States Commissioner of Internal Revenue as an organization described in Section 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code or a successor to that section.

Legislative History

Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 598, Sec. 1. (AB 1487) Effective January 1, 2020.