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CA AB1249

Bill

Status

Passed

9/29/2022

Primary Sponsor

James Gallagher

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Origin

State Assembly

2021-2022 Session

AI Summary

  • Excludes from gross income any settlement amounts received by qualified taxpayers from the Fire Victims Trust established from PG&E's bankruptcy reorganization related to the 2015 Butte Fire, 2017 North Bay Fires, and 2018 Camp Fire.

  • Applies to taxpayers who owned real property or resided in Amador, Calaveras, Napa, Sonoma, Lake, Butte, Mendocino, or Solano counties during the specified fires and incurred expenses from those fires.

  • Authorizes refunds of overpayments from prior tax years resulting from this exclusion, payable from the Tax Relief and Refund Account.

  • Requires the Fire Victims Trust to provide annual lists of qualified taxpayers and payment amounts to the Franchise Tax Board upon request.

  • Expires January 1, 2028, and takes effect immediately as an urgency statute.

Legislative Description

Income taxes: gross income exclusions: wildfires.

Last Action

Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 749, Statutes of 2022.

9/29/2022

Committee Referrals

Appropriations6/1/2022
Governance and Finance3/30/2022
Rules2/1/2022
Appropriations1/11/2022
Revenue and Taxation3/4/2021

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