Section 41 Of General Provisions From California Revenue And Taxation Code
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. Notwithstanding any other law, any bill, introduced on or after
January 1, 2015, that would authorize a new credit against the "net
tax," as defined in Section 17039, or against the "tax," as defined
in Section 23036, or both, shall contain all of the following:
(a) Specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax credit
will achieve.
(b) Detailed performance indicators for the Legislature to use
when measuring whether the tax credit meets the goals, purposes, and
objectives stated in the bill.
(c) Data collection requirements to enable the Legislature to
determine whether the tax credit is meeting, failing to meet, or
exceeding those specific goals, purposes, and objectives. The
requirements shall include the specific data and baseline
measurements to be collected and remitted in each year the credit is
in effect, in order for the Legislature to measure the change in
performance indicators, and the specific taxpayers, state agencies,
or other entities required to collect and remit data.
(d) Taxpayer information collected pursuant to this section is
subject to Section 19542.