Cal. RTC § 7280.5
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 7280.5, part of California’s Revenue and Taxation Code — governs state and local taxation, including income and property tax.
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Official statutory text
(a) The redevelopment agency of any city which has levied a transient occupancy tax pursuant to Section 7280 or 7281 may also, by ordinance, levy a transient occupancy tax in accordance with this part, if the city’s ordinance entitles any person subject to a transient occupancy tax under the city’s ordinance to credit the amount of transient occupancy taxes due to the redevelopment agency of that city pursuant to this section against the payment of taxes due under the city’s ordinance.
(b) An ordinance of a redevelopment agency imposing a transient occupancy tax pursuant to this section shall contain an enacting clause which states as follows:
“The redevelopment agency of the City of ____ does ordain as follows:”
The ordinance shall be signed by the chairperson of the agency and attested by the clerk or secretary of the agency, and shall take effect immediately upon its final passage, but shall become operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 180 days after adoption of the ordinance. In all other respects, the ordinance shall be introduced and passed, and notice given by publication, in the manner provided by law for general law cities.
(c) Any redevelopment agency adopting an ordinance pursuant to this section shall not levy a transient occupancy tax in excess of the rate of transient occupancy tax levied by its city, and the tax shall be levied only on accommodations located in a redevelopment project area for which the taxes are pledged pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 33641 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) Any pledge pursuant to Section 33641 of the Health and Safety Code made with respect to taxes imposed under this section for the payment of principal and interest on bonds of a redevelopment agency shall constitute the obligation of a contract between the redevelopment agency and the holder of the bonds and shall be protected from impairment by the United States and California Constitutions. The provisions of this section which authorize the imposition of the taxes may not be repealed during the time that any of the bonds remain outstanding.
(b) An ordinance of a redevelopment agency imposing a transient occupancy tax pursuant to this section shall contain an enacting clause which states as follows:
“The redevelopment agency of the City of ____ does ordain as follows:”
The ordinance shall be signed by the chairperson of the agency and attested by the clerk or secretary of the agency, and shall take effect immediately upon its final passage, but shall become operative on the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than 180 days after adoption of the ordinance. In all other respects, the ordinance shall be introduced and passed, and notice given by publication, in the manner provided by law for general law cities.
(c) Any redevelopment agency adopting an ordinance pursuant to this section shall not levy a transient occupancy tax in excess of the rate of transient occupancy tax levied by its city, and the tax shall be levied only on accommodations located in a redevelopment project area for which the taxes are pledged pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 33641 of the Health and Safety Code.
(d) Any pledge pursuant to Section 33641 of the Health and Safety Code made with respect to taxes imposed under this section for the payment of principal and interest on bonds of a redevelopment agency shall constitute the obligation of a contract between the redevelopment agency and the holder of the bonds and shall be protected from impairment by the United States and California Constitutions. The provisions of this section which authorize the imposition of the taxes may not be repealed during the time that any of the bonds remain outstanding.
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