Assemblyman Luis Alejo on Thursday announced his first bill is
headed to the governor’s desk
– legislation to uncap a $100 fee charged to delinquent property
tax owners of at least five years for notifying them.
Assemblyman Luis Alejo on Thursday announced his first bill is headed to the governor’s desk – legislation to uncap a $100 fee charged to delinquent property tax owners of at least five years for notifying them.
Alejo’s office announced the following:
“Today, the State Senate passed AB 902 with bipartisan support, making it Assemblymember Luis A. Alejo’s (D-Salinas) first bill headed to the Governor’s desk. The bill received 24 votes including those of local State Senators Sam Blakeslee and Anthony Cannella.
Sponsored by the California Association of County Treasurers and Tax Collectors, AB 902 replaces an arbitrary $100 cap with the ‘actual and reasonable cost’ of notifying a delinquent taxpayer when they have not paid property taxes for over five years. Counties are on the hook to absorb a loss anytime the cost of notification exceeds $100. By correcting this imbalance in the law, the burden will fall on delinquent property owners instead of being shared by all tax payers in a county.
AB 902, includes protections requiring county auditors to perform a rigorous cost study that is approved by the board of supervisors, before any fees are charged.
‘This bill is about fairness, and making sure counties won’t have to pick up the slack for delinquent taxpayers,’ Alejo said in a statement. ‘Rural and urban counties alike will save money because of this simple correction. And the same goes for the people who live in them.'”
Alejo noted that Gov. Jerry Brown will have 12 days to sign it and the bill would become law on Jan. 1.
The full text of AB 902 can be found here.
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