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. (a) (1) The Franchise Tax Board, in coordination with
financial institutions doing business in this state, shall operate a
Financial Institution Record Match System utilizing automated data
exchanges to the maximum extent feasible.
(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall prescribe any rules and
regulations that may be necessary or appropriate to implement this
section. These rules and regulations shall include all of the
following:
(A) A structure by which financial institutions, or their
designated data-processing agents, shall receive from the Franchise
Tax Board the file or files of delinquent debtors that the
institution shall match with its own list of accountholders to
identify delinquent tax debtor accountholders at the institution.
(B) An option by which financial institutions without the
technical ability to process the data exchange, or without the
ability to employ a third-party data processor to process the data
exchange, may forward to the Franchise Tax Board a list of all
accountholders and their social security numbers or other taxpayer
identification numbers, so that the Franchise Tax Board shall match
that list with the file or files of delinquent tax debtors.
(C) Authority for the Franchise Tax Board to exempt a financial
institution from the requirements of this section if the Franchise
Tax Board determines that the financial institution participation
would not generate sufficient revenue to be cost effective for the
Franchise Tax Board.
(D) Authority for the Franchise Tax Board to temporarily suspend
the requirements of this section for a financial institution if the
financial institution provides the Franchise Tax Board with a written
notice from its supervisory banking authority that it is determined
to be undercapitalized, significantly undercapitalized, or critically
undercapitalized as defined by FDIC Regulation 325.103(b)(3), (4),
and (5) or NCUA Regulation 702.102. The notice provided pursuant to
this subparagraph shall be subject to the protections of Section
19542.
(b) The Financial Institution Record Match System shall not be
subject to any limitation set forth in Chapter 20 (commencing with
Section 7460) of Division 7 of Title 1 of the Government Code.
However, any use of the information, other than information relating
to an address, provided pursuant to this section for any purpose
other than the collection of amounts identified in paragraphs (1),
(2), and (3) shall be a violation of Section 19542.
(1) Delinquent amounts due the board, as imposed under Part 1
(commencing with Section 6001), Part 1.5 (commencing with Section
7200), Part 1.6 (commencing with Section 7251), Part 1.7 (commencing
with Section 7280), Part 3 (commencing with Section 8601), Part 3.5
(commencing with Section 9401), Part 6 (commencing with Section
11201), Part 13 (commencing with Section 30001), Part 14 (commencing
with Section 32001), Part 18.5 (commencing with Section 38101), Part
19 (commencing with Section 40001), Part 20 (commencing with Section
41001), Part 22 (commencing with Section 43001), Part 22.5
(commencing with Section 44000), Part 23 (commencing with Section
45001), Part 24 (commencing with Section 46001), Part 26 (commencing
with Section 50101), Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001), or Part
31 (commencing with Section 60001).
(2) Delinquent amounts due the Employment Development Department,
as imposed under the Unemployment Insurance Code, or other debts or
penalty assessments referred to the Employment Development Department
for collection.
(3) Delinquent franchise or income tax or other debts referred to
the Franchise Tax Board for collection, as imposed under Part 5
(commencing with Section 10701), Part 10 (commencing with Section
17001), this part, or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
(c) (1) To effectuate the Financial Institution Record Match
System, financial institutions subject to this section shall provide
to the Franchise Tax Board on a quarterly basis the name, record
address, and other addresses, social security number or other
taxpayer identification number, and other identifying information for
each delinquent tax debtor, as identified by the Franchise Tax Board
by name and social security number or other taxpayer identification
number, who maintains an account at the institution.
(2) The first data file created by the Franchise Tax Board for
purposes of matching tax debtor records to financial institution
accountholder records shall be limited to 600,000 tax debtor records.
The number of tax debtor records included in a subsequent data file
created by the Franchise Tax Board may be increased by no more than
600,000 tax debtor records greater than the number of tax debtor
records included in the immediately preceding data file until all
eligible tax debtor records are included in the data match file.
(d) Unless otherwise required by law, a financial institution
furnishing a report or providing information to the Franchise Tax
Board pursuant to this section shall not disclose to a depositor or
an accountholder, or a codepositor or coaccountholder, that the name,
address, social security number or other taxpayer identification
number, or other identifying information of that delinquent tax
debtor has been received from or furnished to the Franchise Tax
Board.
(e) A financial institution shall incur no obligation or liability
to any person arising from any of the following:
(1) Furnishing information to the Franchise Tax Board as required
by this section.
(2) Failing to disclose to a depositor or accountholder that the
name, address, social security number or other taxpayer
identification number, or other identifying information of that
delinquent tax debtor was included in the data exchange with the
Franchise Tax Board required by this section.
(3) Any other action taken in good faith to comply with the
requirements of this section.
(f) The Franchise Tax Board may institute civil proceedings to
enforce this section.
(g) Any financial institution that willfully fails to comply with
the rules and regulations promulgated by the Franchise Tax Board for
the administration of delinquent tax collections, unless it is shown
to the satisfaction of the Franchise Tax Board that the failure is
due to reasonable cause, shall be assessed a penalty upon notice and
demand of the Franchise Tax Board and collected in the same manner as
tax. The penalty imposed under this section shall be in an amount
equal to fifty dollars ($50) for each record not provided, but the
total imposed on that financial institution for all such failures
during any calendar year shall not exceed one hundred thousand
dollars ($100,000).
(h) For purposes of this section:
(1) "Account" means a demand deposit account, share or share draft
account, checking or negotiable withdrawal order account, savings
account, time deposit account, or money market mutual fund account,
regardless of whether the account bears interest.
(2) "Financial institution" means:
(A) A depository institution, as defined in Section 1813(c) of
Title 12 of the United States Code.
(B) An institution-affiliated party, as defined in Section 1813(u)
of Title 12 of the United States Code.
(C) A federal credit union or state credit union, as defined in
Section 1752 of Title 12 of the United States Code, including an
institution-affiliated party of a credit union, as defined in Section
1786(r) of Title 12 of the United States Code.
(D) A benefit association, insurance company, safe deposit
company, money-market fund, or similar entity authorized to do
business in this state.
(3) "Delinquent tax debtor" means any of the following:
(A) Any person liable for any tax, fee, or surcharge amounts, and
any penalty, interest, or other amounts required to be paid to the
board, where the liability remains unpaid after 30 days from demand
for payment by the board, and the person is not making current timely
installment payments on the liability under an installment payment
agreement as provided by law.
(B) Any person liable for any amounts required to be paid to the
Employment Development Department or for any debts or penalty
assessments referred to the Employment Development Department for
collection and the person is not making current timely installment
payments on the liability under an approved installment payment
agreement as provided by law.
(C) Any person liable for any income or franchise tax or other
debt referred to the Franchise Tax Board for collection as imposed
under Part 5 (commencing with Section 10701), Part 10 (commencing
with Section 17001), this part, or Part 11 (commencing with Section
23001), including tax, penalties, interest, and fees, where the tax
or debt, including the amount, if any, referred to the Franchise Tax
Board for collection remains unpaid after 30 days from demand for
payment by the Franchise Tax Board, and the person is not making
current timely installment payments on the liability under an
agreement pursuant to Section 19008.
(i) A financial institution shall be reimbursed by the Franchise
Tax Board for actual costs incurred to implement this section. Upon
receipt of an invoice from the financial institution, cost
reimbursement by the Franchise Tax Board shall be limited to the
following:
(1) For one-time startup costs of a financial institution, no more
than two thousand five hundred dollars ($2,500).
(2) For data matching costs of a financial institution, other than
one-time startup costs, no more than two hundred fifty dollars
($250) per calendar quarter.
(j) The first data exchange for purposes of matching tax debtor
records to financial institution accountholder records shall occur no
earlier than April 1, 2012.
(k) This section shall be operative 120 days after the effective
date of Chapter 14 of the Statutes of 2011 and shall apply with
respect to persons that are delinquent tax debtors on and after that
date.
(1) Notwithstanding any other law, on or after January 1, 2013,
and on a quarterly basis thereafter, the board and the Employment
Development Department shall, in the format and manner specified by
the Franchise Tax Board, provide their respective delinquent tax
debtor information to the Franchise Tax Board for inclusion in the
Financial Institution Record Match System.
(2) The Franchise Tax Board shall include the delinquent tax
debtor information provided by the board and the Employment
Development Department in its data file used to match delinquent tax
debtor records to financial institution accountholder records.
(3) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide the board or the
Employment Development Department, as applicable, with any matched
financial institution accountholder record information resulting from
the delinquent tax debtor information provided by the board or the
Employment Development Department.
(4) The board and the Employment Development Department shall
reimburse the Franchise Tax Board for any costs incurred by the
Franchise Tax Board related to the implementation and administration
of this section with respect to delinquent tax debtors described in
subparagraph (A) or (B), respectively, of paragraph (3) of
subdivision (h).
(l) The amendments to this section by the act adding this
subdivision shall apply to information provided pursuant to this
section before, on, and after the effective date of that act.