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AB-2069 • 2026

Sales and Use Tax Law: exemption: fairgrounds.

Sales and Use Tax Law: exemption: fairgrounds.

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Passed Legislature

This bill passed both chambers and reached final enrollment, even if later executive action is not shown here.

Sponsor
Krell
Last action
2026-04-21
Official status
Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not specify exact dates for extensions beyond the initial period.

Tax Breaks for Fairgrounds

AB-2069 exempts state sales and use taxes on tangible property used in the construction, development, or ongoing operation of fairground projects from January 1, 2027 to December 31, 2031.

What This Bill Does

  • Exempts certain sales and use taxes on tangible personal property for use in the construction, development, or ongoing operation of a new project at a fairground starting on January 1, 2027, and ending before January 1, 2032.
  • Requires that projects be approved by a fairground's governing body for up to 20 years with possible extensions.
  • Does not apply this tax break to local or special district sales and use taxes.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Fairgrounds and their governing bodies
  • Businesses involved in fairground projects

Terms To Know

Tangible personal property
Physical items that can be touched, like equipment or materials.
Governing body of a fairground
The group in charge of making decisions for the fairground.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Only applies from January 1, 2027 through December 31, 2031.
  • Does not apply to local sales and use taxes or transactions and use taxes.
  • The full impact on local agencies depends on the Commission on State Mandates' decision.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-21 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

  2. 2026-04-20 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended.

  3. 2026-03-26 California Legislative Information

    From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. (Ayes 8. Noes 0.) (March 25). Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

  4. 2026-03-26 California Legislative Information

    Coauthors revised.

  5. 2026-03-19 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Coms. on AGRI. and REV. & TAX. pursuant to Assembly Rule 96.

  6. 2026-03-17 California Legislative Information

    Re-referred to Com. on REV. & TAX.

  7. 2026-03-16 California Legislative Information

    From committee chair, with author's amendments: Amend, and re-refer to Com. on REV. & TAX. Read second time and amended.

  8. 2026-03-16 California Legislative Information

    Referred to Coms. on REV. & TAX. and AGRI.

  9. 2026-02-19 California Legislative Information

    From printer. May be heard in committee March 21.

  10. 2026-02-18 California Legislative Information

    Read first time. To print.

Official Summary Text

AB 2069, as amended, Krell.
Sales and Use Tax Law: exemption: fairgrounds.
Existing state sales and use tax laws impose a tax on retailers measured by the gross receipts from the sale of tangible personal property sold at retail in this state, or on the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of tangible personal property purchased from a retailer for storage, use, or other consumption in this state. The Sales and Use Tax Law provides various exemptions from those taxes.
This bill, the Fairground Act for Investment and Revitalization,
would, starting
on and after
January 1, 2027,
and before January 1, 2032, would
exempt the gross receipts from the sale in this state of, and the storage, use, or other consumption in this state of, tangible personal property for use in
a qualifying
the construction, development, or ongoing operation of a qualified
project, defined to mean a new development project, or new phase of an existing project, that is located on the land of a fairground, undertaken pursuant to a written agreement and approved by a governing body of a fairground, as provided. The bill would require a governing body of a fairground to approve a
project for no longer than 20 years, and would authorize the governing body of a fairground to extend the approval of a project for no more than 20 years.
project.
By requiring additional duties be performed by the governing body of a fairground, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program.
Existing law requires any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure to contain, among other things, specific goals, purposes, and objectives that the tax expenditure will achieve, detailed performance indicators, and data collection requirements.
This bill also would include additional information required for any bill authorizing a new tax expenditure.
The Bradley-Burns Uniform Local Sales and Use Tax Law authorizes counties and cities to impose local sales and use taxes in conformity with the Sales and Use Tax Law, and existing laws authorize districts, as specified, to impose transactions and use taxes in accordance with the
Transactions and Use Tax Law, which generally conforms to the Sales and Use Tax Law. Amendments to the Sales and Use Tax Law are automatically incorporated into the local tax laws.
This bill would provide that the exemption created by the bill does not apply to local sales and use taxes or transactions and use taxes.
Existing law imposes or dedicates certain state sales and use tax rates for local funding, including through the Local Revenue Fund 2011.
This bill would provide that the exemption created by the bill does not apply to those state sales and use tax rates imposed or dedicated for local government funding, including those rates for which revenues are deposited into the Local Revenue Fund 2011.
The California
Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that, if the Commission on State Mandates determines that the bill contains costs mandated by the state, reimbursement for those costs shall be made pursuant to the statutory provisions noted above.
This bill would take effect immediately as a tax levy.

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