Section 251 - Procedures and forms(a) The board shall prescribe all procedures and forms required to carry into effect any property tax exemption enacted by statute or constitutional amendment.(b)(1) The procedures prescribed pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deemed satisfied by a qualified lessor by submission to the assessor within 120 days of the commencement date of the lease, or 120 days after the effective date of the act adding this subdivision to this section with respect to any existing lease, whichever is later, information which may be requested by the board with respect to the lease.(2) For purposes of this subdivision, "a qualified lessor" is a lessor under a contract designated as a lease between that lessor and an entity using property which qualifies for the property tax exemption provided for by subdivision (d) or (e) of Section 3 of Article XIII of the California Constitution under which the lessee has the option at the end of the lease term of acquiring the property described in the lease for one dollar ($1), or any other nominal sum.(3) No filing or application for exemption shall thereafter be required by a qualified lessor with respect to that lease unless the option terms of the lease change.Ca. Rev. and Tax. Code § 251
Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 1271, Sec. 4. Effective September 26, 1988.