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Legislative Bill Action ................................ ............................... county assessors. Currently corporations are required to check off on their income tax return if there has been a change in ownership. SB 17 would also require the Franchise Tax Board to report to BOE if the change in ownership box has not been checked off. These requirements would assist county assessors in determining if a prop- erty should be reassessed related to ownership change. Staff: Jean Korinke, Status: AsApps, Hrg. August 20, Position: Support. SB 103 (Alpert). Sales and Use Tax. SB 103 provides clarification as to which retail busi- nesses must collect sales and use tax on pur- chases made in California. If a retailer offers services or repairs on its goods by staff or con- tractors located in California, the retailer is consid- ered to have a retail presence in California. Pro- cessing of orders by electronic means from a location outside of California does not exclude a retailer from the obligation to collect taxes if the retailer is otherwise engaged in business activities in the state. The retailer that has directly or through a subsidiary a substantial interest in a California retailer and sells the same lines of goods under a similar retail name in California will be deemed to be in business in California for the purposes of collecting sales and use tax. SB 103 failed to secure a majority vote when it was heard on June 30 in the Assembly Jobs, Economic Development and the Economy Committee. The committee did grant reconsideration. Contact members of the committee to request their vote on SB 103. Staff: Jean Korinke, Status: AsApps, Hrg. August 20, Position: Support. SB 157JBowen and Alpert). Sales and Use Taxes: Uniformitv. SB 157 creates the Stream- lined Sales Tax Project that establishes a board to represent California in discussions with other states on the national project to simplify use tax collection. The national Streamlined Sales and Use Tax Agreement (SSUTA) takes effect when at least 10 states, accounting for at least 20% of the population of states that impose a sales and use tax, enact provisions of the SSUTA. With legisla- tion adopted by Ohio effective July 1, 2003, the SSUTA moves closer. If legislation passed by Minnesota and Washington are deemed to con- form sufficiently to the SSUTA, the 20% population factor will be met and multistate retailers will need to take the necessary steps to implement the collection of sales and use tax. Staff: Jean Korinke, Status: AsApps, Hrg. August 20, Posi- tion: Support. TRANSPORTATION AND PUBLIC WORKS AB 625 (Spitzer) Towina. Storaqe Charae. This bill, a state mandate, could negatively impact a city's contracts with tow companies, and may require cities to change their current policies. It is set to be heard August 18 in the "last" Senate Appropriations Committee hearing for this year. Please have your city attorney look carefully at this bill, and let us know if it impacts your city in a negative way. AB 625 would require: 1) A storage facility operator who holds a vehicle that is placed in storage (upon the demand of the registered owner or owner's agent) shall release the vehicle within one hour if the demand is made during the storage facility's normal business hours or within two hours if that demand is made after normal busi- ness hours, but during a time the storage facility operator or keeper is releasing vehicles, if the following conditions are apply: a) the vehicle was removed from a location within two miles of the venue of a special event for which a permit was obtained from a city or county and was removed up to six hours before, or six hours after, that event; b) the towing service responsible for the tow was under contract with the city or county for the removal of vehicles parked in violation of subdivi- sion (n) of Section 22651; c) At least 48 hours prior to the occurrence of the special event, the towing service and, if different, the storage facility operator or keeper was informed in writing by the city or county about the special event and its hours of operation. 2) Additionally this bill requires a city or county to provide written notification to each affected towing service and storage facility opera- tor or keeper, at least 48 hours prior to the occur- PAGE 8 /PRIORITY FOCUS Visit the League's Official Web Site -- www.cacities.org