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Majority
Fiscal committee
No
Appropriation
No
Current location
Passed
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- Introduced
- Passed Senate
- Passed Assembly
- To Governor
- Became Law
Overview
This bill amends California Civil Code to require parties in legal proceedings to also serve copies of their briefs and petitions on the Director of the Civil Rights Department, in addition to the State Solicitor General. It also authorizes the County of Santa Cruz to impose a transactions and use tax up to 0.5% for specific purposes, subject to voter approval, until December 31, 2030, exceeding the standard 2% limit. The bill declares its urgency to address immediate fiscal pressures facing the County of Santa Cruz.
Key provisions
- Requires parties in civil rights cases to serve briefs on the Director of the Civil Rights Department.
- Authorizes the County of Santa Cruz to levy a transactions and use tax up to 0.5%.
- Allows the tax rate to exceed the standard 2% limit.
- The tax authorization is contingent on voter approval.
- The tax authorization expires on December 31, 2030.
- Provides for a repeal of the chapter if the ordinance is not approved by voters.
- Declares the bill an urgency statute.
- Establishes findings regarding the necessity of a special statute for the County of Santa Cruz.
Who is affected
- Individuals involved in civil rights legal proceedings.
- The Civil Rights Department.
- The County of Santa Cruz residents and businesses.
- The Santa Cruz County Board of Supervisors.
- California taxpayers
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