SECTIONS 12601-12602 - California Statutes

REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE

SECTION 12601-12602

12601. (a) Amounts of taxes, interest, and penalties not remitted
to the commissioner with the original return of the insurer or
Medi-Cal managed care plan shall be payable to the Controller.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2011, and, as
of January 1, 2012, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2012, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

12601. (a) Amounts of taxes, interest, and penalties not remitted
to the commissioner with the original return of the insurer shall be
payable to the Controller.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2011.

12602. (a) (1) On and after January 1, 1994, and before January 1,
1995, each insurer whose annual taxes exceed fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) shall make payment by electronic funds transfer, as defined
by Section 45 of the Insurance Code. On and after January 1, 1995,
each insurer whose annual taxes exceed twenty thousand dollars
($20,000) shall make payment by electronic funds transfer. The
insurer shall choose one of the acceptable methods described in
Section 45 of the Insurance Code for completing the electronic funds
transfer.
(2) Each Medi-Cal managed care plan shall make payment by
electronic funds transfer, as defined by Section 45 of the Insurance
Code. The plan shall choose one of the acceptable methods described
in Section 45 of the Insurance Code for completing the electronic
funds transfer.
(b) Payment shall be deemed complete on the date the electronic
funds transfer is initiated, if settlement to the state's demand
account occurs on or before the banking day following the date the
transfer is initiated. If settlement to the state's demand account
does not occur on or before the banking day following the date the
transfer is initiated, payment shall be deemed to occur on the date
settlement occurs.
(c) (1) Any insurer or Medi-Cal managed care plan required to
remit taxes by electronic funds transfer pursuant to this section
that remits those taxes by means other than an appropriate electronic
funds transfer, shall be assessed a penalty in an amount equal to 10
percent of the taxes due at the time of the payment.
(2) If the Department of Insurance finds that an insurer's or
Medi-Cal managed care plan's failure to make payment by an
appropriate electronic funds transfer in accordance with subdivision
(a) is due to reasonable cause or circumstances beyond the insurer's
or Medi-Cal managed care plan's control, and occurred notwithstanding
the exercise of ordinary care and in the absence of willful neglect,
that insurer or Medi-Cal managed care plan shall be relieved of the
penalty provided in paragraph (1).
(3) Any insurer or Medi-Cal managed care plan seeking to be
relieved of the penalty provided in paragraph (1) shall file with the
Department of Insurance a statement under penalty of perjury setting
forth the facts upon which the claim for relief is based.
(d) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2011, and, as
of January 1, 2012, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute,
that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2012, deletes or
extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.

12602. (a) On and after January 1, 1994, and before January 1,
1995, each insurer whose annual taxes exceed fifty thousand dollars
($50,000) shall make payment by electronic funds transfer, as defined
by Section 45 of the Insurance Code. On and after January 1, 1995,
each insurer whose annual taxes exceed twenty thousand dollars
($20,000) shall make payment by electronic funds transfer. The
insurer shall choose one of the acceptable methods described in
Section 45 of the Insurance Code for completing the electronic funds
transfer.
(b) Payment shall be deemed complete on the date the electronic
funds transfer is initiated, if settlement to the state's demand
account occurs on or before the banking day following the date the
transfer is initiated. If settlement to the state's demand account
does not occur on or before the banking day following the date the
transfer is initiated, payment shall be deemed to occur on the date
settlement occurs.
(c) (1) Any insurer required to remit taxes by electronic funds
transfer pursuant to this section that remits those taxes by means
other than an appropriate electronic funds transfer, shall be
assessed a penalty in an amount equal to 10 percent of the taxes due
at the time of the payment.
(2) If the Department of Insurance finds that an insurer's failure
to make payment by an appropriate electronic funds transfer in
accordance with subdivision (a) is due to reasonable cause or
circumstances beyond the insurer's control, and occurred
notwithstanding the exercise of ordinary care and in the absence of
willful neglect, that insurer shall be relieved of the penalty
provided in paragraph (1).
(3) Any insurer seeking to be relieved of the penalty provided in
paragraph (1) shall file with the Department of Insurance a statement
under penalty of perjury setting forth the facts upon which the
claim for relief is based.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2011.