SECTIONS 46651-46653 - California Statutes

REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE

SECTION 46651-46653

46651. All fees, interest, and penalties imposed and all amounts of
fee required to be paid to the state pursuant to Sections 46051 and
46052 shall be paid to the board in the form of remittances payable
to the State Board of Equalization of the State of California. The
board shall transmit the payments to the Treasurer to be deposited in
the State Treasury to the credit of the Oil Spill Prevention and
Administration Fund or the Oil Spill Response Trust Fund.

46652. The money in the Oil Spill Prevention and Administration
Fund and the Oil Spill Response Trust Fund shall, upon order of the
Controller, be drawn therefrom for refunds under this part.

46653. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), the administrator
shall direct the board to provide refunds of the excess money
whenever the administrator makes both of the following
determinations:
(1) The administrator determines, pursuant to subdivision (i) of
Section 8670.48 of the Government Code, that the total amount in the
Oil Spill Response Trust Fund, collected pursuant to Section 46052,
exceeds the total of the amount specified in subdivision (a) of
Section 46012.
(2) The administrator determines additional collection is not
necessary to provide for the purposes specified in paragraphs (1) to
(6), inclusive, and paragraph (8), of subdivision (k) of Section
8670.48 of the Government Code or to repay any draw upon the
financial security obtained by the Treasurer pursuant to subdivision
(o) of Section 8670.48 of the Government Code or money borrowed
pursuant to Article 7.5 (commencing with Section 8670.53.1) of
Chapter 7.4 of Division 1 of Title 2 of the Government Code,
including principal, interest, premium, fees, charges, or costs of
any kind incurred in connection with those borrowings or that
financial security.
(b) The board, as directed by the administrator pursuant to
subdivision (a), shall refund the excess money in that fund to each
person who paid the fee to the state in proportion to the amount that
person paid into the fund during the preceding 12 monthly reporting
periods in which there was a fee due, including the month in which
the fund exceeded the amount specified in subdivision (a) of Section
46012.
(c) If the amount of money in the fund exceeds the amount
specified in this section by 10 percent or less, the administrator is
not required to order refunds pursuant to this section.
(d) Nothing in this section shall require the refund of excess
fees more frequently than once each year.