California Revenue and Taxation Code

§ 42101.5

RTC § 42101.5 Effective Jan 1, 2021Div. 2 · Part 21.1

Statute text

(a)(1) On and after January 1, 2016, a local charge imposed by a local agency on prepaid mobile telephony services shall be collected from the prepaid consumer by a seller at the time of sale, pursuant to this part, if the local agency entered into a contract with the department for the department to perform the functions set forth in Section 42103. In the contract, the local agency shall: (A) certify to the department that its ordinance applies its local charge to prepaid mobile telephony services and that the local agency agrees to indemnify, and hold and save harmless, the department, its officers, agents, and employees for any and all liability for damages that may result from collection pursuant to the contract; and (B) certify to the department the amount of the local 911 charge, as set out in Section 42102.5, or the applicable tiered rate for a utility user tax, as set out in Section 42102.

(2)A seller that is not a direct seller shall be permitted to deduct and retain an amount equal to 2 percent of the amounts that are collected by the seller from prepaid consumers for local charges.

(b)In the event that a local agency adopts a new local charge that is imposed on prepaid mobile telephony services after September 1, 2015, the local agency shall enter into a contract with the department to perform the functions set forth in Section 42103, on or before December 1, with collection of the local charge to commence April 1 of the next calendar year. In the contract, the local agency shall certify to the department: (1) that its ordinance applies its local charge to prepaid mobile telephony services and that the local agency agrees to indemnify, and hold and save harmless, the department, its officers, agents, and employees for any and all liability for damages that may result from collection pursuant to the contract; and (2) the amount of the local 911 charge, as set out in Section 42102.5, or the applicable tiered rate for a utility user tax, as set out in Section 42102.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2020, Ch. 179, Sec. 3. (SB 1441) Effective January 1, 2021. Repealed as of January 1, 2031, pursuant to Section 42111.