---
type: "Bill"
title: "Property taxation: fee: preparation of certificate."
description: "Existing law requires the assessor, tax collector, and auditor to charge and collect a $1 fee for preparing specified documents, including, among others, a certificate of payment showing taxes paid."
jurisdiction: "us/states/ca"
legislature: "California Legislature"
session: "20112012"
identifier: "AB 820"
citation: "California AB 820 (20112012)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Property taxation: fee: preparation of certificate."]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Gordon"]
version_count: 4
action_count: 20
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2011-02-17"
last_action: "2011-09-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/67624333-5016-4bdc-8808-d5e855728223"
source_url: "http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB820"
source_hash: "b43819dde161c2df5fbd9354c75418a25b04f7304044155d66936b3e8fe07fc5"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-ca"]
---

# California AB 820 (20112012) — Property taxation: fee: preparation of certificate.

Existing law requires the assessor, tax collector, and auditor to charge and collect a $1 fee for preparing specified documents, including, among others, a certificate of payment showing taxes paid.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **02/17/11 - Introduced** (filed) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB820&version=20110AB82099INT)
2. **09/01/11 - Chaptered** (committee substitute) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB820&version=20110AB82097CHP)
3. **AB820** (committee substitute) — [source](http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB820)
4. **08/22/11 - Enrolled** (enrolled) — [source](https://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billPdf.xhtml?bill_id=201120120AB820&version=20110AB82098ENR)

## Votes

- 3rd Reading AB820 Gordon By Wolk Reconsider — **37–0** (pass) · upper
- Do pass. — **5–1** (pass) · lower
- Do pass. — **6–3** (pass) · upper
- 3rd Reading AB820 Gordon By Wolk — **21–17** (pass) · upper
- AB 820 GORDON Assembly Third Reading — **51–22** (pass) · lower
- 3rd Reading AB820 Gordon By Wolk — **20–16** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Gordon — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2011-02-17** Read first time. To print. `reading-1`
- **2011-02-18** From printer. May be heard in committee March 20.
- **2011-03-10** Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. `referral-committee`
- **2011-04-11** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-04-26** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 5. Noes 1.) (April 25). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-04-27** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-05-05** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 51. Noes 22. Page 1238.) `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-05-05** In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. `reading-1`
- **2011-05-19** Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. `referral-committee`
- **2011-06-15** In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
- **2011-06-29** From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 6. Noes 3.) (June 29). `committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable`
- **2011-06-30** Read second time. Ordered to third reading. `reading-2, reading-1`
- **2011-07-11** Read third time. Refused passage. (Ayes 20. Noes 16. Page 1784.). `reading-3, failure, reading-1`
- **2011-07-11** Motion to reconsider made by Senator Wolk.
- **2011-07-11** Reconsideration granted. (Ayes 37. Noes 0. Page 1784.)
- **2011-08-18** Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 21. Noes 17. Page 1959.). `reading-3, reading-1, passage`
- **2011-08-18** In Assembly. Ordered to Engrossing and Enrolling. `committee-passage`
- **2011-08-24** Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 11:30 a.m.
- **2011-09-01** Approved by the Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2011-09-01** Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 207, Statutes of 2011.

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/67624333-5016-4bdc-8808-d5e855728223`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).