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Bill would exempt Chiquita Canyon relief payments from state income tax
Summary
Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo and affected residents urged the Senate committee to classify Chiquita Canyon Landfill relief payments as nontaxable, citing health and financial harms from an underground landfill fire; committee voted to pass AB 27 with a unanimous vote.
Assemblymember Pilar Schiavo asked a California Senate committee to pass AB 27 so residents who accepted relief payments after an underground fire at Chiquita Canyon Landfill are not taxed on that aid.
The bill would exclude from state taxable income payments made to residents for home hardening and other costs tied to the landfill fire, Schiavo told the Senate Committee on Tax and Revenue.
The measure responds to testimony from Val Verde residents who said the Chiquita Canyon underground fire, which presenters described as expanding from…
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