Section 211 Of Article 1. Taxable And Exempt Property From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 1. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 1.
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. (a) (1) The exemption of fruit- and nut-bearing trees until
four years after the season in which they were planted in orchard
form and grapevines until three years after the season in which they
were planted in vineyard form is as specified in subdivision (i) of
Section 3 of Article XIII of the California Constitution.
(2) For purposes of exemption pursuant to this subdivision, any
fruit- or nut-bearing tree, or any grapevine, severely damaged during
the exemption period by the December 1990 freeze so as to require
pruning to the trunk or bud union to establish a new shoot as a
replacement for the damaged tree or grapevine, shall be considered a
new planting in orchard or vineyard form.
(3) For purposes of exemption pursuant to this subdivision, any
fruit- or nut-bearing tree severely damaged during the exemption
period by the December 1998 freeze or the January 2007 freeze so as
to require pruning to the trunk or bud union to establish a new shoot
as a replacement for the damaged tree shall be considered a new
planting in orchard form.
(4) For purposes of exemption pursuant to this subdivision, any
fruit- or nut-bearing tree, or any grapevine, severely damaged during
the exemption period by the extremely strong and damaging winds that
commenced on October 20, 2007, that were the subject of the Governor'
s November 2, 2007, proclamation of a state of emergency so as to
require pruning to the trunk or bud union to establish a new shoot as
a replacement for the damaged tree or grapevine, shall be considered
a new planting in orchard form.
(5) For purposes of exemption pursuant to this subdivision, any
fruit- or nut-bearing tree, or any grapevine, severely damaged during
the exemption period by the wildfires that commenced on October 21,
2007, that were the subject of the Governor's October 21, 2007,
proclamation of a state of emergency so as to require pruning to the
trunk or bud union to establish a new shoot as a replacement for the
damaged tree or grapevine, shall be considered a new planting in
orchard form.
(b) The exemption of timber is as specified in subdivision (j) of
Section 3 of Article XIII of the California Constitution and Section
436.