HomeMy WebLinkAboutA032823SU3. CONSENT AGENDA
3.16 Letter in Support for AB 556 (Gallagher) and AB 1500 (Irwin) - Passed by voters in 1978,
Proposition 13 restricted the rate of increase on reassessments to a maximum of 2% per year
and limited property tax to 1% of assessed value. Under Proposition 13, a property can be
reassessed at full market value when it changes ownership or if new construction occurs. To
ensure that disaster survivors would not fall under the definition of new construction by
rebuilding or purchasing a replacement property, voters subsequently passed several new
construction exclusions. This includes Proposition 50 (1986), which allows the transfer of base
year value of real property substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster. The legislature
implemented these provisions in Revenue and Taxation Code (RTC) §69, which allows the base
year value of property that is substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as declared by
the Governor, to be transferred to comparable property in the same county, which is acquired
or newly constructed within five years of the disaster. Additionally, RTC §70.5 authorizes the
owner of property substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as declared by the
Governor, to apply the base year value of that property to replacement property reconstructed
on the same site of the damaged or destroyed property within 5 years after the disaster if the
reconstructed property is comparable. Assemblyman James Gallagher (3rd District) introduced
AB 556 to give Camp Fire survivors an additional three years to purchase or construct a
replacement property under RTC §69. Similarly, AB 1500 gives Woosley Fire and Camp Fire
survivors an additional three years to rebuild a property under RTC §70.5. Both bills ensure 2018
Camp Fire survivors whose homes were damaged or destroyed have additional time to purchase
or construct a new residence — action requested - APPROVE LETTERS (2) OF SUPPORT. (County
Administration)
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BUTTE COUNTY
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
MEMBERS OF THE BOARD
BILL CONNELLY, DISTRICT 1
SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
PETER DURFEE, DISTRICT 2
TAM RITTER DISTRICT
MARCH 28� 2023
TOD KIMMELSHUE, DISTRICT
C A L I F O R N I A N
DOUG TEETER, DISTRICT 5
9:00 Ann
ANDY PICKETT
BRAD STEPHENS, COUNTY COUNSEL
MEETING LOCATION
CHIEF ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER &
BOARD OF SUPERVISORS CHAMBERS
CLERK OF THE BOARD
25 COUNTY CENTER DRIVE, SUITE 205
OROVILLE, CALIFORNIA 95965-3380
3. CONSENT AGENDA
3.16 Letter in Support for AB 556 (Gallagher) and AB 1500 (Irwin) - Passed by voters in 1978,
Proposition 13 restricted the rate of increase on reassessments to a maximum of 2% per year
and limited property tax to 1% of assessed value. Under Proposition 13, a property can be
reassessed at full market value when it changes ownership or if new construction occurs. To
ensure that disaster survivors would not fall under the definition of new construction by
rebuilding or purchasing a replacement property, voters subsequently passed several new
construction exclusions. This includes Proposition 50 (1986), which allows the transfer of base
year value of real property substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster. The legislature
implemented these provisions in Revenue and Taxation Code (RTC) §69, which allows the base
year value of property that is substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as declared by
the Governor, to be transferred to comparable property in the same county, which is acquired
or newly constructed within five years of the disaster. Additionally, RTC §70.5 authorizes the
owner of property substantially damaged or destroyed by a disaster, as declared by the
Governor, to apply the base year value of that property to replacement property reconstructed
on the same site of the damaged or destroyed property within 5 years after the disaster if the
reconstructed property is comparable. Assemblyman James Gallagher (3rd District) introduced
AB 556 to give Camp Fire survivors an additional three years to purchase or construct a
replacement property under RTC §69. Similarly, AB 1500 gives Woosley Fire and Camp Fire
survivors an additional three years to rebuild a property under RTC §70.5. Both bills ensure 2018
Camp Fire survivors whose homes were damaged or destroyed have additional time to purchase
or construct a new residence — action requested - APPROVE LETTERS (2) OF SUPPORT. (County
Administration)
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