BILL NUMBER: AB 358	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT


INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member Grove

                        FEBRUARY 17, 2015

   An act to amend Section 15620.5 of the Government Code, relating
to state government.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 358, as introduced, Grove. State Board of Equalization.
   Existing law authorizes the State Board of Equalization to
establish a uniform policy for the acceptance of the remittance,
claim for credit or refund, document, return, or other information in
cases where the cancellation mark stamped upon the envelope
containing the remittance, claim for credit or refund, document,
return, or other information shows a date after the date specified in
law.
   This bill would expand that authorization to establish a uniform
policy for the acceptance after a date specified in law to include
delivery through electronic transmission.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 15620.5 of the Government Code is amended to
read:
   15620.5.  The board, whenever it deems it necessary to ensure
voluntary compliance with the due dates prescribed by law for
submission of any remittance, claim for credit or refund, document,
return, or other information delivered to the board  , through
electronic transmission,  through the United States mail  ,
 or through a bona fide commercial delivery service, may
establish a uniform policy for the acceptance of the remittance,
claim for credit or refund, document, return, or other 
information in cases where   information.  
This uniform policy shall apply in cases where the electronic
transmission of the remittance, claim for credit or refund, document,
return, or other information, or  the cancellation mark stamped
upon the envelope containing the remittance, claim for credit or
refund, document, return, or other information shows a date after the
date specified in law. This policy shall not be construed as an
extension of the prescribed time limits for remitting payments,
filing claims for refund or credit, submitting documents, returns, or
other information.