2017 California Code
Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Section 41.
Notwithstanding any other law, any bill, introduced on or after January 1, 2015, that would authorize a new credit against the “net tax,” as defined in Section 17039, or against the “tax,” as defined in Section 23036, or both, shall contain all of the following:
(a) Specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax credit will achieve.
(b) Detailed performance indicators for the Legislature to use when measuring whether the tax credit meets the goals, purposes, and objectives stated in the bill.
(c) Data collection requirements to enable the Legislature to determine whether the tax credit is meeting, failing to meet, or exceeding those specific goals, purposes, and objectives. The requirements shall include the specific data and baseline measurements to be collected and remitted in each year the credit is in effect, in order for the Legislature to measure the change in performance indicators, and the specific taxpayers, state agencies, or other entities required to collect and remit data.
(d) Taxpayer information collected pursuant to this section is subject to Section 19542.
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 845, Sec. 2. (SB 1335) Effective January 1, 2015.)
