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Receive a presentation from the Department of Resource Management on placing a potential revenue measure on the November 2026 General Election ballot to modernize and expand Solano County's commercial energy production and resource extraction business license tax structure; Direct staff to return to the Board on June 23, 2026, to initiate the ballot process; Direct staff to prepare the necessary resolution for amendments to Solano County Code Chapter 11, Article XII
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RECOMMENDATION:
The Department of Resource Management recommends the Board of Supervisors:
1. Receive a presentation from the Department of Resource Management on placing a potential revenue measure on the November 2026 General Election ballot to modernize and expand Solano County's commercial energy production and resource extraction business license tax structure;
2. Direct staff to return to the Board on June 23, 2026, with a proposed resolution in support of placing a measure on the November 2026 General Election ballot to amend the County's commercial energy production and resource extraction business license taxes; and
3. Direct staff to prepare the necessary amendments to Solano County Code Chapter 11, Article XII.
SUMMARY:
The Department of Resource Management seeks Board direction regarding placement of a general tax measure on the November 3, 2026, General Election ballot intended to modernize and expand Solano County's existing business license tax structure applicable to commercial energy production and resource extraction activities operating in the unincorporated county.
Solano County established its existing commercial wind turbine business license tax in 1994 pursuant to Revenue and Taxation Code section 7284. The current rate of $0.00003 per kilowatt-hour has remained unchanged for more than thirty years and does not contain an inflation adjustment mechanism. As a ...
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