Article 3. Claims of California Revenue And Taxation Code >> Division 2. >> Part 10.5. >> Chapter 1. >> Article 3.

(a) Each individual applying for assistance under Article 2 (commencing with Section 20541) of this chapter shall file a claim under penalty of perjury with the Franchise Tax Board on a form supplied by the board. The claim shall include information in the form and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board that establishes that the individual was a claimant (as defined in Section 20505) eligible for assistance under this chapter.
  (b) If a claimant submits a claim that satisfies the requirements of this section, the Franchise Tax Board shall compute the amount of assistance and authorize payment. The amount of any assistance otherwise payable under this part may be applied by the Franchise Tax Board against any liability due from the claimant (or the claimant's spouse if a joint return is filed) under any law administered by the Franchise Tax Board.
  (c) The Franchise Tax Board is authorized to prescribe, by regulation, the information necessary to constitute a valid claim under this section.

For the purposes of this chapter, the requirement that property taxes be paid before assistance can be granted may be waived if the taxes were not paid for reasonable cause and the claimant declares under penalty of perjury that the assistance granted will be promptly applied to pay delinquent property taxes on the residential dwelling to the extent reasonably feasible under the circumstances.

(a) The claim on which the assistance is based shall be filed after June 30 of the fiscal year for which assistance is claimed but on or before October 15 of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which assistance is claimed. The Franchise Tax Board may thereafter accept claims through June 30 of the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year for which assistance is claimed.
  (b) The state shall assist the claimant after July 15 and before November 15 of the calendar year in which the claim is filed, except that if the claim is defective, assistance shall be made as promptly as is practicable after the claim has been perfected.
  (c) A claimant who, because of a medical incapacity, is prevented from filing a timely claim, may file a claim within six months after the end of his or her medical incapacity or three years succeeding the end of the fiscal year for which assistance is claimed, whichever date is earlier.

(a) If a lien for the assistance fiscal year has been acquired against the property, or, in the case of a mobilehome, against the certificate of title, of the claimant by reason of the claimant's use of a certificate of eligibility which was paid pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 16180) of Part 1 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the net payment otherwise due such claimant shall first be applied by the Controller to reduce the obligation secured by such lien.
  (b) If a lien has been reduced as provided in subdivision (a) and the Franchise Tax Board subsequently determines that the assistance allowed for such year was erroneous, the Franchise Tax Board shall notify the Controller who will make an appropriate adjustment to the lien.