Transactions and use taxes: City of Campbell: City of Pinole: County of Solano.

Existing law authorizes cities and counties, subject to certain limitations and approval requirements, to levy a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, in accordance with the procedures and requirements set forth in the Transactions and Use Tax Law, including a requirement that the combined rate of all taxes that may be imposed in accordance with that law in the county not exceed 2%. This bill would authorize the City of Campbell, the City of Pinole, the County of Solano, or any city in the County of Solano, by ordinance or by citizens' initiative, to impose a transactions and use tax for general or specific purposes, at a rate of no more than 0.5% that, in combination with other transactions and use taxes, would exceed the above-described combined rate limit of 2%, if certain requirements are met. The bill would provide that a transactions and use tax rate imposed pursuant to the bill will not be considered for purposes of the combined rate limit described above. The bill would repeal this authorization on January 1, 2029, if an ordinance or citizens' initiative proposing the tax has not been approved by that date, as specified. This bill would make legislative findings and declarations as to the necessity of a special statute for the City of Campbell, the City of Pinole, and the County of Solano. This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute.