Amended in Assembly March 18, 2016

California Legislature—2015–16 Regular Session

Assembly Bill No. 2842

Introduced by Assembly Member Thurmond

February 19, 2016

An act begin insert to amend Sections 12206, 17058, and 23610.5 of, and to add Sections 12206.1, 17058.1, and 23610.7 to, the Revenue and Taxation Code, end insert relating to begin delete taxation. end delete begin insert taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy. end insert

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL’S DIGEST

AB 2842, as amended, Thurmond. begin delete Personal income tax: credits. end delete begin insert Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act: income taxes: insurance taxes: credits: low-income housing: sale of credit. end insert

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Existing law establishes a low-income housing tax credit program pursuant to which the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee provides procedures and requirements for the allocation of state insurance, income, and corporation tax credit amounts among low-income housing projects in modified conformity to federal law that have been allocated, or qualify for, a federal low-income housing tax credit and for farmworker housing.

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This bill, beginning on or after January 1, 2016, would allow a taxpayer that is allowed a low-income housing tax credit to elect to sell all or a portion of that credit to one or more unrelated parties, as described, for each taxable year in which the credit is allowed for not less than 80% of the amount of the credit to be sold, and would provide for the one-time resale of that credit, as provided.

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This bill, beginning on or after January 1, 2017, would additionally allow a credit to a taxpayer with a qualified low-income building that is eligible for a federal low-income housing tax credit, in an amount determined pursuant to federal law, for housing projects that meet specified criteria. The bill would limit the aggregate amount of credits allocated by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, on a first-come-first-served basis, to $100,000,000 per fiscal year plus any unallocated credit amount from the preceding fiscal year.

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This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

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The Personal Income Tax Law authorizes various credits against the taxes imposed by that law.

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This bill would express the intent of the Legislature to enact legislation that would create a new tax credit for working individuals.

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Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee:  begin delete no end delete begin insert yes end insert . State-mandated local program: no.

The people of the State of California do enact as follows:

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begin insert SECTION 1. end insert   

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begin insert This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Workforce Housing Tax Credit Act. end insert

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begin insert SEC. 2. end insert   

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begin insert Section 12206 of the end insert begin insert Revenue and Taxation Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

12206.  

(a) (1) There shall be allowed as a credit against the
begin delete “tax” (as end delete begin insert “tax,” end insert described by Section begin delete 12201) end delete begin insert 12201, end insert a state
low-income housing tax credit in an amount equal to the amount
determined in subdivision (c), computed in accordance with Section
42 of the Internal Revenue Code, begin insert relating to low-income housing
credit, end insert except as otherwise provided in this section.

(2) “Taxpayer,” for purposes of this section, means the sole
owner in the case of a “C” corporation, the partners in the case of
a partnership, and the shareholders in the case of an “S”
corporation.

(3) “Housing sponsor,” for purposes of this section, means the
sole owner in the case of a “C” corporation, the partnership in the
case of a partnership, and the “S” corporation in the case of an “S”
corporation.

(b) (1) The amount of the credit allocated to any housing
sponsor shall be authorized by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee, or any successor thereof, based on a project’s need
for the credit for economic feasibility in accordance with the
requirements of this section.

(A) Except for projects to provide farmworker housing, as
defined in subdivision (h) of Section 50199.7 of the Health and
Safety Code, that are allocated credits solely under the set-aside
described in subdivision (c) of Section 50199.20 of the Health and
Safety Code, the low-income housing project shall be located in
California and shall meet either of the following requirements:

(i) The project’s housing sponsor begin delete shall have end delete begin insert has end insert been allocated
by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee a credit for
federal income tax purposes under Section 42 of the Internal
Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing credit. end insert

(ii) It begin delete shall qualify end delete begin insert qualifies end insert for a credit under Section
42(h)(4)(B) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to special
rule where 50 percent or more of building is financed with
tax-exempt bonds subject to volume cap. end insert

(B) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall not
require fees for the credit under this section in addition to those
fees required for applications for the tax credit pursuant to Section
42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income
housing credit. end insert The committee may require a fee if the application
for the credit under this section is submitted in a calendar year
after the year the application is submitted for the federal tax credit.

(C) (i) For a project that receives a preliminary reservation of
the state low-income housing tax credit, allowed pursuant to
subdivision (a), on or after January 1, 2009, and before January 1,
2016, the credit shall be allocated to the partners of a partnership
owning the project in accordance with the partnership agreement,
regardless of how the federal low-income housing tax credit with
respect to the project is allocated to the partners, or whether the
allocation of the credit under the terms of the agreement has
substantial economic effect, within the meaning of Section 704(b)
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to determination of
distributive share. end insert

(ii) This subparagraph begin delete shall end delete begin insert does end insert not apply to a project that
receives a preliminary reservation of state low-income housing
tax credits under the set-aside described in subdivision (c) of
Section 50199.20 of the Health and Safety Code unless the project
also receives a preliminary reservation of federal low-income
housing tax credits.

(iii) This subparagraph shall cease to be operative with respect
to any project that receives a preliminary reservation of a credit
on or after January 1, 2016.

(2) (A) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
certify to the housing sponsor the amount of tax credit under this
section allocated to the housing sponsor for each credit period.

(B) In the case of a partnership or an “S” corporation, the
housing sponsor shall provide a copy of the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee certification to the taxpayer.

(C) The taxpayer shall attach a copy of the certification to any
return upon which a tax credit is claimed under this section.

(D) In the case of a failure to attach a copy of the certification
for the year to the return in which a tax credit is claimed under this
section, no credit under this section shall be allowed for that year
until a copy of that certification is provided.

(E) All elections made by the taxpayer pursuant to Section 42
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code shall end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income
housing credit, end insert apply to this section.

(F) (i) Except as described in clause (ii), for buildings located
in designated difficult development areas (DDAs) or qualified
census tracts (QCTs), as defined in Section 42(d)(5)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code, begin insert relating to increase in credit for buildings
in high-cost areas, end insert credits may be allocated under this section in
the amounts prescribed in subdivision (c), provided that the amount
of credit allocated under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete
begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing credit, end insert is computed on 100
percent of the qualified basis of the building.

(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee may allocate the credit for buildings located
in DDAs or QCTs that are restricted to having 50 percent of its
occupants be special needs households, as defined in the California
Code of Regulations by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee, even if the taxpayer receives federal credits pursuant
to Section 42(d)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, begin insert relating to
increase in credit for buildings in high-cost areas, end insert provided that
the credit allowed under this section shall not exceed 30 percent
of the eligible basis of the building.

(G) (i) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee may
allocate a credit under this section in exchange for a credit allocated
pursuant to Section 42(d)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete
begin insert Code, relating to increase in credit for buildings in high-cost areas, end insert
in amounts up to 30 percent of the eligible basis of a building if
the credits allowed under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete
begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing credit, end insert are reduced by an
equivalent amount.

(ii) An equivalent amount shall be determined by the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee based upon the relative amount
required to produce an equivalent state tax credit to the taxpayer.

(c) Section 42(b) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to applicable percentage, end insert shall be modified as follows:

(1) In the case of any qualified low-income building that receives
an allocation after 1989 and is a new building not federally
subsidized, the term “applicable percentage” means the following:

(A) For each of the first three years, the percentage prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury for new buildings that are not
federally subsidized for the taxable year, determined in accordance
with the requirements of Section 42(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code, begin insert relating to temporary minimum credit rate for nonfederally
subsidized new buildings, end insert in lieu of the percentage prescribed in
Section 42(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(B) For the fourth year, the difference between 30 percent and
the sum of the applicable percentages for the first three years.

(2) In the case of any qualified low-income building that receives
an allocation after 1989 and that is a new building that is federally
subsidized or that is an existing building that is “at risk of
conversion,” the term “applicable percentage” means the following:

(A) For each of the first three years, the percentage prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury for new buildings that are federally
subsidized for the taxable year.

(B) For the fourth year, the difference between 13 percent and
the sum of the applicable percentages for the first three years.

(3) For purposes of this section, the term “at risk of conversion,”
with respect to an existing property means a property that satisfies
all of the following criteria:

(A) The property is a multifamily rental housing development
in which at least 50 percent of the units receive governmental
assistance pursuant to any of the following:

(i) New construction, substantial rehabilitation, moderate
rehabilitation, property disposition, and loan management set-aside
programs, or any other program providing project-based assistance
pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
Section 1437f of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended.

(ii) The Below-Market-Interest-Rate Program pursuant to
Section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act, Sections
1715l(d)(3) and (5) of Title 12 of the United States Code.

(iii) Section 236 of the National Housing Act, Section 1715z-1
of Title 12 of the United States Code.

(iv) Programs for rent supplement assistance pursuant to Section
101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, Section
1701s of Title 12 of the United States Code, as amended.

(v) Programs pursuant to Section 515 of the Housing Act of
1949, Section 1485 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as
amended.

(vi) The low-income housing credit program set forth in Section
42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income
housing credit. end insert

(B) The restrictions on rent and income levels will terminate or
the begin delete federal end delete begin insert federally end insert insured mortgage on the property is eligible
for prepayment any time within five years before or after the date
of application to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.

(C) The entity acquiring the property enters into a regulatory
agreement that requires the property to be operated in accordance
with the requirements of this section for a period equal to the
greater of 55 years or the life of the property.

(D) The property satisfies the requirements of Section 42(e) of
the Internal Revenue begin delete Code regarding rehabilitation expenditures, end delete
begin insert Code, relating to rehabilitation expenditures treated as a separate
new building, end insert except that the provisions of Section
42(e)(3)(A)(ii)(I) shall not apply.

(d) The term “qualified low-income housing project” as defined
in Section 42(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to qualified low-income building, end insert is modified by adding the
following requirements:

(1) The taxpayer shall be entitled to receive a cash distribution
from the operations of the project, after funding required reserves,
begin delete which, end delete begin insert that, end insert at the election of the taxpayer, is equal to:

(A) An amount not to exceed 8 percent of the lesser of:

(i) The owner begin delete equity end delete begin insert equity, end insert which shall include the amount of
the capital contributions actually paid to the housing sponsor and
shall not include any amounts until they are paid on an investor
note.

(ii) Twenty percent of the adjusted basis of the building as of
the close of the first taxable year of the credit period.

(B) The amount of the cashflow from those units in the building
that are not low-income units. For purposes of computing cashflow
under this subparagraph, operating costs shall be allocated to the
low-income units using the “floor space fraction,” as defined in
Section 42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to
low-income housing credit. end insert

(C) Any amount allowed to be distributed under subparagraph
(A) that is not available for distribution during the first five years
of the compliance period may begin delete accumulate and be end delete begin insert be accumulated
and end insert distributed any time during the first 15 years of the compliance
period but not thereafter.

(2) The limitation on return begin delete shall apply end delete begin insert applies end insert in the aggregate
to the partners if the housing sponsor is a partnership and in the
aggregate to the shareholders if the housing sponsor is an “S”
corporation.

(3) The housing sponsor shall apply any cash available for
distribution in excess of the amount eligible to be distributed under
paragraph (1) to reduce the rent on rent-restricted units or to
increase the number of rent-restricted units subject to the tests of
Section 42(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to
in general. end insert

(e) The provisions of Section 42(f) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete
begin insert Code, relating to definition and special rules relating to credit
period, end insert shall be modified as follows:

(1) The term “credit period” as defined in Section 42(f)(1) of
the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to credit period defined, end insert
is modified by substituting “four taxable years” for “10 taxable
years.”

(2) The special rule for the first taxable year of the credit period
under Section 42(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to special rule for first year of credit period, end insert shall not apply to the
tax credit under this section.

(3) Section 42(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to determination of applicable percentage with respect to increases
in qualified basis after first year of credit period, end insert is modified to
read:

If, as of the close of any taxable year in the compliance period,
after the first year of the credit period, the qualified basis of any
building exceeds the qualified basis of that building as of the close
of the first year of the credit period, the housing sponsor, to the
extent of its tax credit allocation, shall be eligible for a credit on
the excess in an amount equal to the applicable percentage
determined pursuant to subdivision (c) for the four-year period
beginning with the later of the taxable years in which the increase
in qualified basis occurs.

(f) The provisions of Section 42(h) of the Internal Revenue
begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to limitation on aggregate credit allowable
with respect to projects located in a state, end insert shall be modified as
follows:

(1) Section 42(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code shall not be
applicable and instead the following provisions shall be applicable: end delete
begin insert Code, relating to allocated credit amount to apply to all taxable
years ending during or after credit allocation year, does not apply
and instead the following provisions apply: end insert

The total amount for the four-year credit period of the housing
credit dollars allocated in a calendar year to any building shall
reduce the aggregate housing credit dollar amount of the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee for the calendar year in which
the allocation is made.

(2) Paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6)(E)(i)(II), (6)(F), (6)(G), (6)(I),
(7), and (8) of Section 42(h) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code shall
not be applicable. end delete begin insert Code, relating to limitation on aggregate credit
allowable with respect to projects located in a state, do not apply
to this section. end insert

(g) The aggregate housing credit dollar amount that may be
allocated annually by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee pursuant to this section, Section 17058, and Section
23610.5 shall be an amount equal to the sum of all the following:

(1) Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) for the 2001 calendar
year, and, for the 2002 calendar year and each calendar year
thereafter, seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) increased by the
percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index for the
preceding calendar year exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the
2001 calendar year. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term
“Consumer Price Index” means the last Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers published by the federal Department of
Labor.

(2) The unused housing credit ceiling, if any, for the preceding
calendar years.

(3) The amount of housing credit ceiling returned in the calendar
year. For purposes of this paragraph, the amount of housing credit
dollar amount returned in the calendar year equals the housing
credit dollar amount previously allocated to any project that does
not become a qualified low-income housing project within the
period required by this section or to any project with respect to
which an allocation is canceled by mutual consent of the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the allocation recipient.

(4) Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per calendar year
for projects to provide farmworker housing, as defined in
subdivision (h) of Section 50199.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

(5) The amount of any unallocated or returned credits under
former Sections 17053.14, 23608.2, and 23608.3, as those sections
read prior to January 1, 2009, until fully exhausted for projects to
provide farmworker housing, as defined in subdivision (h) of
Section 50199.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

(h) The term “compliance period” as defined in Section 42(i)(1)
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to compliance period, end insert
is modified to mean, with respect to any building, the period of 30
consecutive taxable years beginning with the first taxable year of
the credit period with respect thereto.

(i) (1) Section 42(j) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to recapture of credit, end insert shall not be applicable and the provisions
in paragraph (2) shall be substituted in its place.

(2) The requirements of this section shall be set forth in a
regulatory agreement between the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee and the housing sponsor, begin delete which end delete begin insert and this end insert agreement
shall be subordinated, when required, to any lien or encumbrance
of any banks or other institutional lenders to the project. The
regulatory agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (f) of
Section 50199.14 of the Health and Safety Code, shall apply,
begin delete providing end delete begin insert provided that end insert the agreement includes all of the following
provisions:

(A) A term not less than the compliance period.

(B) A requirement that the agreement be recorded in the official
records of the county in which the qualified low-income housing
project is located.

(C) A provision stating which state and local agencies can
enforce the regulatory agreement in the event the housing sponsor
fails to satisfy any of the requirements of this section.

(D) A provision that the regulatory agreement shall be deemed
a contract enforceable by tenants as third-party beneficiaries thereto
and begin delete which end delete begin insert that end insert allows individuals, whether prospective, present,
or former occupants of the building, who meet the income
limitation applicable to the building, the right to enforce the
regulatory agreement in any state court.

(E) A provision incorporating the requirements of Section 42
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing
credit, end insert as modified by this section.

(F) A requirement that the housing sponsor notify the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee or its designee and the local
agency that can enforce the regulatory agreement if there is a
determination by the Internal Revenue Service that the project is
not in compliance with Section 42(g) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete
begin insert Code, relating to qualified low-income housing project. end insert

(G) A requirement that the housing sponsor, as security for the
performance of the housing sponsor’s obligations under the
regulatory agreement, assign the housing sponsor’s interest in rents
that it receives from the project, provided that until there is a
default under the regulatory agreement, the housing sponsor is
entitled to collect and retain the rents.

(H)  begin delete The end delete begin insert A provision that the end insert remedies available in the event of
a default under the regulatory agreement that is not cured within
a reasonable cure begin delete period, end delete begin insert period end insert include, but are not limited to,
allowing any of the parties designated to enforce the regulatory
agreement to collect all rents with respect to the project; taking
possession of the project and operating the project in accordance
with the regulatory agreement until the enforcer determines the
housing sponsor is in a position to operate the project in accordance
with the regulatory agreement; applying to any court for specific
performance; securing the appointment of a receiver to operate
the project; or any other relief as may be appropriate.

(j) (1) The committee shall allocate the housing credit on a
regular basis consisting of two or more periods in each calendar
year during which applications may be filed and considered. The
committee shall establish application filing deadlines, the maximum
percentage of federal and state low-income housing tax credit
ceiling that may be allocated by the committee in that period, and
the approximate date on which allocations shall be made. If the
enactment of federal or state law, the adoption of rules or
regulations, or other similar events prevent the use of two allocation
periods, the committee may reduce the number of periods and
adjust the filing deadlines, maximum percentage of credit allocated,
and the allocation dates.

(2) The committee shall adopt a qualified allocation plan, as
provided in Section 42(m)(1) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code,
relating to plans for allocation of credit among projects. end insert In
adopting this plan, the committee shall comply with the provisions
of Sections 42(m)(1)(B) and 42(m)(1)(C) of the Internal Revenue
begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to qualified allocation plan and relating to
certain selection criteria must be used, respectively. end insert

(3) Notwithstanding Section 42(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code, begin insert relating to responsibilities of housing credit agencies, end insert the
California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall allocate housing
credits in accordance with the qualified allocation plan and
regulations, which shall include the following provisions:

(A) All housing sponsors, as defined by paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a), shall demonstrate at the time the application is
filed with the committee that the project meets the following
threshold requirements:

(i) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate begin insert that end insert there is a need
and demand for low-income housing in the community or region
for which it is proposed.

(ii) The project’s proposed financing, including tax credit
proceeds, shall be sufficient to complete the project and that the
proposed operating income shall be adequate to operate the project
for the extended use period.

(iii) The project shall have enforceable financing commitments,
either construction or permanent financing, for at least 50 percent
of the total estimated financing of the project.

(iv) The housing sponsor shall have and maintain control of the
site for the project.

(v) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate that the project
complies with all applicable local land use and zoning ordinances.

(vi) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate that the project
development team has the experience and the financial capacity
to ensure project completion and operation for the extended use
period.

(vii) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate the amount of tax
credit that is necessary for the financial feasibility of the project
and its viability as a qualified low-income housing project
throughout the extended use period, taking into account operating
expenses, a supportable debt service, reserves, funds set aside for
rental begin delete subsidies, end delete begin insert subsidies end insert and required equity, and a development
fee that does not exceed a specified percentage of the eligible basis
of the project prior to inclusion of the development fee in the
eligible basis, as determined by the committee.

(B) The committee shall give a preference to those projects
satisfying all of the threshold requirements of subparagraph (A)
if both of the following apply:

(i) The project serves the lowest income tenants at rents
affordable to those tenants.

(ii) The project is obligated to serve qualified tenants for the
longest period.

(C) In addition to the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B),
the committee shall use the following criteria in allocating housing
credits:

(i) Projects serving large families in which a substantial number,
as defined by the committee, of all residential units begin delete is comprised
of end delete begin insert are end insert low-income units with three and more bedrooms.

(ii) Projects providing single-room occupancy units serving
very low income tenants.

(iii) Existing projects that are “at risk of conversion,” as defined
by paragraph (3) of subdivision (c).

(iv) Projects for which a public agency provides direct or indirect
long-term financial support for at least 15 percent of the total
project development costs or projects for which the owner’s equity
constitutes at least 30 percent of the total project development
costs.

(v) Projects that provide tenant amenities not generally available
to residents of low-income housing projects.

(4) For purposes of allocating credits pursuant to this section,
the committee shall not give preference to any project by virtue
of the date of submission of its application except to break a tie
when two or more of the projects have an equal rating.

(k) Section 42(l) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to certifications and other reports to secretary, end insert shall be modified
as follows:

The term “secretary” shall be replaced by the term begin delete “California
Franchise end delete begin insert “Franchise end insert Tax Board.”

(l) In the case begin delete where the state end delete begin insert in which the end insert credit allowed under
this section exceeds the “tax,” the excess may be carried over to
reduce the “tax” in the following year, and succeeding years if
necessary, until the credit has been exhausted.

(m) The provisions of Section 11407(a) of Public Law 101-508,
relating to the effective date of the extension of the low-income
housing credit, begin delete shall end delete apply to calendar years after 1993.

(n) The provisions of Section 11407(c) of Public Law 101-508,
relating to election to accelerate credit, begin delete shall end delete begin insert do end insert not apply.

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(o) (1) For a project that receives a preliminary reservation
under this section beginning on or after January 1, 2016, a
taxpayer may make an irrevocable election in its application to
the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee to sell all or any
portion of any credit allowed under this section to one or more
unrelated parties for each taxable year in which the credit is
allowed subject to both of the following conditions:

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(A) The credit is sold for consideration that is not less than 80
percent of the amount of the credit.

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(B) The unrelated party or parties purchasing any or all of the
credit pursuant to this subdivision is a taxpayer allowed the credit
under this section for the taxable year of the purchase or any prior
taxable year or is a taxpayer allowed the federal credit under
Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to low-income
housing credit, for the taxable year of the purchase or any prior
taxable year in connection with any project located in this state.
For purposes of this subparagraph, “taxpayer allowed the credit
under this section” means a taxpayer that is allowed the credit
under this section without regard to the purchase of a credit
pursuant to this subdivision.

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(2) (A) The taxpayer that originally received the credit shall
report to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee within
10 days of the sale of the credit, in the form and manner specified
by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, all required
information regarding the purchase and sale of the credit,
including the social security or other taxpayer identification
number of the unrelated party to whom the credit has been sold,
the face amount of the credit sold, and the amount of consideration
received by the taxpayer for the sale of the credit.

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(B) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
provide an annual listing to the Franchise Tax Board, in a form
and manner agreed upon by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee and the Franchise Tax Board, of the taxpayers that
have sold or purchased a credit pursuant to this subdivision.

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(3) (A) A credit may be sold pursuant to this subdivision to
more than one unrelated party.

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(B) (i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a credit shall not be
resold by the unrelated party to another taxpayer or other party.

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(ii) All or any portion of any credit allowed under this section
may be resold once by an original purchaser to one or more
unrelated parties, subject to all of the requirements of this
subdivision.

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(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the taxpayer
that originally received the credit that is sold pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall remain solely liable for all obligations and
liabilities imposed on the taxpayer by this section with respect to
the credit, none of which shall apply to any party to whom the
credit has been sold or subsequently transferred. Parties who
purchase credits pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be entitled to
utilize the purchased credits in the same manner in which the
taxpayer that originally received the credit could utilize them.

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(5) A taxpayer shall not sell a credit allowed by this section if
the taxpayer was allowed the credit on any tax return of the
taxpayer.

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(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the taxpayer, with the
approval of the Executive Director of the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee, may rescind the election to sell all or any
portion of the credit allowed under this section if the consideration
for the credit falls below 80 percent of the amount of the credit
after the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee reservation.

end insert begin insert

(p) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee may
prescribe rules, guidelines, or procedures necessary or appropriate
to carry out the purposes of this section, including any guidelines
regarding the allocation of the credit allowed under this section.
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division
3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any rule,
guideline, or procedure prescribed by the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee pursuant to this section.

end insert begin delete

(o)

end delete

begin insert (q) end insert  This section shall remain in effect for as long as Section 42
of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to low-income housing
begin delete credits, end delete begin insert credit, end insert remains in effect.

begin insert

begin insert SEC. 3. end insert   

end insert

begin insert Section 12206.1 is added to the end insert begin insert Revenue and Taxation
Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

begin insert

begin insert 12206.1. end insert   

(a) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2017, there shall be allowed to a taxpayer a credit
against the “tax,” as defined by Section 12201, for a qualified
low-income building in an amount equal to the amount computed
in accordance with Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to low-income housing credit as modified by this section.

(2) In determining the amount of credit allowed pursuant to this
section, the following shall apply:

(A) The eligible basis of a building shall be equal to the project’s
total cost basis.

(B) The applicable percentage shall be:

(1) For a project with units for low-income households, 130
percent.

(2) For a project with units for median-income households with
incomes between 80 percent and 99 percent of the area median
income, 108 percent.

(3) For a project with units for median-income households with
incomes of 100 percent of the area median income, 76 percent.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Low-income household” means a household with an income
that is greater than 60 percent and not higher than 80 percent of
the area median household income.

(2) “Median-income household” means a household with an
income that is greater than 80 percent but not higher than 100
percent of the area median household income.

(3) “Qualified low-income building” has the same meaning as
in Section 42(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
qualified low-income housing building, and also means the
qualified low-income building is eligible for a tax credit pursuant
to Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to low-income
housing credit, except that Section 42(g) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to qualified low-income housing project, shall not
apply and instead the following requirements shall be met:

(A) The project is for the acquisition or substantial rehabilitation
of a building at least 20 years old or is a new development.

(B) The project includes no more than 50 percent of its units
that are eligible for the tax credit allowed pursuant to Section
12206.

(C) Any units reserved for a tax credit allowed pursuant to this
section shall not supplant existing affordable housing units not
eligible for a tax credit pursuant to this section, including any
units for households with an income that is less than that of a
low-income household.

(D) The project will allocate at least 20 percent of its units to
low-income households and median-income households.

(c) (1) This section shall not be construed to require a taxpayer
to have been previously or currently allocated a tax credit pursuant
to Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating low-income
housing credit.

(2) This section shall not be construed to preclude a taxpayer,
allowed a credit pursuant to this section, from being allocated a
credit pursuant to Section 12206 or Section 42 of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to low-income housing credit.

(d) An applicant for the credit allowed pursuant to this section
must demonstrate to the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee that, within the city in which the project is situated, the
area median income for the average rental unit is above the area
median income for the project.

(e) (1) In the case where the credit allowed under this section
exceeds the “tax,” the excess may be carried over to reduce the
“tax” in the following year, and succeeding 14 years if necessary,
until the credit has been exhausted.

(2) The credit shall be claimed in the same manner, with regard
to the credit period, as a credit claimed pursuant to Section 12206.

(3) The credit allowed pursuant to this section shall have a
compliance period of 55 consecutive taxable years at the affordable
rate or at substantially below-market rate beginning with the first
taxable year of the credit period with respect thereto, administered
in the same manner as under Section 12206.

(f) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
allocate, on a first-come-first-served basis, the credit allowed by
this section. The aggregate amount of credit that may be allocated
in any fiscal year pursuant to this section and Sections 17058.1
and 23610.7 shall be an amount equal to the sum of paragraphs
(1) and (2).

(1) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for the 2016-17
fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter.

(2) The unallocated credit amount, if any, from the preceding
fiscal year.

(g) (1) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
establish guidelines to specify that a taxpayer may be allowed a
tax credit pursuant to this section, Section 12206, and Section 42
of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to low-income housing
credit, subject to the requirements of these sections.

(2) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the
Department of Insurance may adopt regulations, rules, guidelines,
or procedures necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes
of this section, including guidelines to conform the credit allowed
by this section to any procedures established pursuant to Section
12206.

(3) The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing
with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code) does not apply to this subdivision.

(h) Section 41 does not apply to the credit allowed by this
section.

end insert

begin insert

begin insert SEC. 4. end insert   

end insert

begin insert Section 17058 of the end insert begin insert Revenue and Taxation Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

17058.  

(a) (1) There shall be allowed as a credit against the
“net begin delete tax” (as end delete begin insert “tax,” end insert defined in Section begin delete 17039) end delete begin insert 17039, end insert a state
low-income housing begin insert tax end insert credit in an amount equal to the amount
determined in subdivision (c), computed in accordance with begin delete the
provisions of end delete Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, begin insert relating
to low-income housing credit, end insert except as otherwise provided in this
section.

(2)  begin delete “Taxpayer” end delete begin insert “Taxpayer,” end insert for purposes of this begin delete section end delete begin insert section, end insert
means the sole owner in the case of an individual, the partners in
the case of a partnership, and the shareholders in the case of an
“S” corporation.

(3) “Housing begin delete sponsor” end delete begin insert sponsor,” end insert for purposes of this begin delete section end delete
begin insert section, end insert means the sole owner in the case of an individual, the
partnership in the case of a partnership, and the “S” corporation
in the case of an “S” corporation.

(b) (1) The amount of the credit allocated to any housing
sponsor shall be authorized by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee, or any successor thereof, based on a project’s need
for the credit for economic feasibility in accordance with the
requirements of this section.

(A) The low-income housing project shall be located in
California and shall meet either of the following requirements:

(i) Except for projects to provide farmworker housing, as defined
in subdivision (h) of Section 50199.7 of the Health and Safety
Code, that are allocated credits solely under the set-aside described
in subdivision (c) of Section 50199.20 of the Health and Safety
Code, the project’s housing sponsor has been allocated by the
California Tax Credit Allocation Committee a credit for federal
income tax purposes under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue
begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing credit. end insert

(ii) It qualifies for a credit under Section 42(h)(4)(B) of the
Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to special rule where 50
percent or more of building is financed with tax-exempt bonds
subject to volume cap. end insert

(B) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall not
require fees for the credit under this section in addition to those
fees required for applications for the tax credit pursuant to Section
42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income
housing credit. end insert The committee may require a fee if the application
for the credit under this section is submitted in a calendar year
after the year the application is submitted for the federal tax credit.

(C) (i) For a project that receives a preliminary reservation of
the state low-income housing tax credit, allowed pursuant to
subdivision (a), on or after January 1, 2009, and before January 1,
2016, the credit shall be allocated to the partners of a partnership
owning the project in accordance with the partnership agreement,
regardless of how the federal low-income housing tax credit with
respect to the project is allocated to the partners, or whether the
allocation of the credit under the terms of the agreement has
substantial economic effect, within the meaning of Section 704(b)
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to determination of
distributive share. end insert

(ii) To the extent the allocation of the credit to a partner under
this section lacks substantial economic effect, any loss or deduction
otherwise allowable under this part that is attributable to the sale
or other disposition of that partner’s partnership interest made prior
to the expiration of the federal credit shall not be allowed in the
taxable year in which the sale or other disposition occurs, but shall
instead be deferred until and treated as if it occurred in the first
taxable year immediately following the taxable year in which the
federal credit period expires for the project described in clause (i).

(iii) This subparagraph does not apply to a project that receives
a preliminary reservation of state low-income housing tax credits
under the set-aside described in subdivision (c) of Section 50199.20
of the Health and Safety Code unless the project also receives a
preliminary reservation of federal low-income housing tax credits.

(iv) This subparagraph shall cease to be operative with respect
to any project that receives a preliminary reservation of a credit
on or after January 1, 2016.

(2) (A) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
certify to the housing sponsor the amount of tax credit under this
section allocated to the housing sponsor for each credit period.

(B) In the case of a partnership or an “S” corporation, the
housing sponsor shall provide a copy of the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee certification to the taxpayer.

(C) The taxpayer shall, upon request, provide a copy of the
certification to the Franchise Tax Board.

(D) All elections made by the taxpayer pursuant to Section 42
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing
credit, end insert apply to this section.

(E) (i) Except as described in clause (ii), for buildings located
in designated difficult development areas (DDAs) or qualified
census tracts (QCTs), as defined in Section 42(d)(5)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code, begin insert relating to increase in credit for buildings
in high-cost areas, end insert credits may be allocated under this section in
the amounts prescribed in subdivision (c), provided that the amount
of credit allocated under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete
begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing credit, end insert is computed on 100
percent of the qualified basis of the building.

(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee may allocate the credit for buildings located
in DDAs or QCTs that are restricted to having 50 percent of its
occupants be special needs households, as defined in the California
Code of Regulations by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee, even if the taxpayer receives federal credits pursuant
to Section 42(d)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, begin insert relating to
increase in credit for buildings in high-cost areas, end insert provided that
the credit allowed under this section shall not exceed 30 percent
of the eligible basis of the building.

(F) (i) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee may
allocate a credit under this section in exchange for a credit allocated
pursuant to Section 42(d)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete
begin insert Code, relating to increase in credit for buildings in high-cost areas, end insert
in amounts up to 30 percent of the eligible basis of a building if
the credits allowed under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete
begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing credit, end insert are reduced by an
equivalent amount.

(ii) An equivalent amount shall be determined by the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee based upon the relative amount
required to produce an equivalent state tax credit to the taxpayer.

(c) Section 42(b) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to applicable percentage, end insert shall be modified as follows:

(1) In the case of any qualified low-income building placed in
service by the housing sponsor during 1987, the term “applicable
percentage” means 9 percent for each of the first three years and
3 percent for the fourth year for new buildings (whether or not the
building is federally subsidized) and for existing buildings.

(2) In the case of any qualified low-income building that receives
an allocation after 1989 and is a new building not federally
subsidized, the term “applicable percentage” means the following:

(A) For each of the first three years, the percentage prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury for new buildings that are not
federally subsidized for the taxable year, determined in accordance
with the requirements of Section 42(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code, begin insert relating to temporary minimum credit rate for nonfederally
subsidized new buildings, end insert in lieu of the percentage prescribed in
Section begin delete 42(b)(1)(B) end delete begin insert 42 (b)(1)(A) end insert of the Internal Revenue Code.

(B) For the fourth year, the difference between 30 percent and
the sum of the applicable percentages for the first three years.

(3) In the case of any qualified low-income building that receives
an allocation after 1989 and that is a new building that is federally
subsidized or that is an existing building that is “at risk of
conversion,” the term “applicable percentage” means the following:

(A) For each of the first three years, the percentage prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury for new buildings that are federally
subsidized for the taxable year.

(B) For the fourth year, the difference between 13 percent and
the sum of the applicable percentages for the first three years.

(4) For purposes of this section, the term “at risk of conversion,”
with respect to an existing property means a property that satisfies
all of the following criteria:

(A) The property is a multifamily rental housing development
in which at least 50 percent of the units receive governmental
assistance pursuant to any of the following:

(i) New construction, substantial rehabilitation, moderate
rehabilitation, property disposition, and loan management set-aside
programs, or any other program providing project-based assistance
pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
Section 1437f of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended.

(ii) The Below-Market-Interest-Rate Program pursuant to
Section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act, Sections
1715l(d)(3) and (5) of Title 12 of the United States Code.

(iii) Section 236 of the National Housing Act, Section 1715z-1
of Title 12 of the United States Code.

(iv) Programs for rent supplement assistance pursuant to Section
101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, Section
1701s of Title 12 of the United States Code, as amended.

(v) Programs pursuant to Section 515 of the Housing Act of
1949, Section 1485 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as
amended.

(vi) The low-income housing credit program set forth in Section
42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income
housing credit. end insert

(B) The restrictions on rent and income levels will terminate or
the begin delete federal end delete begin insert federally end insert insured mortgage on the property is eligible
for prepayment any time within five years before or after the date
of application to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.

(C) The entity acquiring the property enters into a regulatory
agreement that requires the property to be operated in accordance
with the requirements of this section for a period equal to the
greater of 55 years or the life of the property.

(D) The property satisfies the requirements of Section 42(e) of
the Internal Revenue begin delete Code regarding rehabilitation expenditures, end delete
begin insert Code, relating to rehabilitation expenditures treated as a separate
new building, end insert except that the provisions of Section
42(e)(3)(A)(ii)(I) begin delete do end delete begin insert shall end insert not apply.

(d) The term “qualified low-income housing project” as defined
in Section 42(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to qualified low-income building, end insert is modified by adding the
following requirements:

(1) The taxpayer shall be entitled to receive a cash distribution
from the operations of the project, after funding required reserves,
that, at the election of the taxpayer, is equal to:

(A) An amount not to exceed 8 percent of the lesser of:

(i) The owner begin delete equity that end delete begin insert equity, which end insert shall include the amount
of the capital contributions actually paid to the housing sponsor
and shall not include any amounts until they are paid on an investor
note.

(ii) Twenty percent of the adjusted basis of the building as of
the close of the first taxable year of the credit period.

(B) The amount of the cashflow from those units in the building
that are not low-income units. For purposes of computing cashflow
under this subparagraph, operating costs shall be allocated to the
low-income units using the “floor space fraction,” as defined in
Section 42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to
low-income housing credit. end insert

(C) Any amount allowed to be distributed under subparagraph
(A) that is not available for distribution during the first five years
of the compliance period may be accumulated and distributed any
time during the first 15 years of the compliance period but not
thereafter.

(2) The limitation on return applies in the aggregate to the
partners if the housing sponsor is a partnership and in the aggregate
to the shareholders if the housing sponsor is an “S” corporation.

(3) The housing sponsor shall apply any cash available for
distribution in excess of the amount eligible to be distributed under
paragraph (1) to reduce the rent on rent-restricted units or to
increase the number of rent-restricted units subject to the tests of
Section 42(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to
in general. end insert

(e) The provisions of Section 42(f) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete
begin insert Code, relating to definition and special rules relating to credit
period, end insert shall be modified as follows:

(1) The term “credit period” as defined in Section 42(f)(1) of
the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to credit period defined, end insert
is modified by substituting “four taxable years” for “10 taxable
years.”

(2) The special rule for the first taxable year of the credit period
under Section 42(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code does end delete begin insert Code,
relating to special rule for first year of credit period, shall end insert not
apply to the tax credit under this section.

(3) Section 42(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to determination of applicable percentage with respect to increases
in qualified basis after first year of credit period, end insert is modified to
read:

If, as of the close of any taxable year in the compliance period,
after the first year of the credit period, the qualified basis of any
building exceeds the qualified basis of that building as of the close
of the first year of the credit period, the housing sponsor, to the
extent of its tax credit allocation, shall be eligible for a credit on
the excess in an amount equal to the applicable percentage
determined pursuant to subdivision (c) for the four-year period
beginning with the taxable year in which the increase in qualified
basis occurs.

(f) The provisions of Section 42(h) of the Internal Revenue
begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to limitation on aggregate credit allowable
with respect to projects located in a state, end insert shall be modified as
follows:

(1) Section 42(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to allocated credit amount to apply to all taxable years ending
during or after credit allocation year, end insert does not apply and instead
the following provisions apply:

The total amount for the four-year begin insert credit end insert period of the housing
credit dollars allocated in a calendar year to any building shall
reduce the aggregate housing credit dollar amount of the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee for the calendar year in which
the allocation is made.

(2) Paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6)(E)(i)(II), (6)(F), (6)(G), (6)(I),
(7), and (8) of Section 42(h) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code,
relating to limitation on aggregate credit allowable with respect
to projects located in a state, end insert do not apply to this section.

(g) The aggregate housing credit dollar amount that may be
allocated annually by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee pursuant to this section, Section 12206, and Section
23610.5 shall be an amount equal to the sum of all the following:

(1) Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) for the 2001 calendar
year, and, for the 2002 calendar year and each calendar year
thereafter, seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) increased by the
percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index for the
preceding calendar year exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the
2001 calendar year. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term
“Consumer Price Index” means the last Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers published by the federal Department of
Labor.

(2) The unused housing credit ceiling, if any, for the preceding
calendar years.

(3) The amount of housing credit ceiling returned in the calendar
year. For purposes of this paragraph, the amount of housing credit
dollar amount returned in the calendar year equals the housing
credit dollar amount previously allocated to any project that does
not become a qualified low-income housing project within the
period required by this section or to any project with respect to
which an allocation is canceled by mutual consent of the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the allocation recipient.

(4) Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per calendar year
for projects to provide farmworker housing, as defined in
subdivision (h) of Section 50199.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

(5) The amount of any unallocated or returned credits under
former Sections 17053.14, 23608.2, and 23608.3, as those sections
read prior to January 1, 2009, until fully exhausted for projects to
provide farmworker housing, as defined in subdivision (h) of
Section 50199.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

(h) The term “compliance period” as defined in Section 42(i)(1)
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to compliance period, end insert
is modified to mean, with respect to any building, the period of 30
consecutive taxable years beginning with the first taxable year of
the credit period with respect thereto.

(i) Section 42(j) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to recapture of credit, end insert does not apply and the following
requirements of this section shall be set forth in a regulatory
agreement between the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee
and the housing sponsor, begin delete which end delete begin insert and this end insert agreement shall be
subordinated, when required, to any lien or encumbrance of any
banks or other institutional lenders to the project. The regulatory
agreement entered into pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section
50199.14 of the Health and Safety Code shall apply, provided that
the agreement includes all of the following provisions:

(1) A term not less than the compliance period.

(2) A requirement that the agreement be recorded in the official
records of the county in which the qualified low-income housing
project is located.

(3) A provision stating which state and local agencies can
enforce the regulatory agreement in the event the housing sponsor
fails to satisfy any of the requirements of this section.

(4) A provision that the regulatory agreement shall be deemed
a contract enforceable by tenants as third-party beneficiaries thereto
and that allows individuals, whether prospective, present, or former
occupants of the building, who meet the income limitation
applicable to the building, the right to enforce the regulatory
agreement in any state court.

(5) A provision incorporating the requirements of Section 42
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing
credit, end insert as modified by this section.

(6) A requirement that the housing sponsor notify the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee or its designee if there is a
determination by the Internal Revenue Service that the project is
not in compliance with Section 42(g) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete
begin insert Code, relating to qualified low-income housing project. end insert

(7) A requirement that the housing sponsor, as security for the
performance of the housing sponsor’s obligations under the
regulatory agreement, assign the housing sponsor’s interest in rents
that it receives from the project, provided that until there is a
default under the regulatory agreement, the housing sponsor is
entitled to collect and retain the rents.

(8)  begin delete The end delete begin insert A provision that the end insert remedies available in the event of
a default under the regulatory agreement that is not cured within
a reasonable cure begin delete period, end delete begin insert period end insert include, but are not limited to,
allowing any of the parties designated to enforce the regulatory
agreement to collect all rents with respect to the project; taking
possession of the project and operating the project in accordance
with the regulatory agreement until the enforcer determines the
housing sponsor is in a position to operate the project in accordance
with the regulatory agreement; applying to any court for specific
performance; securing the appointment of a receiver to operate
the project; or any other relief as may be appropriate.

(j) (1) The committee shall allocate the housing credit on a
regular basis consisting of two or more periods in each calendar
year during which applications may be filed and considered. The
committee shall establish application filing deadlines, the maximum
percentage of federal and state low-income housing tax credit
ceiling that may be allocated by the committee in that period, and
the approximate date on which allocations shall be made. If the
enactment of federal or state law, the adoption of rules or
regulations, or other similar events prevent the use of two allocation
periods, the committee may reduce the number of periods and
adjust the filing deadlines, maximum percentage of credit allocated,
and the allocation dates.

(2) The committee shall adopt a qualified allocation plan, as
provided in Section 42(m)(1) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code,
relating to plans for allocation of credit among projects. end insert In
adopting this plan, the committee shall comply with the provisions
of Sections 42(m)(1)(B) and 42(m)(1)(C) of the Internal Revenue
begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to qualified allocation plan and relating to
certain selection criteria must be used, respectively. end insert

(3) Notwithstanding Section 42(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code, begin insert relating to responsibilities of housing credit agencies, end insert the
California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall allocate housing
credits in accordance with the qualified allocation plan and
regulations, which shall include the following provisions:

(A) All housing sponsors, as defined by paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a), shall demonstrate at the time the application is
filed with the committee that the project meets the following
threshold requirements:

(i) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate begin insert that end insert there is a need
and demand for low-income housing in the community or region
for which it is proposed.

(ii) The project’s proposed financing, including tax credit
proceeds, shall be sufficient to complete the project and that the
proposed operating income shall be adequate to operate the project
for the extended use period.

(iii) The project shall have enforceable financing commitments,
either construction or permanent financing, for at least 50 percent
of the total estimated financing of the project.

(iv) The housing sponsor shall have and maintain control of the
site for the project.

(v) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate that the project
complies with all applicable local land use and zoning ordinances.

(vi) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate that the project
development team has the experience and the financial capacity
to ensure project completion and operation for the extended use
period.

(vii) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate the amount of tax
credit that is necessary for the financial feasibility of the project
and its viability as a qualified low-income housing project
throughout the extended use period, taking into account operating
expenses, a supportable debt service, reserves, funds set aside for
rental subsidies and required equity, and a development fee that
does not exceed a specified percentage of the eligible basis of the
project prior to inclusion of the development fee in the eligible
basis, as determined by the committee.

(B) The committee shall give a preference to those projects
satisfying all of the threshold requirements of subparagraph (A)
if both of the following apply:

(i) The project serves the lowest income tenants at rents
affordable to those tenants.

(ii) The project is obligated to serve qualified tenants for the
longest period.

(C) In addition to the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B),
the committee shall use the following criteria in allocating housing
credits:

(i) Projects serving large families in which a substantial number,
as defined by the committee, of all residential units begin delete is comprised
of end delete begin insert are end insert low-income units with three and more bedrooms.

(ii) Projects providing single-room occupancy units serving
very low income tenants.

(iii) Existing projects that are “at risk of conversion,” as defined
by paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).

(iv) Projects for which a public agency provides direct or indirect
long-term financial support for at least 15 percent of the total
project development costs or projects for which the owner’s equity
constitutes at least 30 percent of the total project development
costs.

(v) Projects that provide tenant amenities not generally available
to residents of low-income housing projects.

(4) For purposes of allocating credits pursuant to this section,
the committee shall not give preference to any project by virtue
of the date of submission of its application.

(k) Section 42(l) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to certifications and other reports to secretary, end insert shall be modified
as follows:

The term “secretary” shall be replaced by the term begin delete “California
Franchise end delete begin insert “Franchise end insert Tax Board.”

(l) In the case in which the credit allowed under this section
exceeds the net tax, the excess begin delete credit end delete may be carried over to reduce
the net tax in the following year, and succeeding begin delete taxable end delete years, if
necessary, until the credit has been exhausted.

(m) A project that received an allocation of a 1989 federal
housing credit dollar amount shall be eligible to receive an
allocation of a 1990 state housing credit dollar amount, subject to
all of the following conditions:

(1) The project was not placed in service prior to 1990.

(2) To the extent the amendments made to this section by the
Statutes of 1990 conflict with any provisions existing in this section
prior to those amendments, the prior provisions of law shall prevail.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a project applying for an
allocation under this subdivision is subject to the requirements of
paragraph (3) of subdivision (j).

(n) The credit period with respect to an allocation of credit in
1989 by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee of which
any amount is attributable to unallocated credit from 1987 or 1988
shall not begin until after December 31, 1989.

(o) The provisions of Section 11407(a) of Public Law 101-508,
relating to the effective date of the extension of the low-income
housing credit, apply to calendar years after 1989.

(p) The provisions of Section 11407(c) of Public Law 101-508,
relating to election to accelerate credit, do not apply.

begin insert

(q) (1) For a project that receives a preliminary reservation
under this section beginning on or after January 1, 2016, a
taxpayer may make an irrevocable election in its application to
the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee to sell all or any
portion of any credit allowed under this section to one or more
unrelated parties for each taxable year in which the credit is
allowed subject to both of the following conditions:

end insert begin insert

(A) The credit is sold for consideration that is not less than 80
percent of the amount of the credit.

end insert begin insert

(B) The unrelated party or parties purchasing any or all of the
credit pursuant to this subdivision is a taxpayer allowed the credit
under this section for the taxable year of the purchase or any prior
taxable year or is a taxpayer allowed the federal credit under
Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to low-income
housing credit, for the taxable year of the purchase or any prior
taxable year in connection with any project located in this state.
For purposes of this subparagraph, “taxpayer allowed the credit
under this section” means a taxpayer that is allowed the credit
under this section without regard to the purchase of a credit
pursuant to this subdivision.

end insert begin insert

(2) (A) The taxpayer that originally received the credit shall
report to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee within
10 days of the sale of the credit, in the form and manner specified
by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, all required
information regarding the purchase and sale of the credit,
including the social security or other taxpayer identification
number of the unrelated party to whom the credit has been sold,
the face amount of the credit sold, and the amount of consideration
received by the taxpayer for the sale of the credit.

end insert begin insert

(B) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
provide an annual listing to the Franchise Tax Board, in a form
and manner agreed upon by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee and the Franchise Tax Board, of the taxpayers that
have sold or purchased a credit pursuant to this subdivision.

end insert begin insert

(3) (A) A credit may be sold pursuant to this subdivision to
more than one unrelated party.

end insert begin insert

(B) (i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a credit shall not be
resold by the unrelated party to another taxpayer or other party.

end insert begin insert

(ii) All or any portion of any credit allowed under this section
may be resold once by an original purchaser to one or more
unrelated parties, subject to all of the requirements of this
subdivision.

end insert begin insert

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the taxpayer
that originally received the credit that is sold pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall remain solely liable for all obligations and
liabilities imposed on the taxpayer by this section with respect to
the credit, none of which shall apply to any party to whom the
credit has been sold or subsequently transferred. Parties who
purchase credits pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be entitled to
utilize the purchased credits in the same manner in which the
taxpayer that originally received the credit could utilize them.

end insert begin insert

(5) A taxpayer shall not sell a credit allowed by this section if
the taxpayer was allowed the credit on any tax return of the
taxpayer.

end insert begin insert

(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the taxpayer, with the
approval of the Executive Director of the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee, may rescind the election to sell all or any
portion of the credit allowed under this section if the consideration
for the credit falls below 80 percent of the amount of the credit
after the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee reservation.

end insert begin insert

(r) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee may
prescribe rules, guidelines, or procedures necessary or appropriate
to carry out the purposes of this section, including any guidelines
regarding the allocation of the credit allowed under this section.
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division
3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any rule,
guideline, or procedure prescribed by the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee pursuant to this section.

end insert begin delete

(q)

end delete

begin insert (s) end insert  The amendments to this section made by begin delete the act adding this
subdivision end delete begin insert Chapter 1222 of the Statutes of 1993 end insert apply only to
taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1994.

begin delete

(r)

end delete

begin insert (t) end insert  This section shall remain in effect on and after December 1,
1990, for as long as Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to low-income housing begin delete credits, end delete begin insert credit, end insert remains in effect.
Any unused credit may continue to be carried forward, as provided
in subdivision (l), until the credit has been exhausted.

begin insert

begin insert SEC. 5. end insert   

end insert

begin insert Section 17058.1 is added to the end insert begin insert Revenue and Taxation
Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

begin insert

begin insert 17058.1. end insert   

(a) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2017, there shall be allowed to a taxpayer a credit
against the “net tax,” as defined by Section 17039, for a qualified
low-income building in an amount equal to the amount computed
in accordance with Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to low-income housing credit as modified by this section.

(2) In determining the amount of credit allowed pursuant to this
section, the following shall apply:

(A) The eligible basis of a building shall be equal to the project’s
total cost basis.

(B) The applicable percentage shall be:

(1) For a project with units for low-income households, 130
percent.

(2) For a project with units for median-income households with
incomes between 80 percent and 99 percent of the area median
income, 108 percent.

(3) For a project with units for median-income households with
incomes of 100 percent of the area median income, 76 percent.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Low-income household” means a household with an income
that is greater than 60 percent and not higher than 80 percent of
the area median household income.

(2) “Median-income household” means a household with an
income that is greater than 80 percent but not higher than 100
percent of the area median household income.

(3) “Qualified low-income building” has the same meaning as
in Section 42(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
qualified low-income housing building, and also means the
qualified low-income building is eligible for a tax credit pursuant
to Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to low-income
housing credit, except that Section 42(g) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to qualified low-income housing project, shall not
apply and instead the following requirements shall be met:

(A) The project is for the acquisition or substantial rehabilitation
of a building at least 20 years old or is a new development.

(B) The project includes no more than 50 percent of its units
that are eligible for the tax credit allowed pursuant to Section
17058.

(C) Any units reserved for a tax credit allowed pursuant to this
section shall not supplant existing affordable housing units not
eligible for a tax credit pursuant to this section, including any
units for households with an income that is less than that of a
low-income household.

(D) The project will allocate at least 20 percent of its units to
low-income households and median-income households.

(c) (1) This section shall not be construed to require a taxpayer
to have been previously or currently allocated a tax credit pursuant
to Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating low-income
housing credit.

(2) This section shall not be construed to preclude a taxpayer,
allowed a credit pursuant to this section, from being allocated a
credit pursuant to Section 17058 or Section 42 of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to low-income housing credit.

(d) An applicant for the credit allowed pursuant to this section
must demonstrate to the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee that, within the city in which the project is situated, the
area median income for the average rental unit is above the area
median income for the project.

(e) (1) In the case where the credit allowed under this section
exceeds the “net tax,” the excess may be carried over to reduce
the “net tax” in the following year, and succeeding 14 years if
necessary, until the credit has been exhausted.

(2) The credit shall be claimed in the same manner, with regard
to the credit period, as a credit claimed pursuant to Section 17058.

(3) The credit allowed pursuant to this section shall have a
compliance period of 55 consecutive taxable years at the affordable
rate or at substantially below-market rate beginning with the first
taxable year of the credit period with respect thereto, administered
in the same manner as under Section 17058.

(f) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
allocate, on a first-come-first-served basis, the credit allowed by
this section. The aggregate amount of credit that may be allocated
in any fiscal year pursuant to this section and Sections 12206.1
and 23610.7 shall be an amount equal to the sum of paragraphs
(1) and (2).

(1) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for the 2016-17
fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter.

(2) The unallocated credit amount, if any, from the preceding
fiscal year.

(g) (1) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
establish guidelines to specify that a taxpayer may be allowed a
tax credit pursuant to this section, Section 17058, and Section 42
of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to low-income housing
credit, subject to the requirements of these sections.

(2) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the
Department of Insurance may adopt regulations, rules, guidelines,
or procedures necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes
of this section, including guidelines to conform the credit allowed
by this section to any procedures established pursuant to Section
17058.

(3) The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing
with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code) does not apply to this subdivision.

(h) Section 41 does not apply to the credit allowed by this
section.

end insert

begin insert

begin insert SEC. 6. end insert   

end insert

begin insert Section 23610.5 of the end insert begin insert Revenue and Taxation Code end insert begin insert is
amended to read: end insert

23610.5.  

(a) (1) There shall be allowed as a credit against the
begin delete “tax” (as end delete begin insert “tax,” end insert defined by Section begin delete 23036) end delete begin insert 23036, end insert a state
low-income housing tax credit in an amount equal to the amount
determined in subdivision (c), computed in accordance with Section
42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code of 1986, end delete begin insert Code, relating to
low-income housing credit, end insert except as otherwise provided in this
section.

(2) “Taxpayer,” for purposes of this section, means the sole
owner in the case of a “C” corporation, the partners in the case of
a partnership, and the shareholders in the case of an “S”
corporation.

(3) “Housing sponsor,” for purposes of this section, means the
sole owner in the case of a “C” corporation, the partnership in the
case of a partnership, and the “S” corporation in the case of an “S”
corporation.

(b) (1) The amount of the credit allocated to any housing
sponsor shall be authorized by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee, or any successor thereof, based on a project’s need
for the credit for economic feasibility in accordance with the
requirements of this section.

(A) The low-income housing project shall be located in
California and shall meet either of the following requirements:

(i) Except for projects to provide farmworker housing, as defined
in subdivision (h) of Section 50199.7 of the Health and Safety
Code, that are allocated credits solely under the set-aside described
in subdivision (c) of Section 50199.20 of the Health and Safety
Code, the project’s housing sponsor has been allocated by the
California Tax Credit Allocation Committee a credit for federal
income tax purposes under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue
begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing credit. end insert

(ii) It qualifies for a credit under Section 42(h)(4)(B) of the
Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to special rule where 50
percent or more of building is financed with tax-exempt bonds
subject to volume cap. end insert

(B) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall not
require fees for the credit under this section in addition to those
fees required for applications for the tax credit pursuant to Section
42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income
housing credit. end insert The committee may require a fee if the application
for the credit under this section is submitted in a calendar year
after the year the application is submitted for the federal tax credit.

(C) (i) For a project that receives a preliminary reservation of
the state low-income housing tax credit, allowed pursuant to
subdivision (a), on or after January 1, 2009, and before January 1,
2016, the credit shall be allocated to the partners of a partnership
owning the project in accordance with the partnership agreement,
regardless of how the federal low-income housing tax credit with
respect to the project is allocated to the partners, or whether the
allocation of the credit under the terms of the agreement has
substantial economic effect, within the meaning of Section 704(b)
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to determination of
distributive share. end insert

(ii) To the extent the allocation of the credit to a partner under
this section lacks substantial economic effect, any loss or deduction
otherwise allowable under this part that is attributable to the sale
or other disposition of that partner’s partnership interest made prior
to the expiration of the federal credit shall not be allowed in the
taxable year in which the sale or other disposition occurs, but shall
instead be deferred until and treated as if it occurred in the first
taxable year immediately following the taxable year in which the
federal credit period expires for the project described in clause (i).

(iii) This subparagraph does not apply to a project that receives
a preliminary reservation of state low-income housing tax credits
under the set-aside described in subdivision (c) of Section 50199.20
of the Health and Safety Code unless the project also receives a
preliminary reservation of federal low-income housing tax credits.

(iv) This subparagraph shall cease to be operative with respect
to any project that receives a preliminary reservation of a credit
on or after January 1, 2016.

(2) (A) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
certify to the housing sponsor the amount of tax credit under this
section allocated to the housing sponsor for each credit period.

(B) In the case of a partnership or an “S” corporation, the
housing sponsor shall provide a copy of the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee certification to the taxpayer.

(C) The taxpayer shall, upon request, provide a copy of the
certification to the Franchise Tax Board.

(D) All elections made by the taxpayer pursuant to Section 42
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing
credit, end insert apply to this section.

(E) (i) Except as described in clause (ii), for buildings located
in designated difficult development areas (DDAs) or qualified
census tracts (QCTs), as defined in Section 42(d)(5)(B) of the
Internal Revenue Code, begin insert relating to increase in credit for buildings
in high-cost areas, end insert credits may be allocated under this section in
the amounts prescribed in subdivision (c), provided that the amount
of credit allocated under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete
begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing credit, end insert is computed on 100
percent of the qualified basis of the building.

(ii) Notwithstanding clause (i), the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee may allocate the credit for buildings located
in DDAs or QCTs that are restricted to having 50 percent of its
occupants be special needs households, as defined in the California
Code of Regulations by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee, even if the taxpayer receives federal credits pursuant
to Section 42(d)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code, begin insert relating to
increase in credit for buildings in high cost areas, end insert provided that
the credit allowed under this section shall not exceed 30 percent
of the eligible basis of the building.

(F) (i) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee may
allocate a credit under this section in exchange for a credit allocated
pursuant to Section 42(d)(5)(B) of the Internal Revenue Code begin insert ,
relating to increase in credit for buildings in high cost areas, end insert in
amounts up to 30 percent of the eligible basis of a building if the
credits allowed under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code begin insert ,
relating to low-income housing credit, end insert are reduced by an equivalent
amount.

(ii) An equivalent amount shall be determined by the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee based upon the relative amount
required to produce an equivalent state tax credit to the taxpayer.

(c) Section 42(b) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to applicable percentage, end insert shall be modified as follows:

(1) In the case of any qualified low-income building placed in
service by the housing sponsor during 1987, the term “applicable
percentage” means 9 percent for each of the first three years and
3 percent for the fourth year for new buildings (whether or not the
building is federally subsidized) and for existing buildings.

(2) In the case of any qualified low-income building that receives
an allocation after 1989 and is a new building not federally
subsidized, the term “applicable percentage” means the following:

(A) For each of the first three years, the percentage prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury for new buildings that are not
federally subsidized for the taxable year, determined in accordance
with the requirements of Section 42(b)(2) of the Internal Revenue
Code, begin insert relating to temporary minimum credit rate for nonfederally
subsidized new buildings, end insert in lieu of the percentage prescribed in
Section 42(b)(1)(A) of the Internal Revenue Code.

(B) For the fourth year, the difference between 30 percent and
the sum of the applicable percentages for the first three years.

(3) In the case of any qualified low-income building that receives
an allocation after 1989 and that is a new building that is federally
subsidized or that is an existing building that is “at risk of
conversion,” the term “applicable percentage” means the following:

(A) For each of the first three years, the percentage prescribed
by the Secretary of the Treasury for new buildings that are federally
subsidized for the taxable year.

(B) For the fourth year, the difference between 13 percent and
the sum of the applicable percentages for the first three years.

(4) For purposes of this section, the term “at risk of conversion,”
with respect to an existing property means a property that satisfies
all of the following criteria:

(A) The property is a multifamily rental housing development
in which at least 50 percent of the units receive governmental
assistance pursuant to any of the following:

(i) New construction, substantial rehabilitation, moderate
rehabilitation, property disposition, and loan management set-aside
programs, or any other program providing project-based assistance
pursuant to Section 8 of the United States Housing Act of 1937,
Section 1437f of Title 42 of the United States Code, as amended.

(ii) The Below-Market-Interest-Rate Program pursuant to
Section 221(d)(3) of the National Housing Act, Sections
1715l(d)(3) and (5) of Title 12 of the United States Code.

(iii) Section 236 of the National Housing Act, Section 1715z-1
of Title 12 of the United States Code.

(iv) Programs for rent supplement assistance pursuant to Section
101 of the Housing and Urban Development Act of 1965, Section
1701s of Title 12 of the United States Code, as amended.

(v) Programs pursuant to Section 515 of the Housing Act of
1949, Section 1485 of Title 42 of the United States Code, as
amended.

(vi) The low-income housing credit program set forth in Section
42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income
housing credit. end insert

(B) The restrictions on rent and income levels will terminate or
the federally insured mortgage on the property is eligible for
prepayment any time within five years before or after the date of
application to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee.

(C) The entity acquiring the property enters into a regulatory
agreement that requires the property to be operated in accordance
with the requirements of this section for a period equal to the
greater of 55 years or the life of the property.

(D) The property satisfies the requirements of Section 42(e) of
the Internal Revenue begin delete Code regarding rehabilitation expenditures end delete
begin insert Code, relating to rehabilitation expenditures treated as a separate
new building end insert , except that the provisions of Section
42(e)(3)(A)(ii)(I) shall not apply.

(d) The term “qualified low-income housing project” as defined
in Section 42(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to qualified low-income building, end insert is modified by adding the
following requirements:

(1) The taxpayer shall be entitled to receive a cash distribution
from the operations of the project, after funding required reserves,
begin delete that end delete begin insert that, end insert at the election of the taxpayer, is equal to:

(A) An amount not to exceed 8 percent of the lesser of:

(i) The owner equity, begin delete that end delete begin insert which end insert shall include the amount of the
capital contributions actually paid to the housing sponsor and shall
not include any amounts until they are paid on an investor note.

(ii) Twenty percent of the adjusted basis of the building as of
the close of the first taxable year of the credit period.

(B) The amount of the cashflow from those units in the building
that are not low-income units. For purposes of computing cashflow
under this subparagraph, operating costs shall be allocated to the
low-income units using the “floor space fraction,” as defined in
Section 42 of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to
low-income housing credit. end insert

(C) Any amount allowed to be distributed under subparagraph
(A) that is not available for distribution during the first five years
of the compliance period may be accumulated and distributed any
time during the first 15 years of the compliance period but not
thereafter.

(2) The limitation on return applies in the aggregate to the
partners if the housing sponsor is a partnership and in the aggregate
to the shareholders if the housing sponsor is an “S” corporation.

(3) The housing sponsor shall apply any cash available for
distribution in excess of the amount eligible to be distributed under
paragraph (1) to reduce the rent on rent-restricted units or to
increase the number of rent-restricted units subject to the tests of
Section 42(g)(1) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to
in general. end insert

(e) The provisions of Section 42(f) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete
begin insert Code, relating to definition and special rules relating to credit
period, end insert shall be modified as follows:

(1) The term “credit period” as defined in Section 42(f)(1) of
the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to credit period defined, end insert
is modified by substituting “four taxable years” for “10 taxable
years.”

(2) The special rule for the first taxable year of the credit period
under Section 42(f)(2) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to special rule for first year of credit period, end insert shall not apply to the
tax credit under this section.

(3) Section 42(f)(3) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to determination of applicable percentage with respect to increases
in qualified basis after first year of credit period, end insert is modified to
read:

If, as of the close of any taxable year in the compliance period,
after the first year of the credit period, the qualified basis of any
building exceeds the qualified basis of that building as of the close
of the first year of the credit period, the housing sponsor, to the
extent of its tax credit allocation, shall be eligible for a credit on
the excess in an amount equal to the applicable percentage
determined pursuant to subdivision (c) for the four-year period
beginning with the later of the taxable years in which the increase
in qualified basis occurs.

(f) The provisions of Section 42(h) of the Internal Revenue
begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to limitation on aggregate credit allowable
with respect to projects located in a state, end insert shall be modified as
follows:

(1) Section 42(h)(2) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to allocated credit amount to apply to all taxable years ending
during or after credit allocation year, end insert does not apply and instead
the following provisions apply:

The total amount for the four-year credit period of the housing
credit dollars allocated in a calendar year to any building shall
reduce the aggregate housing credit dollar amount of the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee for the calendar year in which
the allocation is made.

(2) Paragraphs (3), (4), (5), (6)(E)(i)(II), (6)(F), (6)(G), (6)(I),
(7), and (8) of Section 42(h) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code,
relating to limitation on aggregate credit allowable with respect
to projects located in a state, end insert do not apply begin insert to this section end insert .

(g) The aggregate housing credit dollar amount that may be
allocated annually by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee pursuant to this section, Section 12206, and Section
17058 shall be an amount equal to the sum of all the following:

(1) Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) for the 2001 calendar
year, and, for the 2002 calendar year and each calendar year
thereafter, seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) increased by the
percentage, if any, by which the Consumer Price Index for the
preceding calendar year exceeds the Consumer Price Index for the
2001 calendar year. For the purposes of this paragraph, the term
“Consumer Price Index” means the last Consumer Price Index for
All Urban Consumers published by the federal Department of
Labor.

(2) The unused housing credit ceiling, if any, for the preceding
calendar years.

(3) The amount of housing credit ceiling returned in the calendar
year. For purposes of this paragraph, the amount of housing credit
dollar amount returned in the calendar year equals the housing
credit dollar amount previously allocated to any project that does
not become a qualified low-income housing project within the
period required by this section or to any project with respect to
which an allocation is canceled by mutual consent of the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the allocation recipient.

(4) Five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) per calendar year
for projects to provide farmworker housing, as defined in
subdivision (h) of Section 50199.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

(5) The amount of any unallocated or returned credits under
former Sections 17053.14, 23608.2, and 23608.3, as those sections
read prior to January 1, 2009, until fully exhausted for projects to
provide farmworker housing, as defined in subdivision (h) of
Section 50199.7 of the Health and Safety Code.

(h) The term “compliance period” as defined in Section 42(i)(1)
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to compliance period, end insert
is modified to mean, with respect to any building, the period of 30
consecutive taxable years beginning with the first taxable year of
the credit period with respect thereto.

(i) Section 42(j) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to recapture of credit, end insert does not apply and the following shall be
substituted in its place:

The requirements of this section shall be set forth in a regulatory
agreement between the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee
and the housing sponsor, and this agreement shall be subordinated,
when required, to any lien or encumbrance of any banks or other
institutional lenders to the project. The regulatory agreement
entered into pursuant to subdivision (f) of Section 50199.14 of the
Health and Safety Code shall apply, provided that the agreement
includes all of the following provisions:

(1) A term not less than the compliance period.

(2) A requirement that the agreement be recorded in the official
records of the county in which the qualified low-income housing
project is located.

(3) A provision stating which state and local agencies can
enforce the regulatory agreement in the event the housing sponsor
fails to satisfy any of the requirements of this section.

(4) A provision that the regulatory agreement shall be deemed
a contract enforceable by tenants as third-party beneficiaries
begin delete thereto, end delete begin insert thereto end insert and that allows individuals, whether prospective,
present, or former occupants of the building, who meet the income
limitation applicable to the building, the right to enforce the
regulatory agreement in any state court.

(5) A provision incorporating the requirements of Section 42
of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating to low-income housing
credit, end insert as modified by this section.

(6) A requirement that the housing sponsor notify the California
Tax Credit Allocation Committee or its designee if there is a
determination by the Internal Revenue Service that the project is
not in compliance with Section 42(g) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete
begin insert Code, relating to qualified low-income housing project. end insert

(7) A requirement that the housing sponsor, as security for the
performance of the housing sponsor’s obligations under the
regulatory agreement, assign the housing sponsor’s interest in rents
that it receives from the project, provided that until there is a
default under the regulatory agreement, the housing sponsor is
entitled to collect and retain the rents.

(8) A provision that the remedies available in the event of a
default under the regulatory agreement that is not cured within a
reasonable cure period include, but are not limited to, allowing
any of the parties designated to enforce the regulatory agreement
to collect all rents with respect to the project; taking possession of
the project and operating the project in accordance with the
regulatory agreement until the enforcer determines the housing
sponsor is in a position to operate the project in accordance with
the regulatory agreement; applying to any court for specific
performance; securing the appointment of a receiver to operate
the project; or any other relief as may be appropriate.

(j) (1) The committee shall allocate the housing credit on a
regular basis consisting of two or more periods in each calendar
year during which applications may be filed and considered. The
committee shall establish application filing deadlines, the maximum
percentage of federal and state low-income housing tax credit
ceiling that may be allocated by the committee in that period, and
the approximate date on which allocations shall be made. If the
enactment of federal or state law, the adoption of rules or
regulations, or other similar events prevent the use of two allocation
periods, the committee may reduce the number of periods and
adjust the filing deadlines, maximum percentage of credit allocated,
and begin insert the end insert allocation dates.

(2) The committee shall adopt a qualified allocation plan, as
provided in Section 42(m)(1) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code,
relating to plans for allocation of credit among projects. end insert In
adopting this plan, the committee shall comply with the provisions
of Sections 42(m)(1)(B) and 42(m)(1)(C) of the Internal Revenue
begin delete Code. end delete begin insert Code, relating to qualified allocation plan and relating to
certain selection criteria must be used, respectively. end insert

(3) Notwithstanding Section 42(m) of the Internal Revenue
Code, begin insert relating to responsibilities of housing credit agencies, end insert the
California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall allocate housing
credits in accordance with the qualified allocation plan and
regulations, which shall include the following provisions:

(A) All housing sponsors, as defined by paragraph (3) of
subdivision (a), shall demonstrate at the time the application is
filed with the committee that the project meets the following
threshold requirements:

(i) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate that there is a need
for low-income housing in the community or region for which it
is proposed.

(ii) The project’s proposed financing, including tax credit
proceeds, shall be sufficient to complete the project and shall be
adequate to operate the project for the extended use period.

(iii) The project shall have enforceable financing commitments,
either construction or permanent financing, for at least 50 percent
of the total estimated financing of the project.

(iv) The housing sponsor shall have and maintain control of the
site for the project.

(v) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate that the project
complies with all applicable local land use and zoning ordinances.

(vi) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate that the project
development team has the experience and the financial capacity
to ensure project completion and operation for the extended use
period.

(vii) The housing sponsor shall demonstrate the amount of tax
credit that is necessary for the financial feasibility of the project
and its viability as a qualified low-income housing project
throughout the extended use period, taking into account operating
expenses, a supportable debt service, reserves, funds set aside for
rental subsidies and required equity, and a development fee that
does not exceed a specified percentage of the eligible basis of the
project prior to inclusion of the development fee in the eligible
basis, as determined by the committee.

(B) The committee shall give a preference to those projects
satisfying all of the threshold requirements of subparagraph (A)
if both of the following apply:

(i) The project serves the lowest income tenants at rents
affordable to those tenants.

(ii) The project is obligated to serve qualified tenants for the
longest period.

(C) In addition to the provisions of subparagraphs (A) and (B),
the committee shall use the following criteria in allocating housing
credits:

(i) Projects serving large families in which a substantial number,
as defined by the committee, of all residential units are low-income
units with three and more bedrooms.

(ii) Projects providing single-room occupancy units serving
very low income tenants.

(iii) Existing projects that are “at risk of conversion,” as defined
by paragraph (4) of subdivision (c).

(iv) Projects for which a public agency provides direct or indirect
long-term financial support for at least 15 percent of the total
project development costs or projects for which the owner’s equity
constitutes at least 30 percent of the total project development
costs.

(v) Projects that provide tenant amenities not generally available
to residents of low-income housing projects.

(4) For purposes of allocating credits pursuant to this section,
the committee shall not give preference to any project by virtue
of the date of submission of its application except to break a tie
when two or more of the projects have an equal rating.

(5) Not less than 20 percent of the low-income housing tax
credits available annually under this section, Section 12206, and
Section 17058 shall be set aside for allocation to rural areas as
defined in Section 50199.21 of the Health and Safety Code. Any
amount of credit set aside for rural areas remaining on or after
October 31 of any calendar year shall be available for allocation
to any eligible project. No amount of credit set aside for rural areas
shall be considered available for any eligible project so long as
there are eligible rural applications pending on October 31.

(k) Section 42(l) of the Internal Revenue begin delete Code end delete begin insert Code, relating
to certifications and other reports to secretary, end insert shall be modified
as follows:

The term “secretary” shall be replaced by the term begin delete “California
Franchise end delete begin insert “Franchise end insert Tax Board.”

(l) In the case in which the begin delete state end delete credit allowed under this section
exceeds the “tax,” the excess may be carried over to reduce the
“tax” in the following year, and succeeding years if necessary,
until the credit has been exhausted.

(m) A project that received an allocation of a 1989 federal
housing credit dollar amount shall be eligible to receive an
allocation of a 1990 state housing credit dollar amount, subject to
all of the following conditions:

(1) The project was not placed in service prior to 1990.

(2) To the extent the amendments made to this section by the
Statutes of 1990 conflict with any provisions existing in this section
prior to those amendments, the prior provisions of law shall prevail.

(3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), a project applying for an
allocation under this subdivision begin delete shall be end delete begin insert is end insert subject to the
requirements of paragraph (3) of subdivision (j).

(n) The credit period with respect to an allocation of credit in
1989 by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee of which
any amount is attributable to unallocated credit from 1987 or 1988
shall not begin until after December 31, 1989.

(o) The provisions of Section 11407(a) of Public Law 101-508,
relating to the effective date of the extension of the low-income
housing credit, apply to calendar years after 1989.

(p) The provisions of Section 11407(c) of Public Law 101-508,
relating to election to accelerate credit, do not apply.

(q) (1) A corporation may elect to assign any portion of any
credit allowed under this section to one or more affiliated
corporations for each taxable year in which the credit is allowed.
For purposes of this subdivision, “affiliated corporation” has the
meaning provided in subdivision (b) of Section 25110, as that
section was amended by Chapter 881 of the Statutes of 1993, as
of the last day of the taxable year in which the credit is allowed,
except that “100 percent” is substituted for “more than 50 percent”
wherever it appears in the section, as that section was amended by
Chapter 881 of the Statutes of 1993, and “voting common stock”
is substituted for “voting stock” wherever it appears in the section,
as that section was amended by Chapter 881 of the Statutes of
1993.

(2) The election provided in paragraph (1):

(A) May be based on any method selected by the corporation
that originally receives the credit.

(B) Shall be irrevocable for the taxable year the credit is allowed,
once made.

(C) May be changed for any subsequent taxable year if the
election to make the assignment is expressly shown on each of the
returns of the affiliated corporations that assign and receive the
credits.

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(r) (1) For a project that receives a preliminary reservation
under this section beginning on or after January 1, 2016, a
taxpayer may make an irrevocable election in its application to
the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee to sell all or any
portion of any credit allowed under this section to one or more
unrelated parties for each taxable year in which the credit is
allowed, subject to both of the following conditions:

end insert begin insert

(A) The credit is sold for consideration that is not less than 80
percent of the amount of the credit.

end insert begin insert

(B) (i) The unrelated party or parties purchasing any or all of
the credit pursuant to this subdivision is a taxpayer allowed the
credit under this section for the taxable year of the purchase or
any prior taxable year or is a taxpayer allowed the federal credit
under Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
low-income housing credit, for the taxable year of the purchase
or any prior taxable year in connection with any project located
in this state.

end insert begin insert

(ii) For purposes of this subparagraph, “taxpayer allowed the
credit under this section” means a taxpayer that is allowed the
credit under this section without regard to the purchase of a credit
pursuant to this subdivision without regard to any of the following:

end insert begin insert

(I) The purchase of a credit under this section pursuant to this
subdivision.

end insert begin insert

(II) The assignment of a credit under this section pursuant to
subdivision (q).

end insert begin insert

(III) The assignment of a credit under this section pursuant to
Section 23363.

end insert begin insert

(2) (A) The taxpayer that originally received the credit shall
report to the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee within
10 days of the sale of the credit, in the form and manner specified
by the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee, all required
information regarding the purchase and sale of the credit,
including the social security or other taxpayer identification
number of the unrelated party to whom the credit has been sold,
the face amount of the credit sold, and the amount of consideration
received by the taxpayer for the sale of the credit.

end insert begin insert

(B) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
provide an annual listing to the Franchise Tax Board, in a form
and manner agreed upon by the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee and the Franchise Tax Board, of the taxpayers that
have sold or purchased a credit pursuant to this subdivision.

end insert begin insert

(3) (A) A credit may be sold pursuant to this subdivision to
more than one unrelated party.

end insert begin insert

(B) (i) Except as provided in clause (ii), a credit shall not be
resold by the unrelated party to another taxpayer or other party.

end insert begin insert

(ii) All or any portion of any credit allowed under this section
may be resold once by an original purchaser to one or more
unrelated parties, subject to all of the requirements of this
subdivision.

end insert begin insert

(4) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the taxpayer
that originally received the credit that is sold pursuant to
paragraph (1) shall remain solely liable for all obligations and
liabilities imposed on the taxpayer by this section with respect to
the credit, none of which shall apply to any party to whom the
credit has been sold or subsequently transferred. Parties who
purchase credits pursuant to paragraph (1) shall be entitled to
utilize the purchased credits in the same manner in which the
taxpayer that originally received the credit could utilize them.

end insert begin insert

(5) A taxpayer shall not sell a credit allowed by this section if
the taxpayer was allowed the credit on any tax return of the
taxpayer.

end insert begin insert

(6) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the taxpayer, with the
approval of the Executive Director of the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee, may rescind the election to sell all or any
portion of the credit allowed under this section if the consideration
for the credit falls below 80 percent of the amount of the credit
after the California Tax Credit Allocation Committee reservation.

end insert begin insert

(s) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee may
prescribe rules, guidelines, or procedures necessary or appropriate
to carry out the purposes of this section, including any guidelines
regarding the allocation of the credit allowed under this section.
Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division
3 of Title 2 of the Government Code shall not apply to any rule,
guideline, or procedure prescribed by the California Tax Credit
Allocation Committee pursuant to this section.

end insert begin delete

(r)

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begin insert (t) end insert  Any unused credit may continue to be carried forward, as
provided in subdivision (l), until the credit has been exhausted.

begin delete

This

end delete

begin insert (u) end insert begin insert   end insert begin insert This end insert section shall remain in effect on and after December
1, 1990, for as long as Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to low-income housing begin delete credits, end delete begin insert credit, end insert remains in effect.

begin delete

(s)

end delete

begin insert (v) end insert  The amendments to this section made by begin delete the act adding this
subdivision end delete begin insert Chapter 1222 of the Statutes of 1993 end insert shall apply only
to taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 1994, except that
paragraph (1) of subdivision (q), as amended, shall apply to taxable
years beginning on or after January 1, 1993.

begin insert

begin insert SEC. 7. end insert   

end insert

begin insert Section 23610.7 is added to the end insert begin insert Revenue and Taxation
Code end insert begin insert , to read: end insert

begin insert

begin insert 23610.7. end insert   

(a) (1) For taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2017, there shall be allowed to a taxpayer a credit
against the “tax,” as defined by Section 23036, for a qualified
low-income building in an amount equal to the amount computed
in accordance with Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code,
relating to low-income housing credit as modified by this section.

(2) In determining the amount of credit allowed pursuant to this
section, the following shall apply:

(A) The eligible basis of a building shall be equal to the project’s
total cost basis.

(B) The applicable percentage shall be:

(1) For a project with units for low-income households, 130
percent.

(2) For a project with units for median-income households with
incomes between 80 percent and 99 percent of the area median
income, 108 percent.

(3) For a project with units for median-income households with
incomes of 100 percent of the area median income, 76 percent.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) “Low-income household” means a household with an income
that is greater than 60 percent and not higher than 80 percent of
the area median household income.

(2) “Median-income household” means a household with an
income that is greater than 80 percent but not higher than 100
percent of the area median household income.

(3) “Qualified low-income building” has the same meaning as
in Section 42(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to
qualified low-income housing building, and also means the
qualified low-income building is eligible for a tax credit pursuant
to Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to low-income
housing credit, except that Section 42(g) of the Internal Revenue
Code, relating to qualified low-income housing project, shall not
apply and instead the following requirements shall be met:

(A) The project is for the acquisition or substantial rehabilitation
of a building at least 20 years old or is a new development.

(B) The project includes no more than 50 percent of its units
that are eligible for the tax credit allowed pursuant to Section
23610.5.

(C) Any units reserved for a tax credit allowed pursuant to this
section shall not supplant existing affordable housing units not
eligible for a tax credit pursuant to this section, including any
units for households with an income that is less than that of a
low-income household.

(D) The project will allocate at least 20 percent of its units to
low-income households and median-income households.

(c) (1) This section shall not be construed to require a taxpayer
to have been previously or currently allocated a tax credit pursuant
to Section 42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating low-income
housing credit.

(2) This section shall not be construed to preclude a taxpayer,
allowed a credit pursuant to this section, from being allocated a
credit pursuant to Section 23610.5 or Section 42 of the Internal
Revenue Code, relating to low-income housing credit.

(d) An applicant for the credit allowed pursuant to this section
must demonstrate to the California Tax Credit Allocation
Committee that, within the city in which the project is situated, the
area median income for the average rental unit is above the area
median income for the project.

(e) (1) In the case where the credit allowed under this section
exceeds the “tax,” the excess may be carried over to reduce the
“tax” in the following year, and succeeding 14 years if necessary,
until the credit has been exhausted.

(2) The credit shall be claimed in the same manner, with regard
to the credit period, as a credit claimed pursuant to Section
23610.5.

(3) The credit allowed pursuant to this section shall have a
compliance period of 55 consecutive taxable years at the affordable
rate or at substantially below-market rate beginning with the first
taxable year of the credit period with respect thereto, administered
in the same manner as under Section 23610.5.

(f) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
allocate, on a first-come-first-served basis, the credit allowed by
this section. The aggregate amount of credit that may be allocated
in any fiscal year pursuant to this section and Sections 12206.1
and 17058.1 shall be an amount equal to the sum of paragraphs
(1) and (2).

(1) One hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) for the 2016-17
fiscal year, and for each fiscal year thereafter.

(2) The unallocated credit amount, if any, from the preceding
fiscal year.

(g) (1) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee shall
establish guidelines to specify that a taxpayer may be allowed a
tax credit pursuant to this section, Section 23610.5, and Section
42 of the Internal Revenue Code, relating to low-income housing
credit, subject to the requirements of these sections.

(2) The California Tax Credit Allocation Committee and the
Department of Insurance may adopt regulations, rules, guidelines,
or procedures necessary or appropriate to carry out the purposes
of this section, including guidelines to conform the credit allowed
by this section to any procedures established pursuant to Section
23610.5.

(3) The Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing
with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the
Government Code) does not apply to this subdivision.

(h) Section 41 does not apply to the credit allowed by this
section.

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begin insert

begin insert SEC. 8. end insert   

end insert begin insert

This act provides for a tax levy within the meaning of
Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.

end insert

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SECTION 1.  

It is the intent of the Legislature to enact
legislation that would create a new tax credit for working
individuals.

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