California · Public Utilities Code - PUC

PUC §495.6: (a) Any city, county, or city and county that levies a utility user tax on the consumption of telephone services, including, but not limited to, the tax authorized by Section 7284.

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(a) Any city, county, or city and county that levies a utility user tax on the consumption of telephone services, including, but not limited to, the tax authorized by Section 7284.2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall provide to the commission the rate of the tax, the manner in which the tax is collected, and the frequency with which the tax is collected. (b) The commission shall establish the periodic frequency at which information required by subdivision (a) shall be submitted to the commission. (c) The commission shall provide information received pursuant to subdivision (a) to any person or entity upon receiving a request for the information. The commission may charge a fee, at a level that shall not exceed the direct expenses of the commission in preparing and providing the information, to any person or entity that receives the information. (d) The commission shall not be responsible for the accuracy of the information that it receives from a city, county, or city and county and provides pursuant to this section.

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