Section 2188.9 Of Chapter 2. Effect Of Tax From California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2.
2188.9
. (a) Whenever the assessor receives a written request for
separate assessment of a time-share project, as defined in Section
11212 of the Business and Professions Code, 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
individual interests in the project described in subdivision (b) if
the conditions specified in subdivision (c) have been met. Whenever a
time-share project becomes subject to separate assessment, it shall
continue to be so subject in subsequent fiscal years and once a
request for separate assessment is made, it is binding on all future
owners and occupants of the project.
(b) The interest in a time-share project that is to be separately
assessed is the value of the right of recurrent, exclusive use or
occupancy of real property, annually or on some other periodic basis,
for a period of time that has been, or will be, allotted from the
use or occupancy periods into which the project has been divided.
(c) A separate assessment may not be made by the assessor under
this section unless:
(1) The person making the request certifies that the request for
separate assessment has been approved in the manner provided in the
organizational documents of the organization involved for approval of
matters affecting the affairs of the organization generally; and
(2) A diagrammatic floor plan of the improvements, a copy of the
documents setting forth the procedures for scheduling time and units
to each time-share interest owner, and a list of every time-share
interest owner, with a date notation thereon showing when, according
to the organization's records, each interest was acquired, have been
filed with the assessor. A plot map of the land showing the location
of the improvements on the land need not be filed unless requested by
the assessor. The organization 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 organization. The list or other 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 of the Revenue
and Taxation Code.
(d) Notwithstanding the provisions of subdivision (c), this
section shall not 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
time-share project and enter the total assessment on the secured roll
in the name of the organization or time-share owners' association.
The assessor shall notify each owner of a time-share interest 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 with respect to a time-share
project shall be a lien on the entire time-share project 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 applicable to each separate
assessment, to the time-share project organization or owners'
association.
(h) The assessor shall provide to the principal office of each
time-share project within the taxing jurisdiction, at that time and
in that manner as he or she 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
the actual costs. Fees 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 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) This section shall not apply to time-share estates or to
time-share projects that are subject to the provisions of Section
2188.8.
(k) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), when the assessor receives a
written request to terminate the separate assessment of a time-share
project under subdivision (a), the assessor shall, on the first lien
date that occurs more than 60 days following the request, and on each
lien date thereafter, prepare a single assessment for the time-share
project without an itemized breakdown detailing the taxes applicable
to each separate assessment in the time-share project. In order to
obtain a single assessment, the person making the request shall
provide certification that the request for a single consolidated
assessment has been approved in the manner provided in the
organization's documents. The person making the request shall also
state the name and address of that organization as the organization
to receive the single consolidated assessment. On the first lien
date, and continuing thereafter, the county shall assess the
time-share project. Any lien for taxes shall attach as if the
election previously made under subdivision (a) had not been made, and
the county shall no longer charge the fees described in subdivision
(i).