AB 992 — Advertising: residential property taxes: assessment appeal application filing services.

Summary

Existing law provides that certain advertising related practices are unlawful and makes a violation of those provisions a crime. Existing law makes it unlawful for a person to make any untrue or misleading statements in any manner in connection with the offering or performance of an assessment appeal application filing service, which is defined as any service performed or offered to be performed for compensation in connection with an application for reduction in assessment of residential property, as specified. Existing law exempts from the definition of an assessment appeal application filing service any service performed by a person who actively advocates, in person or by written and oral communications, on behalf of the person to whom a solicitation is made before the assessment appeals board or the assessor's office. This bill would recast these provisions to instead make them applicable to an assessment reduction filing service, which would be defined as any service performed or offered to be performed for compensation in connection with an application or request of any kind of reduction in assessment of residential property, as specified, or to provide comparable sales information in connection with such an application or request. The bill would delete the exemption in the definition of an assessment appeal application filing service and thereby include in the definition of an assessment reduction filing service those services performed by a person who actively advocates, in person or by written and oral communications, on behalf of the person to whom a solicitation is made before the assessment appeals board or the assessor's office. The bill would prohibit an assessment reduction filing service from charging, demanding, or collecting money in connection with a request for review, or in connection with an assessment appeal application, until after the request is filed with the assessor or until after the assessment appeal is filed with the clerk of the assessment appeals board, as specified. The bill would make it unlawful for an offeror of an assessment reduction filing service to file a request or application of any kind for reduction in assessment without first obtaining a written authorization from the property owner and would impose other requirements with respect to that written authorization. Because a violation of these provisions would be a crime, and because this bill would expand the scope of services subject to the provisions regulating assessment appeal application filing services, a violation of which is a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.

Bill Text

• Chaptered 10/11/09 - Chaptered Current pdf October 11, 2009
• Enrolled 09/02/09 - Enrolled pdf September 02, 2009
• Amended 06/30/09 - Amended Senate pdf June 30, 2009
• Amended 04/21/09 - Amended Assembly pdf April 21, 2009
• Introduced 02/27/09 - Introduced pdf February 27, 2009
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Action History

1. October 11, 2009

   Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 496, Statutes of 2009.

2. October 11, 2009

   Approved by the Governor.

3. September 04, 2009

   Enrolled and to the Governor at 2 p.m.

4. August 31, 2009

   Senate amendments concurred in. To enrollment. (Ayes 64. Noes 6. Page 2802.)

5. August 27, 2009

   In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after August 30 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.

6. August 27, 2009

   Read third time, passed, and to Assembly. (Ayes 33. Noes 4. Page 1970.)

7. July 15, 2009

   Read second time. To third reading.

8. July 14, 2009

   From committee: Be placed on second reading file pursuant to Senate Rule 28.8.

9. June 30, 2009

   Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on APPR.

10. June 29, 2009

    From committee: Amend, do pass as amended, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 4. Noes 1.) (June 23).

11. June 11, 2009

    Referred to Com. on JUD.

12. May 27, 2009

    In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment.

13. May 26, 2009

    Read third time, passed, and to Senate. (Ayes 66. Noes 10. Page 1674.)

14. May 18, 2009

    Read second time. To third reading.

15. May 14, 2009

    From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 16. Noes 0.) (May 13).

16. April 29, 2009

    From committee: Do pass, and re-refer to Com. on APPR. Re-referred. (Ayes 9. Noes 0.) (April 28).

17. April 22, 2009

    Re-referred to Com. on B. & P.

18. April 21, 2009

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on B. & P. Read second time and amended.

19. March 26, 2009

    Referred to Com. on B. & P.

20. March 02, 2009

    Read first time.

21. March 01, 2009

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 30.

22. February 27, 2009

    Introduced. To print.

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