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Section 12207
12207. Disallowed tax credit. [Repealed by Stats. 2011, Ch. 11x1 (ABx1 21), effective January 1, 2013.]
12207. Disallowed tax credit. [Repealed by Stats. 2013, Ch. 33 (SB 78) effective January 1, 2015.]
Text of Section Operative January 1, 2023, Through November 30, 2027
12207. Credit for contributions to College Access Tax Credit Fund. (a) For the taxable years beginning on or after January 1, 2017, and before January 1, 2028, there shall be allowed as a credit against the "tax," as described in Section 12202 or 12231, an amount equal to 50 percent of the amount contributed by the taxpayer for the taxable year to the College Access Tax Credit Fund, as allocated and certified by the California Educational Facilities Authority.
(b) (1) The aggregate amount of credit that may be allocated and certified pursuant to this section, Section 17053.87, and Section 23687 shall be an amount equal to five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000).
(2) (A) For the purposes of this section, the California Educational Facilities Authority shall do all of the following:
(i) On a first-come-first-served basis, allocate and certify tax credits to taxpayers under this section.
(ii) Establish a procedure for taxpayers to contribute to the College Access Tax Credit Fund and to obtain from the California Educational Facilities Authority a certification for the credit allowed by this section. The procedure shall require the California Educational Facilities Authority to certify the contribution amount eligible for credit within 45 days following receipt of the contribution.
(iii) Provide to the Department of Insurance a copy of each credit certificate issued for the calendar year by March 1 of the calendar year immediately following the year in which those certificates are issued.
(B) (i) The California Educational Facilities Authority shall adopt any regulations necessary or appropriateto implement this paragraph.
(ii) The Administrative Procedure Act (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 regulation adopted by the California Educational Facilities Authority pursuant to clause (i).
(c) In the case where the credit allowed by this section exceeds the "tax," the excess may be carried over to reduce the "tax" in the following year, and succeeding five years if necessary, until the credit is exhausted.
(d) The tax credit allowed by subdivision (a), subdivision (a) of Section 17053.87, and subdivision (a) of Section 23687 for donations to the College Access Tax Credit Fund shall be known as the College Access Tax Credit.
(e) This section shall remain in effect only until December 1, 2028, and as of that date is repealed.
History—Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 22 (SB 81), in effect June 24, 2015, but operative January 1, 2017. Stats. 2017, Ch. 527 (AB 490), in effect January 1, 2018, substitutes "2023" for "2018" after "January 1," and substitutes "for" for "during" after "by the taxpayer" in subdivision (a); adds "or appropriate" after "regulations necessary" in paragraph (2)(B)(i) of subdivision (b); substitutes "shall" for "does" in paragraph (2)(B)(ii) in subdivision (b); and substitutes "remain in effect only until December 1, 2023, and as of that date is repealed" for "be repealed on December 1, 2018" in subdivision (e). Stats. 2022, Ch. 976 (AB 2880), in effect January 1, 2023, substituted "2028" for "2023" after "before January 1," in subdivision (a); substituted "2028" for "2023" after "until December 1," in subdivision (e).