Laws, Regulations & Annotations
Property Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2013
Government Code Provisions
Provisions Relating to the Levy and Collection of Municipal Taxes by Counties and County Officers
PART 2. POWERS AND DUTIES EXERCISED JOINTLY BY CITIES AND COUNTIES
Chapter 2. Transfer of City Tax Functions*
Article 1. General
Section 51504
51504. Basis of taxes. All assessments made by the county assessor and equalized or corrected by the board of supervisors or State Board of Equalization shall be the basis for levying city taxes. In the first year that a city uses county values in the preparation of its roll it may independently assess property on the unsecured roll.
History.—Stats. 1969, p. 58, in effect February 3, 1969, revised the last sentence.
* The provisions of this chapter, except as otherwise noted, were added by Stats. 1949, p. 278, in effect October 1, 1949.

