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Bill	Local government: taxes, fees, assessments, and charges: definitions.	Article XIIIC of the California Constitution generally requires a majority vote of the electorate for a local government to impose, extend, or increase any general tax and a 23 vote of the electorate to impose, extend, or increase any special tax, and permits the use of the initiative to affect local taxes, assessments, fees, and charges. Article XIIIC of the California Constitution also defines a local tax and sets out the categories of charges that are excluded from that definition. Existing law, the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act, prescribes specific procedures and parameters for local jurisdictions to comply with Article XIIIC of the California Constitution, and defines various terms for these purposes.	us/states/ca	California Legislature	20132014	AB 483	California AB 483 (20132014)	bill	Local government: taxes fees assessments and charges: definitions.	enacted	Ting	7	27	6	2013-02-19	2013-10-04	openstates	ocd-bill/da6b4d14-14ab-495f-9973-f68f5a07d8db	http://leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/faces/billNavClient.xhtml?bill_id=201320140AB483	a98c7c806e0cef3cb02c3fab0546954ec85ab0e8d1b360617e71924db5a676f8	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-ca

California AB 483 (20132014) — Local government: taxes, fees, assessments, and charges: definitions.

Article XIIIC of the California Constitution generally requires a majority vote of the electorate for a local government to impose, extend, or increase any general tax and a 23 vote of the electorate to impose, extend, or increase any special tax, and permits the use of the initiative to affect local taxes, assessments, fees, and charges. Article XIIIC of the California Constitution also defines a local tax and sets out the categories of charges that are excluded from that definition. Existing law, the Proposition 218 Omnibus Implementation Act, prescribes specific procedures and parameters for local jurisdictions to comply with Article XIIIC of the California Constitution, and defines various terms for these purposes.

Version chain

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

1. 02/19/13 - Introduced (filed) — source
2. 06/26/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
3. 08/13/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
4. 09/04/13 - Amended Senate (committee substitute) — source
5. 10/04/13 - Chaptered (committee substitute) — source
6. AB483 (committee substitute) — source
7. 09/18/13 - Enrolled (enrolled) — source

Votes

• Do pass. — 7–0 (pass) · upper
• AB 483 TING Consent Calendar Second Day — 78–0 (pass) · lower
• AB 483 TING Concurrence - Urgency Added — 63–8 (pass) · lower
• Do pass, to Consent Calendar. — 8–0 (pass) · lower
• 3rd Reading AB483 Ting By Hueso Urgency Clause — 34–4 (pass) · upper
• amendments be concurred in. — 8–1 (pass) · lower

Sponsors

• Ting — primary (person)
• Atkins — coauthor (person)
• Hueso — coauthor (person)
• Ian Calderon — coauthor (person)

Timeline

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

• 2013-02-19 Read first time. To print. reading-1
• 2013-02-20 From printer. May be heard in committee March 22.
• 2013-03-11 Referred to Com. on REV. & TAX. referral-committee
• 2013-04-16 From committee: Do pass. To consent calendar. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (April 15). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-04-17 Read second time. Ordered to consent calendar. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-04-22 Read third time. Passed. Ordered to the Senate. (Ayes 78. Noes 0. Page 1043.) reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-04-22 In Senate. Read first time. To Com. on RLS. for assignment. reading-1
• 2013-05-02 Referred to Com. on GOV. & F. referral-committee
• 2013-06-11 In committee: Hearing postponed by committee.
• 2013-06-26 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-06-27 In committee: Set, first hearing. Hearing canceled at the request of author.
• 2013-08-13 From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to committee. Read second time, amended, and re-referred to Com. on GOV. & F. amendment-introduction, amendment-passage, reading-2, reading-1, referral-committee
• 2013-08-21 From committee: Do pass. (Ayes 7. Noes 0.) (August 21). committee-passage-favorable, committee-passage
• 2013-08-22 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-04 Read third time and amended. Ordered to second reading. reading-3, reading-1, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-05 Read second time. Ordered to third reading. reading-2, reading-1
• 2013-09-09 Read third time. Urgency clause adopted. Passed. Ordered to the Assembly. (Ayes 34. Noes 4. Page 2260.). reading-3, reading-1, passage
• 2013-09-09 In Assembly. Concurrence in Senate amendments pending. May be considered on or after September 11 pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 77 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Assembly Rule 63 suspended. (Ayes 53. Noes 25. Page 3064.)
• 2013-09-10 Re-referred to Com. on L. GOV. pursuant to Assembly Rule 77.2. referral-committee
• 2013-09-11 Joint Rule 62(a), file notice suspended. (Page 3247.)
• 2013-09-11 From committee: That the Senate amendments be concurred in. (Ayes 8. Noes 1.) (September 11). committee-passage
• 2013-09-12 Urgency clause adopted. Senate amendments concurred in. To Engrossing and Enrolling. (Ayes 63. Noes 8. Page 3307.). committee-passage-favorable, amendment-passage
• 2013-09-25 Enrolled and presented to the Governor at 4:30 p.m.
• 2013-10-04 Approved by the Governor. executive-signature
• 2013-10-04 Chaptered by Secretary of State - Chapter 552, Statutes of 2013.

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/da6b4d14-14ab-495f-9973-f68f5a07d8db. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official California legislature records).