Bill Text: CA AB233 | 2009-2010 | Regular Session | Introduced

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Bill Title: Personal income tax: deductions: pet adoption costs:

Spectrum: Strong Partisan Bill (Republican 10-1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2010-02-02 - From committee: Filed with the Chief Clerk pursuant to Joint Rule 56. [AB233 Detail]

Download: California-2009-AB233-Introduced.html

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BILL NUMBER: AB 233	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Smyth

                        FEBRUARY 5, 2009

   An act to add Section 17239 to the Revenue and Taxation Code,
relating to taxation, to take effect immediately, tax levy.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 233, as introduced, Smyth. Personal income tax: deductions: pet
adoption fees.
   The Personal Income Tax Law allows various deductions in computing
the income that is subject to the taxes imposed by that law.
   This bill would allow for taxable years beginning on or after
January 1, 2010, and before January 1, 2015, a deduction under that
law for the qualified costs paid or incurred during the taxable year
by a taxpayer for the adoption of pets from a qualified animal rescue
organization, as defined.
   This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 17239 is added to the Revenue and Taxation
Code, to read:
   17239.  (a) For each taxable year beginning on or after January 1,
2010, and before January 1, 2015, there shall be allowed as a
deduction an amount equal to the qualified costs paid or incurred by
a taxpayer for the adoption of a pet from a qualified animal rescue
organization.
   (b) For the purposes of this section, the following definitions
shall apply:
   (1) "Qualified animal rescue organization" means any city, county,
or city and county animal control agency or shelter or an animal
adoption organization that is exempt from taxation under Section 501
(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code.
   (2) "Qualified costs" means adoption fees.
   (c) The deduction allowed under this section shall not exceed
three hundred dollars ($300).
  SEC. 2.  This act provides for a tax levy within the meaning of
Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect.