Section 2188.10 Of Chapter 2. Effect Of Tax From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2.
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. (a) Whenever the assessor receives a written request for
separate assessment of a pro rata portion of the real property of a
mobilehome park which changed ownership pursuant to subdivision (c)
of Section 62.1 as the result of the transfer of a share or shares of
voting stock or other ownership or membership interest or interests,
the assessor shall, on the first lien date which occurs more than 60
days following the request, and on each lien date thereafter,
separately assess the portion or portions of real property described
in subdivision (b) if the conditions specified in subdivision (c)
have been met. Whenever a portion of the real property of a
mobilehome park becomes subject to separate assessment, it shall
continue to be subject to separate assessment in subsequent fiscal
years and once a request for separate assessment is made, it is
binding on all future owners of the voting stock or other ownership
or membership interests in the entity which owns the park.
(b) The interest that is to be separately assessed is the value of
the pro rata portion of the real property of the mobilehome park
which changed ownership pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 62.1.
(c) A separate assessment may not be made by the assessor under
this section unless the following conditions are met:
(1) The governing board of the mobilehome park makes the request
for separate assessment and certifies that the request has been
approved in the manner provided in the organizational documents of
the entity owning the mobilehome park.
(2) Information is filed with the assessor listing all of the
following:
(A) The total number of outstanding shares of voting stock of, or
other ownership or membership interests in, the entity which owns the
mobilehome park.
(B) The number of shares of voting stock, or other ownership or
membership interests, which have been transferred and resulted in the
change in ownership of portions of the real property of the park
pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 62.1, together with the names
and addresses of the owners of the transferred voting stock or other
ownership or membership interests.
(C) Any other information as the assessor may require.
The entity owning the mobilehome park shall file an annual
statement for each succeeding assessment year, on or before April 1,
with the assessor, setting forth any changes to the required
information known to the entity. The information provided pursuant to
this section is not a public document and shall not be open to
public inspection, except as provided in Section 408.
(d) Nothing in this section shall be construed to require
applicants for separate assessments to meet the requirements of the
Subdivision Map Act, nor shall the approval of any governmental
agency be required for separate assessment except for the assessor's
approval.
(e) The assessor shall cumulate all the separate assessments in a
mobilehome park and enter the total assessment on the secured roll in
the name of the entity which owns the park. The assessor shall
notify each owner of a portion of the real property of the park
subject to separate assessment under this section of the amount of an
increased assessment pursuant to Section 619.
(f) The tax on the total assessment of the mobilehome park shall
be a lien on the real property of the park and shall be subject to
all provisions of law applicable to taxes on the secured roll.
(g) The tax collector shall send a single tax bill, with an
itemized breakdown detailing the taxes and the allocated portion of
any fee imposed pursuant to subdivision (i) applicable to each
separate assessment, to the entity owning the mobilehome park.
(h) The assessor shall provide to owners of voting stock or other
ownership or membership interest in a mobilehome park entity subject
to subdivision (c) of Section 62.1, and to the governing board of the
park, at that time and in that manner as the assessor deems
appropriate, adequate notice of the provisions of this section and
other pertinent information relative to the implementation thereof.
(i) The county may charge a fee for processing the application for
separate assessment, and for the initial and ongoing costs of
separate assessment and implementing subdivision (g), not to exceed
actual costs. This fee shall be subject to Chapter 12.5 (commencing
with Section 54985) of Part 1 of Division 2 of Title 5 of the
Government Code, and shall be allocated to each owner of a share of
voting stock or other ownership or membership interest for which a
separate assessment has been made. The fee may be collected
commencing with the initial separate tax bills, and on subsequent tax
bills, and shall be deposited in the county's general fund.
(j) The governing board of the entity which owns the mobilehome
park shall collect the allocated portion of any fee charged pursuant
to subdivision (i) and any itemized taxes applicable to a separate
assessment from the owner of the voting stock or other ownership or
membership interest whose acquisition of the interest resulted in the
separate assessment. The fees and taxes resulting from separate
assessment shall be deducted from the proportional cost of the fees
and taxes collected from the remaining owners or members.