California Assembly Bill AB1050 Amended / Bill

 BILL NUMBER: AB 1050AMENDED BILL TEXT AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 8, 2012 AMENDED IN SENATE AUGUST 7, 2012 AMENDED IN SENATE SEPTEMBER 8, 2011 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 27, 2011 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MAY 10, 2011 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY APRIL 25, 2011 AMENDED IN ASSEMBLY MARCH 31, 2011 INTRODUCED BY Assembly Member Ma FEBRUARY 18, 2011 An act to  amend, repeal, and add Section 17538.9 of the Business and Professions Code, to amend Section 224.4 of, to amend, repeal, and add Section 431 of, and to  add  and repeal  Section 316  to   of,  the Public Utilities Code, and to  amend Sections 41020 and 41030 of, to add and repeal Section 41030.1 of, and to  add  and repeal  Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000)  to   of  Division 2 of  ,  the Revenue and Taxation Code, relating to telecommunications, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect immediately. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST AB 1050, as amended, Ma. Telecommunications: prepaid mobile telephony services:  taxes and fees.   state surcharge.  (1) The existing Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act generally imposes a surcharge on amounts paid by every person in the state for intrastate telephone service to provide revenues sufficient to fund "911" emergency telephone system costs.  Surcharge   Before July 1, 2013,  amounts  are determined annually by the California Technology Agency, and on and after that date, by the Department of Technology, and upon collection  are paid to the State Board of Equalization on a monthly basis by the telephone service supplier and are deposited into the State Treasury to the credit of the State Emergency Telephone Number Account in the General Fund, to be expended for limited purposes, including to pay the Department of General Services for its costs in administration of the "911" emergency telephone number system. Under existing law, the Public Utilities Commission  (PUC)  has regulatory authority over public utilities, including telephone corporations, and is authorized to fix just and reasonable rates and charges for services provided by those public utilities. Existing law establishes the Public Utilities Commission Utilities Reimbursement Account and authorizes the  commission  PUC  to annually determine a fee to be paid by every public utility providing service directly to customers or subscribers and subject to the jurisdiction of the  commission   PUC  , except for a railroad corporation. The  commission  PUC  is required to establish the fee, with the approval of the Department of Finance, to produce a total amount equal to that amount established in the authorized  commission   PUC  budget for the same year, and an appropriate reserve to regulate public utilities, less specified sources of funding. Existing law establishes the state's telecommunications universal service programs and authorizes the  commission   PUC  to impose charges for the purpose of funding those programs.  Pursuant to this authority, the PUC has established 6 end-user surcharges to fund 6 universal service programs.  This bill would enact the Prepaid  Wireless   Mobil   e Telephony Services  Surcharge  and  Collection Act. The bill would establish a prepaid  communications charge   MTS surcharge  , as defined, based upon a percentage of the sales price of each retail transaction that occurs in this state for prepaid mobile telephony services, as defined. The prepaid  communications charge   MTS surcharge  would include  a state component, as defined, and if a local government has adopted utility user taxes or other specified charges that are otherwise applicable to prepaid mobile telephony services and the retail transaction occurs within that jurisdiction, a local component. The bill would state the intent of the Legislature to develop a method whereby a seller is required to collect the local component   the emergency telephone users surcharge, as defined, and PUC surcharges, as defined . The bill would require a seller, as defined, to collect the prepaid  communications charge   MTS surcharge, as provided,  from a  prepaid  consumer  , as defined,  and remit the amounts collected to the State Board of Equalization pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedures Law.  The bill would require the board, after deducting its administrative expenses, to remit that portion of the state component collected pursuant to the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act to the California Technology Agency and remit the balance of the state component to the Public Utilities Commission. The bill would require the State Board of Equalization to remit the local component, if applicable, to the local government.   The bill would require the board, after deducting its administrative expenses, to deposit the amounts collected in the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge Fund, which the bill would establish in the State Treasury, as provided.  The bill would require the  Public Utilities Commission  PUC  to annually compute the  commission's   PUC's  reimbursement fee and  specified telecommunications   6  universal service program fees, to post notice of those fees on its Internet Web site, and to notify the State Board of Equalization of the amounts  , which would be adjusted, as specified, and whi   ch together would be the PUC surcharges. The bill would require the California Technology Agency to annually compute, as specified, the intrastate portion of the 911 surcharge to be collected on prepaid mobile telephony services   to post notice of those charges and to notify the State Board of Equalization of the amount, which would be the emergency telephone users surcharge  .  Existing law defines mobile telephony services for purposes of the Public Utilities Code.   This bill would revise that definition and incorporate that definition for purposes of the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge and Collection Act.   (2) Existing law establishes requirements for consumer disclosure and service that are applicable to the advertising and sale of prepaid calling cards, as defined, and prepaid calling services, as defined, including the disclosure of ancillary services, as defined.   This bill would except the prepaid MTS surcharge from the definition of ancillary services if the surcharge is disclosed, collected, and remitted pursuant to the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge and Collection Act.   (2)   (3)  The Fee Collection Procedures Law makes a violation of any provision of the law, or of certain requirements imposed by the board pursuant to the law, a crime. By expanding the application of the Fee Collection Procedures Law, the violation of which is a crime, this bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement. This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.  (4) This bill would state that changes made by this bill to amend and add specified code sections are not intended to supersede changes made by Section 310 of the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 2012, which took effect on July 3, 2012, and will become fully operative on July 1, 2013.   (5) Provisions of this bill would become inoperative on January 1, 2017, and the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services and Collection Act would be repealed on that date. The bill would further state the intent of the Legislature to develop and implement means to collect local utility user taxes and local communications related-charges on the purchase of prepaid mobile telephony services with the intent that the state MTS surcharge and those local charges would be in a uniform manner consistent with this bill collection procedures by that date.   (3)   (6)  This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as an urgency statute. Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes. State-mandated local program: yes. THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:  SECTION 1.   Section 17538.9 of the   Business and Professions Code   is amended to read:  17538.9. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Ancillary charges" means all surcharges, taxes, fees, connection charges, maintenance fees, monthly or other periodic fees, per-call access fees, or other assessments or charges of any kind, however denominated, that may be imposed in connection with the use of a card or services, other than the per unit or per minute rate charged.  "Ancillary charges" do not include charges disclosed, collected, and remitted pursuant to the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge and Collection Act (Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code).  (2) "Cellular telephone services" means  facilities-based, commercial mobile telephone services   commercially available interconnected mobile phone services that provide voice communication access to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) by way of mobile communication devices employing radiowave technology, also known as cellular technology, to transmit calls, including cellular radiotelephone, broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS), digital Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR), or another radio band licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. For these purposes, "cellular telephone services" has the same meaning as "mobile telephony services" as defined in Section 224.4 of the Public Utilities Code  . (3) "Company" refers to any entity providing prepaid calling services to the public using its own or a resold telecommunications network. (4) "Distributor" means any person who offers or sells a card or services to a retail vendor or to any other person for ultimate resale to a retail vendor. (5) "Prepaid calling card" or "card" means any object containing an access number and authorization code that enables a consumer to use prepaid calling services. It does not include any object of that type used for promotional purposes. (6) "Prepaid calling services" or "services" refers to any prepaid telecommunications service that allows consumers to originate calls through an access number and authorization code, whether manually or electronically dialed. (7) "Retail vendor" means any person who sells a card or service to a consumer for use in making telephone calls. (b) The following standards and requirements for consumer disclosure and services shall apply to the advertising and sale of prepaid calling cards and prepaid calling services: (1) Any advertisement of the price, rate, or unit value in connection with the sale of prepaid calling cards or services shall clearly and conspicuously disclose all of the following: (A) Any geographic limitation to the advertised price, rate, or unit value. (B) All ancillary charges and the conditions under which each applies. This disclosure shall be made prominently near the beginning of the advertisement. In a written advertisement this disclosure shall appear in table form in a box with the bold label, "Other Charges." The amount of each ancillary charge shall be identified in one column and the conditions under which each applies shall be stated on the same line in the column immediately to the right of the charge. (2) The following information shall be legibly printed on the card: (A) The name of the company. (B) A toll-free customer service number. (C) A toll-free network access number, if required to access service. (D) The authorization code, if required to access service. (E) The expiration date or policy, if applicable, except where paragraph (11) applies. (3) The company shall print legibly on the card or packaging, so that it may be read without having to open any packaging, and the retail vendor shall make available clearly and conspicuously in a prominent area immediately proximate to the point of sale of the prepaid calling card or prepaid calling services the following information, which shall be current at the time of printing and for as long as it is displayed: (A) The value of the card and all ancillary charges. (B) Ancillary charges for international calls to each country for which the card may be used or, in lieu of disclosing ancillary charges for each country, the highest ancillary charges for any international calls applicable on that card and any additional or different prices, rates, or unit values applicable to international usage of the prepaid calling card or prepaid calling services. (C) The minimum charge per call, such as a three-minute minimum charge, if any. (D) The definition of the term "unit," if applicable. (E) The billing decrement. (F) The name of the company. (G) The recharge policy, if any. (H) The refund policy, if any. (I) The expiration policy, if any. (J) The 24-hour customer service toll-free telephone number required in paragraph (9). (4) Before a customer has recharged a card or service, no company shall provide fewer minutes than those stated, charge more than the rate stated, or charge more for ancillary services than stated on the card or packaging, or in an advertisement available to the public at the time the card or service is purchased. (5) Service may be recharged by the customer at a rate higher than the rate at initial purchase or last recharge. However, the customer shall be informed of any increased rates or charges prior to the customer agreeing to pay for the recharge. (6) If a language other than English is used on the card or packaging to provide dialing instructions to place a call or to contact customer service, the information required by paragraph (3) shall also be disclosed in that language in the point of sale disclosure in the manner described in paragraph (3). (7) If a language other than English is used in the advertising or promotion of the card or prepaid calling services or is used on the card or packaging other than for dialing instructions, the information required by paragraph (3) shall also be disclosed in that language on the card or packaging and in the point of sale disclosure in the manner described in paragraph (3). (8) A company shall provide a voice prompt, immediately after a caller enters a personal identification number and destination number, that states the number of minutes for that call if the entire remaining value of the card or service were consumed in one continuous call to the dialed destination, substantially in the following form: "You have insert number] minutes if used up in this call." (9) A company shall establish and maintain a toll-free customer service telephone number that shall meet the following requirements: (A) A live operator shall answer incoming calls to the telephone number 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (B) The telephone number shall have sufficient capacity and staffing to accommodate a reasonably anticipated number of calls without incurring a busy signal or undue wait. The company shall provide customer service in each language used on a prepaid calling card or its packaging and in the advertising or promotion of the prepaid calling card or prepaid calling services. (C) The telephone number shall allow consumers to lodge complaints and obtain information on all of the following: (i) All rates and ancillary charges. (ii) The company's recharge, refund, and expiration policies. (iii) The balance of use available in the consumer's account, if applicable. (D) A company shall not impose any ancillary charge related to obtaining customer service, including any charge related to connecting with the customer service number or waiting to speak to a live operator. A company offering prepaid cellular telephone services shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of this paragraph if, when a request for information is made outside of normal business hours, that company provides the information requested on the next business day. (10) A company that issues prepaid calling cards or prepaid calling services shall provide a refund to any purchaser of a prepaid calling card or prepaid calling services if the network services associated with that card or services fail to operate in a commercially reasonable manner. The refund shall be in an amount not less than the value remaining on the card or in the form of a replacement card, and shall be provided to the consumer within 30 days from the date of receipt of notification from the consumer that the card has failed to operate in a commercially reasonable manner. (11) Cards without a specific expiration date or policy printed on the card, and with a balance of service remaining, shall be considered active for a minimum of one year from the date of purchase, or if recharged, from the date of the last recharge. (12) In the case of prepaid calling cards or services utilized at a pay telephone, the company may provide voice prompt notification of any ancillary charges related to pay telephone usage, in lieu of providing notice of those ancillary charges as required by paragraph (1) and by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3), provided that the company provides users of prepaid calling cards or services with reasonable time to terminate the call after notification of the ancillary charges related to pay telephone usage without incurring any charge for the call. (13) A company shall maintain access numbers with sufficient capacity to accommodate a reasonably anticipated number of calls without incurring a busy signal or undue delay. (14) A company may not impose any ancillary charges that are not disclosed as required by this section or that exceed the amount disclosed by the company. (15) A company may not impose any charges if the consumer is not connected to the number called. For the purpose of this paragraph, the customer shall not be considered connected to the number called if the customer receives a busy signal or the call is unanswered. (16) The value of the card and the amount of any ancillary charges, that are required to be disclosed by paragraph (3), shall be expressed in the same format. If the value of a card is expressed in minutes, the minutes shall be identified as domestic or international and the identification shall be printed on the same line or next line as the value of the card in minutes. (17) No person shall offer or sell any prepaid calling card or prepaid calling services that do not contain the information required to be disclosed on the card or packaging as provided in paragraph (3). (18) A distributor that sells directly to a retail vendor shall provide the retail vendor with the current information required by paragraph (3) in a form that may be displayed by the retail vendor as provided in paragraph (3).  (c) (1) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is chaptered before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.   (2) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local utility user taxes and local communications related charges on prepaid mobile telephony services in addition to the state charges collected through the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge and Collection Act (Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) and that if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges before January 1, 2017, that collection of the state charges pursuant to the act will terminate.   SEC. 2.   Section 17538.9 is added to the   Business and Professions Code   , to read:  17538.9. (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) "Ancillary charges" means all surcharges, taxes, fees, connection charges, maintenance fees, monthly or other periodic fees, per-call access fees, or other assessments or charges of any kind, however denominated, that may be imposed in connection with the use of a card or services, other than the per unit or per minute rate charged. (2) "Cellular telephone services" means commercially available interconnected mobile phone services that provide voice communication access to the public switched telephone network (PSTN) by way of mobile communication devices employing radiowave technology, also known as cellular technology, to transmit calls, including cellular radiotelephone, broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS), digital Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR), or another radio band licensed by the Federal Communications Commission. For these purposes, "cellular telephone services" has the same meaning as "mobile telephony services" as defined in Section 224.4 of the Public Utilities Code. (3) "Company" refers to any entity providing prepaid calling services to the public using its own or a resold telecommunications network. (4) "Distributor" means any person who offers or sells a card or services to a retail vendor or to any other person for ultimate resale to a retail vendor. (5) "Prepaid calling card" or "card" means any object containing an access number and authorization code that enables a consumer to use prepaid calling services. It does not include any object of that type used for promotional purposes. (6) "Prepaid calling services" or "services" refers to any prepaid telecommunications service that allows consumers to originate calls through an access number and authorization code, whether manually or electronically dialed. (7) "Retail vendor" means any person who sells a card or service to a consumer for use in making telephone calls. (b) The following standards and requirements for consumer disclosure and services shall apply to the advertising and sale of prepaid calling cards and prepaid calling services: (1) Any advertisement of the price, rate, or unit value in connection with the sale of prepaid calling cards or services shall clearly and conspicuously disclose all of the following: (A) Any geographic limitation to the advertised price, rate, or unit value. (B) All ancillary charges and the conditions under which each applies. This disclosure shall be made prominently near the beginning of the advertisement. In a written advertisement this disclosure shall appear in table form in a box with the bold label, "Other Charges." The amount of each ancillary charge shall be identified in one column and the conditions under which each applies shall be stated on the same line in the column immediately to the right of the charge. (2) The following information shall be legibly printed on the card: (A) The name of the company. (B) A toll-free customer service number. (C) A toll-free network access number, if required to access service. (D) The authorization code, if required to access service. (E) The expiration date or policy, if applicable, except where paragraph (11) applies. (3) The company shall print legibly on the card or packaging, so that it may be read without having to open any packaging, and the retail vendor shall make available clearly and conspicuously in a prominent area immediately proximate to the point of sale of the prepaid calling card or prepaid calling services the following information, which shall be current at the time of printing and for as long as it is displayed: (A) The value of the card and all ancillary charges. (B) Ancillary charges for international calls to each country for which the card may be used or, in lieu of disclosing ancillary charges for each country, the highest ancillary charges for any international calls applicable on that card and any additional or different prices, rates, or unit values applicable to international usage of the prepaid calling card or prepaid calling services. (C) The minimum charge per call, such as a three-minute minimum charge, if any. (D) The definition of the term "unit," if applicable. (E) The billing decrement. (F) The name of the company. (G) The recharge policy, if any. (H) The refund policy, if any. (I) The expiration policy, if any. (J) The 24-hour customer service toll-free telephone number required in paragraph (9). (4) Before a customer has recharged a card or service, no company shall provide fewer minutes than those stated, charge more than the rate stated, or charge more for ancillary services than stated on the card or packaging, or in an advertisement available to the public at the time the card or service is purchased. (5) Service may be recharged by the customer at a rate higher than the rate at initial purchase or last recharge. However, the customer shall be informed of any increased rates or charges prior to the customer agreeing to pay for the recharge. (6) If a language other than English is used on the card or packaging to provide dialing instructions to place a call or to contact customer service, the information required by paragraph (3) shall also be disclosed in that language in the point of sale disclosure in the manner described in paragraph (3). (7) If a language other than English is used in the advertising or promotion of the card or prepaid calling services or is used on the card or packaging other than for dialing instructions, the information required by paragraph (3) shall also be disclosed in that language on the card or packaging and in the point of sale disclosure in the manner described in paragraph (3). (8) A company shall provide a voice prompt, immediately after a caller enters a personal identification number and destination number, that states the number of minutes for that call if the entire remaining value of the card or service were consumed in one continuous call to the dialed destination, substantially in the following form: "You have insert number] minutes if used up in this call." (9) A company shall establish and maintain a toll-free customer service telephone number that shall meet the following requirements: (A) A live operator shall answer incoming calls to the telephone number 24 hours a day, seven days a week. (B) The telephone number shall have sufficient capacity and staffing to accommodate a reasonably anticipated number of calls without incurring a busy signal or undue wait. The company shall provide customer service in each language used on a prepaid calling card or its packaging and in the advertising or promotion of the prepaid calling card or prepaid calling services. (C) The telephone number shall allow consumers to lodge complaints and obtain information on all of the following: (i) All rates and ancillary charges. (ii) The company's recharge, refund, and expiration policies. (iii) The balance of use available in the consumer's account, if applicable. (D) A company shall not impose any ancillary charge related to obtaining customer service, including any charge related to connecting with the customer service number or waiting to speak to a live operator. A company offering prepaid cellular telephone services shall be deemed to be in compliance with the requirements of this paragraph if, when a request for information is made outside of normal business hours, that company provides the information requested on the next business day. (10) A company that issues prepaid calling cards or prepaid calling services shall provide a refund to any purchaser of a prepaid calling card or prepaid calling services if the network services associated with that card or services fail to operate in a commercially reasonable manner. The refund shall be in an amount not less than the value remaining on the card or in the form of a replacement card, and shall be provided to the consumer within 30 days from the date of receipt of notification from the consumer that the card has failed to operate in a commercially reasonable manner. (11) Cards without a specific expiration date or policy printed on the card, and with a balance of service remaining, shall be considered active for a minimum of one year from the date of purchase, or if recharged, from the date of the last recharge. (12) In the case of prepaid calling cards or services utilized at a pay telephone, the company may provide voice prompt notification of any ancillary charges related to pay telephone usage, in lieu of providing notice of those ancillary charges as required by paragraph (1) and by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3), provided that the company provides users of prepaid calling cards or services with reasonable time to terminate the call after notification of the ancillary charges related to pay telephone usage without incurring any charge for the call. (13) A company shall maintain access numbers with sufficient capacity to accommodate a reasonably anticipated number of calls without incurring a busy signal or undue delay. (14) A company may not impose any ancillary charges that are not disclosed as required by this section or that exceed the amount disclosed by the company. (15) A company may not impose any charges if the consumer is not connected to the number called. For the purpose of this paragraph, the customer shall not be considered connected to the number called if the customer receives a busy signal or the call is unanswered. (16) The value of the card and the amount of any ancillary charges, that are required to be disclosed by paragraph (3), shall be expressed in the same format. If the value of a card is expressed in minutes, the minutes shall be identified as domestic or international and the identification shall be printed on the same line or next line as the value of the card in minutes. (17) No person shall offer or sell any prepaid calling card or prepaid calling services that do not contain the information required to be disclosed on the card or packaging as provided in paragraph (3). (18) A distributor that sells directly to a retail vendor shall provide the retail vendor with the current information required by paragraph (3) in a form that may be displayed by the retail vendor as provided in paragraph (3). (c) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.   SEC. 3.   Section 224.4 of the   Public Utilities Code   is amended to read:  224.4. (a) "Mobile data service" means the delivery of nonvoice information  over a radio band licensed by the Federal Communications Commission,  to a mobile device and includes nonvoice information communicated to a mobile telephony services handset, nonvoice information communicated to handheld personal digital assistant (PDA) devices and laptop computers, and mobile paging service carriers offering services on pagers and two-way messaging devices.  "Mobile data service" includes mobile broadband service offering connectivity over a radio band licensed by the Federal Communications Commission.  Unless specified  to the contrary  , "mobile data service" does not include nonvoice information communicated through a wireless local area network operating in the unlicensed radio bands, commonly known as a "Wi-Fi" network. (b) "Mobile paging service" means the transmission of coded radio signals  over a radio band licensed by the Federal Communications Commission,  for the purpose of activating specific small radio receivers designed to be carried by a person and to give an aural, visual, or tactile indication when activated. (c) "Mobile satellite telephone service" means voice communication to end users over a mobile satellite service involving the provision of commercial mobile radio service, pursuant to Parts 20 and 25 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations. (d) "Mobile telephony service" means commercially available interconnected mobile phone services that provide  voice communication  access to the public switched telephone network (PSTN)  via   by way of  mobile communication devices employing radiowave technology to transmit calls, including cellular radiotelephone, broadband Personal Communications Services (PCS),  and  digital Specialized Mobile Radio (SMR)  , or another radio band   licensed by the Federal Communications Commission  . "Mobile telephony services" does not include mobile satellite telephone services or mobile data services used exclusively for the delivery of nonvoice information to a mobile device.  SECTION 1.  SEC. 4.  Section 316 is added to the Public Utilities Code, to read: 316. (a) The commission shall annually, on or before  December 31   October 1 of each year, commencing October 1, 2013  , compute a reimbursement fee  as a percentage of the sales price for prepaid mobile telephony services, to be effective on January 1 of the following year and  to be collected and remitted  to the commission  pursuant to the Prepaid  Wireless   Mobile Telephony Services  Surcharge  and  Collection Act (Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code). On or before  January 15 of the following   October 15 of each  year  , commencing October 15, 2013  , the commission shall post notice of the  reimbursement  fee on its Internet Web site and notify the State Board of Equalization of this information. (b) The commission shall annually, on or before  December 31     October 1 of each year, commencing October 1, 2013  , compute the  cumulative of the  telecommunications universal service  fees   surcharges as a percentage of the sales price for prepaid mobile telephony services, to be effective on January 1 of the following year and  to be collected and remitted  to the commission  pursuant to the Prepaid  Wireless   Mobile Telephony Services  Surcharge  and  Collection Act (Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code). On or before  January 15 of the following   October 15 of each  year,  commencing October 15, 2013,  the commission shall post notice of the  fee   cumulative surcharge  on its Internet Web site and notify the State Board of Equalization of this information. (c) (1) Nothing in this section restricts the commission's authority to adjust reimbursement fees or universal service fees or requires that they only be adjusted once annually. (2) In annually computing reimbursement fees and universal service fees to be collected and remitted to the commission pursuant to this section, the commission shall adjust the fees to account for any past overcollection of fees from prepaid mobile telephony service customers resulting from a reduction in fees made subsequent to December 31 of the previous year. (3) In annually computing reimbursement fees and universal service fees to be collected and remitted to the commission pursuant to this section, the commission may adjust the fees to account for any past undercollection of fees from prepaid mobile telephony service customers resulting from an increase in fees made subsequent to December 31 of the previous year. (4) If both upward and downward adjustments are made to reimbursement fees and universal service fees subsequent to December 31, the commission may adjust how collections are deposited into the reimbursement and universal service accounts so that overcollections or undercollections are minimized. (5) It is the intent of the Legislature that reimbursement fees and universal service fees be applied, as much as possible, in a competitively neutral manner that does not favor either prepaid or postpaid payment for mobile telephony services, and that, over time, collections of state charges from prepaid and postpaid mobile telephony service customers balance out so that neither pay a disportionate amount.  (d) (1) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is chaptered before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.   (2) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local utility user taxes and local communications related charges on prepaid mobile telephony services in addition to the state charges collected through the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge and Collection Act (Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) and that if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges, that collection of the state charges pursuant to the act will terminate. The Legislature further finds and declares that this section implements collection of the state charges pursuant to the act and if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges before January 1, 2017, that this section should be repealed.   SEC. 5.   Section 431 of the  Public Utilities Code   is amended to read:  431.  (a)    The commission shall annually determine a fee to be paid by every electrical, gas, telephone, telegraph, water, sewer system, and heat corporation and every other public utility providing service directly to customers or subscribers and subject to the jurisdiction of the commission other than a railroad, except as otherwise provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 421)  , for common carriers and related businesses, and as otherwise provided in Section 316, for prepaid mobile telephony service providers  .  The   (b)     The  annual fee shall be established to produce a total amount equal to that amount established in the authorized commission budget for the same year, including adjustments for increases in employee compensation, other increases appropriated by the Legislature, and an appropriate reserve to regulate public utilities less the amount to be paid from special accounts or funds pursuant to Section 402, reimbursements, federal funds, and any other revenues, and the amount of unencumbered funds from the preceding year.  This   (c)     This  article shall not apply to any electrical cooperative as defined in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2776) of Part 2.  On and after January 1, 1985, this article shall apply to radiotelephone utilities as defined in Section 4902 as those provisions read on December 31, 1984.   (d) (1) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is chaptered before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date.   (2) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local utility user taxes and local communications related charges on prepaid mobile telephony services in addition to the state charges collected through the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge and Collection Act (Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code) and that if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges, that collection of the state charges pursuant to the act will terminate. The Legislature further finds and declares that the changes made to this section by Assembly Bill No. 1050 of the 2011-12 Regular Session, implement collection of the state charges pursuant to the act and if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges before January 1, 2017, that the content of this section should revert back to what it was prior to its amendment by A.B. 1050.   SEC. 6.   Section 431 is added to the   Public Utilities Code   , to read:   431. (a) The commission shall annually determine a fee to be paid by every electrical, gas, telephone, telegraph, water, sewer system, and heat corporation and every other public utility providing service directly to customers or subscribers and subject to the jurisdiction of the commission other than a railroad, except as otherwise provided in Article 2 (commencing with Section 421). (b) The annual fee shall be established to produce a total amount equal to that amount established in the authorized commission budget for the same year, including adjustments for increases in employee compensation, other increases appropriated by the Legislature, and an appropriate reserve to regulate public utilities less the amount to be paid from special accounts or funds pursuant to Section 402, reimbursements, federal funds, and any other revenues, and the amount of unencumbered funds from the preceding year. (c) This article shall not apply to any electrical cooperative as defined in Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 2776) of Part 2. (d) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.   SEC. 7.   Section 41020 of the   Revenue and Taxation Code   is amended to read:  41020. (a) A surcharge is hereby imposed on amounts paid by every person in the state for both of the following: (1)  (A)    Intrastate telephone communication service in this state  commencing on July 1, 1977  .  (B) The surcharge shall be applied to prepaid mobile telecommunications services pursuant to the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge and Collection Act (Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000)), and the calculation of the intrastate portion of charges for prepaid mobile telecommunications services shall be made pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42010. This subparagraph shall become inoperative on January 1, 2017. The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local utility user taxes and local communications related charges on prepaid mobile telephony services in addition to the state charges collected through the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge and Collection Act (Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000)) and that if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges, that collection of the state charges pursuant to the act will terminate. The Legislature further finds and declares that this subparagraph implements collection of the state charges pursuant to the act and if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges before January 1, 2017, that this subparagraph is to become inoperative.  (2) VoIP service that provides access to the "911" emergency system by utilizing the digits 9-1-1 by any service user in this state commencing on January 1, 2009. The surcharge shall not apply to charges for VoIP service where any point of origin or destination is outside of this state. (b) (1) Notwithstanding Section 41025, charges not subject to the surcharge may be calculated by a service supplier based upon books and records kept in the regular course of business, and, for purposes of calculating the interstate revenue portion not subject to the surcharge, a service supplier may also choose a reasonable and verifiable method from the following: (A) Books and records kept in the regular course of business. (B) Traffic or call pattern studies representative of the service supplier's business within California. (C) For VoIP service only, the VoIP safe harbor factor established by the FCC to be used to calculate the service supplier's contribution to the federal Universal Service Fund. The FCC safe harbor factor in effect for VoIP service on September 1 of each year shall apply for the period of January 1 through December 31, inclusive, of the next succeeding calendar year for purposes of this method. At such time as the FCC establishes a safe harbor factor for the federal Universal Service Fund for VoIP service that is greater than 75 percent for interstate revenue or abolishes the safe harbor factor applicable to VoIP service, this method shall become void and of no effect, in which case a VoIP service supplier may use an alternative method approved in advance by the board, which shall be available to all VoIP service suppliers. The FCC safe harbor factor applicable to VoIP service, as described in this subparagraph, is used solely as a mechanism to calculate the charges not subject to the surcharge for VoIP service and is not necessarily reflective of the intrastate portion of VoIP service. The use of the FCC safe harbor factor authorized by this subdivision shall not be interpreted to permit application of any intrastate requirement, other than the surcharge imposed under this part, upon VoIP service suppliers. (2) Any method chosen by a service supplier shall remain in effect for at least one calendar year. (3) If a service supplier reasonably relies upon books and records kept in the regular course of business or any documentation that satisfies the reasonable and verifiable method, then the service supplier's determination of the portion of the billed amount attributable to services not subject to the surcharge shall be rebuttably presumed to be correct. The service supplier's choice of books and records or other method and surcharge billing practice shall also be rebuttably presumed to be fair and legal business practices. (4) It is the intent of the Legislature that the provisions of subparagraph (C) shall not be considered to be a precedent for the application of the surcharge or any other tax or fee where a person is required to collect a tax or fee imposed upon another. (c) The surcharge imposed shall be at the rate of one-half of 1 percent of the charges made for such services to and including November 1, 1982, and thereafter at a rate fixed pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 41030). (d) The surcharge shall be paid by the service user as hereinafter provided. (e) The surcharge imposed shall not apply to either of the following: (1) In accordance with the Mobile Telecommunications Sourcing Act (Public Law 106-252), which is incorporated herein by reference, to any charges for mobile telecommunications services billed to a customer where those services are provided, or deemed provided, to a customer whose place of primary use is outside this state. Mobile telecommunications services shall be deemed provided by a customer's home service provider to the customer if those services are provided in a taxing jurisdiction to the customer, and the charges for those services are billed by or for the customer's home service provider. (2) To any charges for VoIP service billed to a customer where those services are provided to a customer whose place of primary use of VoIP service is outside this state. (f) For purposes of this section: (1) "Charges for mobile telecommunications services" means any charge for, or associated with, the provision of commercial mobile radio service, as defined in Section 20.3 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on June 1, 1999, or any charge for, or associated with, a service provided as an adjunct to a commercial mobile radio service, that is billed to the customer by or for the customer's home service provider, regardless of whether individual transmissions originate or terminate within the licensed service area of the home service provider. (2) "Customer" means (A) the person or entity that contracts with the home service provider for mobile telecommunications services, or with a VoIP service provider for VoIP service, or (B) if the end user of mobile telecommunications services or VoIP service is not the contracting party, the end user of the mobile telecommunications service or VoIP service. This paragraph applies only for the purpose of determining the place of primary use. The term "customer" does not include (A) a reseller of mobile telecommunications service or VoIP communication service, or (B) a serving carrier under an arrangement to serve the mobile customer outside the home service provider's licensed service area. (3) "Home service provider" means the facilities-based carrier or reseller with which the customer contracts for the provision of mobile telecommunications services. (4) "Licensed service area" means the geographic area in which the home service provider is authorized by law or contract to provide commercial mobile radio service to the customer. (5) "Mobile telecommunications service" means commercial mobile radio service, as defined in Section 20.3 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on June 1, 1999. (6) "Place of primary use" means the street address representative of where the customer's use of the mobile telecommunications service or VoIP service primarily occurs, that must be: (A) The residential street address or the primary business street address of the customer. (B) With respect to mobile telecommunications service, within the licensed service area of the home service provider. (7) (A) "Reseller" means a provider who purchases telecommunications services or VoIP service from another telecommunications service provider or VoIP service and then resells the services, or uses the services as a component part of, or integrates the purchased services into, a mobile telecommunications service or VoIP service. (B) "Reseller" does not include a serving carrier with which a home service provider arranges for the services to its customers outside the home service provider's licensed service area. (8) "Serving carrier" means a facilities-based carrier providing mobile telecommunications service to a customer outside a home service provider's or reseller's licensed area. (9) "Taxing jurisdiction" means any of the several states, the District of Columbia, or any territory or possession of the United States, any municipality, city, county, township, parish, transportation district, or assessment jurisdiction, or any other political subdivision within the territorial limits of the United States with the authority to impose a tax, charge, or fee. (10) "VoIP service provider" means that provider of VoIP service with whom the end user customer contracts for the provision of VoIP services for the customer's own use and not for resale.  (g) The amendments made to this section by the act that added this subdivision shall become operative upon the enactment of that act, except that subdivisions (a) and (b) of this section, as amended, shall become operative on January 1, 2009.   SEC. 8.   Section 41030 of the   Revenue and Taxation Code   is amended to read:  41030.  (a)    The California Technology Agency shall determine annually, on or before October 1, a surcharge rate that it estimates will produce sufficient revenue to fund the current fiscal year's 911 costs. The surcharge rate shall be determined by dividing the costs (including incremental costs) the California Technology Agency estimates for the current fiscal year of 911 plans approved pursuant to Section 53115 of the Government Code, less the available balance in the State Emergency Telephone Number Account in the General Fund, by its estimate of the charges for intrastate telephone communications services and VoIP service to which the surcharge will apply for the period of January 1 to December 31, inclusive, of the next succeeding calendar year, but in no event shall such surcharge rate in any year be greater than three-quarters of 1 percent nor less than one-half of 1 percent.  (b) (1) This section shall become operative on January 1, 2017.   (2) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local utility user taxes and local communications related charges on prepaid mobile telephony services in addition to the state charges collected through the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge and Collection Act (Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000)) and that if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges, that collection of the state charges pursuant to the act will terminate. The Legislature further finds and declares that if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges by January 1, 2017, that this section shall become operative.   SEC. 9.   Section 41030.1 is added to the   Revenue and Taxation Code   , to read:   41030.1. (a) The California Technology Agency shall determine annually, on or before October 1, to be effective on January 1 of the following year, a surcharge pursuant to subdivision (b), that it estimates will produce sufficient revenue to fund the current fiscal year's 911 costs. (b) The surcharge shall be determined by dividing the costs (including incremental costs) the California Technology Agency estimates for the current fiscal year of 911 plans approved pursuant to Section 53115 of the Government Code, less the available balance in the State Emergency Telephone Number Account in the General Fund, by its estimate of the charges for intrastate telephone communications services, the intrastate portion of prepaid mobile telecommunications services, and VoIP service to which the surcharge will apply for the period of January 1 to December 31, inclusive, of the next succeeding calendar year, but in no event shall such surcharge in any year be greater than three-quarters of 1 percent nor less than one-half of 1 percent. On or before October 1, 2013, and annually on or before October 1 thereafter, in making its estimate of charges that are applicable to the intrastate portion of prepaid mobile telecommunications services, the California Technology Agency shall multiply the surcharge by the inverse of the interstate safe harbor percentage established by the Federal Communications Commission for federal universal service contribution purposes, consistent with the methodology to be used by the board to calculate the prepaid MTS surcharge pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42010. (c) The California Technology Agency shall notify the board of the surcharge amount by October 15 of each year, commencing with October 15, 2013. The board shall utilize the surcharge amount to calculate the emergency telephone users surcharge component of the prepaid MTS surcharge pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 42010. (d) (1) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is chaptered before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date. (2) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local utility user taxes and local communications related charges on prepaid mobile telephony services in addition to the state charges collected through the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge and Collection Act (Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000)) and that if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges, that collection of the state charges pursuant to the act will terminate. The Legislature further finds and declares that this section implements collection of the state charges pursuant to the act and if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges before January 1, 2017, that this section should be repealed.   SEC. 2.   SEC. 10.  Part 21 (commencing with Section 42000) is added to Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, to read: PART 21. PREPAID  WIRELESS   MOBILE TELEPHONY SERVICES  SURCHARGE  AND  COLLECTION ACT CHAPTER 1. GENERAL PROVISIONS AND DEFINITIONS 42000. This part shall be known, and may be cited, as the Prepaid  Wireless   Mobile Telephony Services  Surcharge  and  Collection Act. 42002. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Maintaining effective and efficient  telecommunications     communications  services, 911 emergency systems,  telecommunications-related   communications-related  public policy programs to promote universal service, and various local programs across the state benefits all persons with access to the telecommunications system.  (b) Under existing law, end-use communications taxes, fees, and surcharges, including the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act (Part 20 (commencing with Section 41001)), telecommunications universal service surcharges, local 911 emergency system surcharges, and utility user taxes are important funding mechanisms to assist state and local governments with the deployment of a variety of important services and programs to the citizens of this state.   (c)   (b)  Providers of end-use communications services  , including providers of mobile voice telecommunications services, which the Federal Communications Commission terms mobile telephony services,  are required to collect and remit communications taxes, fees, and surcharges on various types of communication service revenues, as provided by existing state or local law.  (d)   (c)  Consumers purchase prepaid  communications   mobile telephony  services at a wide variety of retail locations and other distribution channels, as well as through service providers.  (e)   (d)  Prepaid  communications   mobile telephony  services are an important and growing segment of the communications industry. Prepaid  communications   mobile telephony  services are often the only means by which persons with low incomes can obtain limited access to the telecommunications system.  (f)   (e)  To ensure equitable contributions from end-use consumers of postpaid and prepaid  communications   mobile telephony  services  in this state  , there should be standardization with respect to the method used to collect communications taxes, fees, and surcharges from end-use consumers of prepaid communications   mobile telephony  services.  (f) Prepaid mobile telephony services are frequently sold by a third-party retailer that is not the provider of mobile telephony services, and collecting taxes, fees, and surcharges from prepaid consumers of mobile telephony services at the time of the retail transaction is necessary and the most efficient and competitively neutral means of collection.  42004. For purposes of this part, the following terms have the following meanings:  (a) "Communications charge" means any and all state and locally authorized taxes, fees, and surcharges that are applicable to mobile telephony services, including each of the following:   (1) Surcharges authorized pursuant to the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act (Part 20 (commencing with Section 41001)) that are applicable to mobile telephony services.   (2) Charges authorized by the Public Utilities Commission to be collected from end-use customers of mobile telephony services, including:   (A) The California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund program surcharge (Section 275.6 of the Public Utilities Code).   (B) The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund program surcharge (Section 739.3 of the Public Utilities Code).   (C) The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund surcharge (Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code).   (D) The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund program surcharge (Section 280 of the Public Utilities Code).   (E) The California Advanced Services Fund program surcharge (Section 281 of the Public Utilities Code).   (F) The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act (Article 8 (commencing with Section 871) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code).   (G) Public Utilities Commission reimbursement fees collected pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 401) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code.   (3) Local 911 or access line taxes, fees, or surcharges that are applicable to mobile telephony services.  (4) Local utility user taxes that are applicable to mobile telephony services.   (b) "Consumer" means a person who purchases prepaid mobile telephony services in a retail transaction.   (c) "Local component" means those items included in paragraphs (3) and (4) of subdivision (a), for a retail transaction, as defined in subdivision (h).   (a) "Board" means the State Board of Equalization.   (b) "Emergency telephone users surcharge" means surcharges authorized pursuant to the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act (Part 20 (commencing with Section 41001)) to be billed and collected from prepaid consumers of mobile telephony services.   (c) "In this state" means within the exterior limits of the State of California and includes all territory within those limits owned by or ceded to the United States of America.  (d) "Mobile telephony service" and "mobile data service" have the same meanings as defined in Section 224.4 of the Public Utilities Code.  (e) "Prepaid communications charge" means a communications charge that is required to be collected by a seller from a consumer in the amount established pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 42010).   (f) "Prepaid mobile telephony services" means a purchase of the right to utilize mobile telephony services, either alone or in combination with mobile data services, that is paid for in advance and is sold in predetermined units or dollars of which the number declines with use in a known amount.   (g) "Provider" means a person or corporation that provides prepaid mobile telephony services pursuant to a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.   (e) "Person" includes any individual, firm, partnership, joint venture, limited liability company, association, social club, fraternal organization, corporation, estate, trust, business trust, receiver, assignee for the benefit of creditors, trustee, trustee in bankruptcy, syndicate, the United States, this state, any city, county, city and county, municipality, district, or other political subdivision of the state, or any other group or combination acting as a unit.   (f) "Prepaid consumer" means a person who purchases prepaid mobile telephony services in a retail transaction.   (g) "Prepaid mobile telephony services" means the right to utilize a mobile device authorized by the Federal Communications Commission for mobile telecommunications services or information services, including the download of digital products delivered electronically, content, and ancillary services, or both telecommunications services and information services, that is purchased in advance of usage in predetermined units or dollars, with the right of usage declining in a known amount upon being used. For these purposes, "telecommunications service" and "information service" have the same meanings as defined in Section 153 of Title 47 of the United States Code.   (h) "Prepaid MTS provider" means a person that provides prepaid mobile telephony services pursuant to a license issued by the Federal Communications Commission.   (i) "Prepaid MTS surcharge" means a unitary surcharge that consists of the emergency telephone users surcharge and the Public Utilities Commission surcharges, as calculated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 42010.   (j) "Public Utilities Commission surcharges" means surcharges authorized by the Public Utilities Commission to be billed and collected from end-use consumers of wireless communications services, and of which the commission provides the board with notice pursuant to Section 316 of the Public Utilities Code, including:   (1) The California High-Cost Fund-A Administrative Committee Fund program surcharge (Section 275.6 of the Public Utilities Code).   (2) The California High-Cost Fund-B Administrative Committee Fund program surcharge (Section 739.3 of the Public Utilities Code).   (3) The Deaf and Disabled Telecommunications Program Administrative Committee Fund surcharge (Section 2881 of the Public Utilities Code).   (4) The California Teleconnect Fund Administrative Committee Fund program surcharge (Section 280 of the Public Utilities Code).   (5) The California Advanced Services Fund program surcharge (Section 281 of the Public Utilities Code).   (6) The Moore Universal Telephone Service Act (Article 8 (commencing with Section 871) of Chapter 4 of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code).   (7) Public Utilities Commission reimbursement fees imposed pursuant to Chapter 2.5 (commencing with Section 401) of Part 1 of Division 1 of the Public Utilities Code.   (h)   (k)  "Retail transaction" means the purchase of prepaid mobile telephony services, either alone or in combination with mobile data services, from a seller for any purpose other than resale  in   the regular course of business. For these purposes, a "purchase" means any transfer of title or possession, exchange, or barter, conditional or otherwise  .  (i)   (l)  "Seller" means a person  or corporation  that sells prepaid mobile telephony service to a  prepaid  consumer.  (j) "State component" means those portions of the prepaid communications charge that are collected and remitted for state services, specifically those items included in paragraphs (1) and (2) of subdivision (a).  CHAPTER 2. THE PREPAID  COMMUNICATIONS CHARGE   MOBILE TELEPHONY SERVICES SURCHARGE   42010. (a) There is hereby imposed upon end-use consumers a prepaid communications charge that consists of the state component and the local component, if applicable, to be collected at the time of the retail transaction based upon a percentage of the sales price of each retail transaction that occurs in this state. (b) Beginning ____, the state component of the prepaid communications charge shall be collected by each seller from the consumer for each retail transaction that occurs in the state. The board shall annually post on its Internet Web site the amount of the state component, to include those amounts determined by the Public Utilities Commission pursuant to Section 316 of the Public Utilities Code and those amounts to be collected pursuant to the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act (Part 20 (commencing with Section 41001)). The board shall post those amounts on its Internet Web site not less than ____ days prior to the date on which those amounts shall go into effect as the new amount of the state component. (c) It is the intent of the Legislature to develop a method for sellers to also collect a local component if the retail transaction occurs within a local governmental jurisdiction that has elected to impose such a charge, or more than one such charge. (d) A seller collecting prepaid communications charges pursuant to this part may rely upon the accuracy of the information posted on the board's Internet Web site in collecting those charges. (e) The amount of the prepaid communications charge shall be separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document that is provided to the consumer by the seller or otherwise disclosed to the consumer. The seller may, but is not required to, separately provide the state component and local component of the prepaid communications charge.   42012. For purposes of this chapter, a retail transaction occurs in this state, and within a local governmental jurisdiction of the state, under any of the following circumstances: (a) The consumer makes the retail transaction in person at a business location in the state or local jurisdiction. (b) If subdivision (a) is not applicable, the product is delivered to the consumer by mail or other form of shipping to an address in the state that the consumer supplies to the seller for purposes of mailing or shipping. (c) If neither subdivision (a) nor (b) is applicable, the seller's records, maintained in the ordinary course of business, indicate that the consumer's address is in the state and the records are not made or kept in bad faith. (d) If subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) are not applicable, the consumer gives an address in the state during consummation of the sale, including the consumer's payment instrument if no other address is available, and the address is not given in bad faith. (e) If subdivisions (a), (b), (c), and (d) are not applicable, the calling number for the mobile telephony service communications device is associated with an area code located in California.   42010. (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2014, a prepaid MTS surcharge shall be imposed on each prepaid consumer and shall be collected by a seller from each prepaid consumer at the time of each retail transaction for prepaid mobile telephony services in the state. The prepaid MTS surcharge shall be collected as a percentage of the amount of each retail transaction that occurs in this state. (2) The prepaid MTS surcharge shall be in lieu of any charges imposed pursuant to the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act (Part 20 (commencing with Section 41001)) and the Public Utilities Commission surcharges for prepaid mobile telephony services. (b) The prepaid MTS surcharge shall be annually calculated by the board by no later than November 1 of each year commencing November 1, 2013, by adding the following: (1) The surcharge rate established pursuant to Section 41030 as of October 1 of each year, which shall be the surcharge rate established for intrastate telephone communication service in this state multiplied by the inverse of the interstate safe harbor percentage established by the Federal Communications Commission for federal universal service contribution purposes, as these percentages may be revised from time to time. (2) The Public Utilities Commission surcharges, established by the commission pursuant to Section 316 of the Public Utilities Code, as of October 1 of each year, multiplied by the inverse of the interstate safe harbor percentage established by the Federal Communications Commission for federal universal service contribution purposes, as these percentages may be revised from time to time. (c) A seller collecting prepaid MTS surcharges pursuant to this part may rely upon the accuracy of the information posted on the board's Internet Web site in collecting those surcharges. (d) Except for amounts retained pursuant to subdivision (e), all amounts of the prepaid MTS surcharge collected by sellers shall be remitted to the board pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 42020). (e) A seller shall be permitted to deduct and retain an amount equal to ____ percent of the amounts that are collected by the seller from prepaid consumers for the prepaid MTS surcharge. (f) The amount of the prepaid MTS surcharge shall be separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document that is provided to the prepaid consumer of mobile telephony services by the seller, or otherwise disclosed to the prepaid consumer, at the time of the retail transaction. (g) The prepaid MTS surcharge is required to be collected by a seller and any amount unreturned to the prepaid consumer of mobile telephony services that is not owed as part of the surcharge, but was collected from the prepaid consumer under the representation by the seller that it was owed as part of the surcharge, constitute debts owed by the seller to this state. (h) (1) Every prepaid consumer of mobile telephony services in this state is liable for the prepaid MTS surcharge until they have been paid to this state, except that payment to a seller registered under this part relieves the prepaid consumer from further liability for the surcharge. Any surcharge collected from a prepaid consumer that has not been remitted to the board shall be a debt owed to the state by the person required to collect and remit the surcharge. Nothing in this part shall impose any obligation upon a seller to take any legal action to enforce the collection of the surcharge imposed by this section. (2) A credit shall be allowed against, but shall not exceed, the prepaid MTS surcharge imposed on any prepaid consumer of mobile telephony services by this part to the extent that the prepaid consumer has paid emergency telephone users charges, state utility regulatory commission fees, or state universal service charges on the purchase to any other state, political subdivision thereof, or the District of Columbia. The credit shall be apportioned to the charges against which it is allowed in proportion to the amounts of those charges.   42012. (a) For purposes of this part, a retail transaction occurs in the state under any of the following circumstances: (1) The prepaid consumer makes the retail transaction in person at a business location in the state (point-of-sale transaction). (2) If paragraph (1) is not applicable, the prepaid consumer's address is in the state (known-address transaction). A known-address transaction occurs in the state under any of the following circumstances: (A) The retail sale involves shipping of an item to be delivered to, or picked up by, the prepaid consumer at a location in the state. (B) The prepaid consumer is being billed for the retail transaction at an address in the state. (C) If the prepaid consumer's address is known by the seller to be in the state, including if the seller's records maintained in the ordinary course of business, indicate that the prepaid consumer's address is in the state and the records are not made or kept in bad faith. (D) The prepaid consumer provides an address during consummation of the retail transaction that is in the state, including an address provided with respect to the a payment instrument if no other address is available and the address is not given in bad faith. (b) If the retail transaction is a point-of-sale transaction, the consumption of the prepaid mobile telephony service shall be presumed to be at that location. If the retail transaction is a known-address transaction, the location shall be as determined in descending order beginning with subparagraph (A) of paragraph (2), if subparagraph (A) is inapplicable, then pursuant to subparagraph (B), if both subparagraph (A) and (B) are inapplicable, then subparagraph (C), and if subparagraphs (A), (B), and (C) are inapplicable, then subparagraph (D). (c) A seller that relies in good faith on information provided by the board to match the location of a point-of-sale transaction to the applicable prepaid MTS surcharge amount, collects that amount from the prepaid consumer, and remits the amount to the board in compliance with this part, shall not be liable for any additional MTS surcharge and shall not be required to refund any amounts collected and paid to the board to the prepaid consumer.  42014. The prepaid  communications charge is the liability of the   MTS surcharge is imposed on the prepaid  consumer  of mobile telephony services  and not  of   on  the seller or  of   on  any  prepaid MTS  provider, except that  the   a  seller  engaged in business in this state  shall  be liable to   collect and  remit all  of the  prepaid  communications charges that the seller collects from consumers pursuant to Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 42020), including all charges that the seller is deemed to collect where the amount of the charge has not been separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document provided to the consumer by the seller   MTS surcharges pursuant to this part  . 42016. (a) If prepaid mobile telephony services are sold with one or more other products for a single, nonitemized price, then the prepaid  communications charge   MTS surcharge  shall apply to the entire nonitemized price unless the seller elects to apply the  charge   surcharge  to either of the following: (1) If the purchase price for the prepaid mobile telephony services component of the bundled charge is disclosed to the  prepaid  consumer    on a receipt, invoice, or other written documentation  , the prepaid  communications charge shall   MTS surcharge may  be calculated based upon that amount. (2) If the seller can identify the portion of the bundled price that is attributable to supplying prepaid mobile telephony services by reasonable and verifiable standards from its books and records that are kept in the regular course of business for other purposes, including nontax purposes, the prepaid communications charge  shall   may  be calculated based upon that amount. (b) If a minimal amount of prepaid mobile telephony service is sold for a single, nonitemized price with a mobile telephony service communications device, commonly termed a cellular telephone, the seller may elect not to apply the prepaid  communications charge   MTS surcharge  to the transaction. For these purposes, a service allotment denominated as 10 minutes or less, or five dollars ($5) or less, is a minimal amount. CHAPTER 3. ADMINISTRATION  42020. (a) All prepaid communications charges collected by sellers shall be remitted to the board pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001)). Not later than ____, the board shall establish registration and payment procedures for sellers consistent with the Fee Collection Procedures Law. (b) A seller shall be permitted to deduct and retain ____ percent of the prepaid communications charges that are collected by the seller from consumers. (c) The audit and appeal procedures of the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30 (commencing with Section 55601)) shall apply to the collection and remittance of prepaid communications charges. (d) The board shall establish procedures to be utilized by a seller to document that a sale is not a retail transaction. (e) Within 30 days of receipt, and after deducting an amount not to exceed ____ percent of the collected prepaid communications charges retained by the board to reimburse its direct costs of administering the collection and remittance of prepaid communications charges, the board shall pay all remitted prepaid communications charges as follows: (1) The state component shall be remitted as follows: (A) To the California Technology Agency, that portion of the state component collected pursuant to the Emergency Telephone Users Surcharge Act (Part 20 (commencing with Section 41001)). (B) To the Public Utilities Commission, that portion of the state component collected for those charges authorized by the commission identified in paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 42004. (2) The local component shall be remitted to the local government.   42020. (a) The board shall administer the prepaid MTS surcharge imposed by this part pursuant to the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30 (commencing with Section 55001)). For purposes of this part, the references in the Fee Collection Procedures Law to "fee" shall include the prepaid MTS surcharge imposed by this part, and references to "feepayer" shall include a person required to pay the surcharge imposed by this part, which includes the seller, who shall be required to register with the board. The audit, refund, and appeal procedures of the Fee Collection Procedures Law (Part 30 (commencing with Section 55601)) shall apply to the collection and remittance of the prepaid MTS surcharge. (b) (1) The board may prescribe, adopt, and enforce regulations relating to the administration and enforcement of this part, including, but not limited to, collections, reporting, refunds, and appeals. (2) The board may prescribe, adopt, and enforce any emergency regulations as necessary to implement this part. Any emergency regulation prescribed, adopted, or enforced pursuant to this section shall be adopted in accordance with Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code, and, for purposes of that chapter, including Section 11349.6 of the Government Code, the adoption of the regulation is an emergency and shall be considered by the Office of Administrative Law as necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health and safety, and general welfare. (c) The board shall establish procedures to be utilized by a seller to document that a sale is not a retail transaction. (d) The board shall establish procedures for sharing of information, other than information protected under Section 19542, related to the collection of the prepaid MTS surcharge upon the request of the Public Utilities Commission or the California Technology Agency.   42021. (a) The prepaid MTS surcharge, minus the amount retained by the seller pursuant to subdivision (e) of Section 42010, is due and payable to the board quarterly on or before the last day of the month next succeeding each quarterly period. (b) On or before the last day of the month following each quarterly period of three months, a return for the preceding quarterly period shall be filed using electronic media with the board. (c) Returns shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board.   42022. Every seller shall register with the board. Every application for registration shall be made upon a form prescribed by the board and shall set forth the name under which the applicant transacts or intends to transact business, the location of its place or places of business, and such other information as the board may require. An application for an registration shall be authenticated in a form or pursuant to methods as may be prescribed by the board.   42023. (a) The Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. The Prepaid MTS 911 Account and the Prepaid MTS PUC Account are hereby created in the fund. The Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge Fund shall consist of all surcharges, interest, penalties, and other amounts collected and paid to the board pursuant to this part, less a deduction in an amount not to exceed 2 percent of the collected amounts to refund and reimburse the board for expenses incurred in the administration and collection of the prepaid MTS surcharge. (b) All moneys in the Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Surcharge Fund attributable to the prepaid MTS surcharge shall be deposited as follows: (1) That portion of the prepaid MTS surcharge that is for the emergency telephone users surcharge shall be deposited into the Prepaid MTS 911 Account. (2) That portion of the prepaid MTS surcharge that is for the Public Utilities Commission surcharges shall be deposited into the Prepaid MTS PUC Account. (c) Moneys in the Prepaid MTS 911 Account and the Prepaid MTS PUC Account may be appropriated by the Legislature only for the purposes for which the moneys were collected. All moneys collected pursuant to this part shall be allocated only to the entities specified in this section and shall not be used for any other purpose, including, but not limited to, loans, transfers, or uses for any other purpose, funds, or account.   42024. (a) This part shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2017, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that is chaptered before January 1, 2017, deletes or extends that date. (b) The Legislature finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local utility user taxes and local communications related charges on prepaid mobile telephony services in addition to the state charges collected pursuant to this part and that if the Legislature is unable to develop and implement a reasonable and equitable means to collect local charges before January 1, 2017, that collection of the state charges pursuant to this part will terminate.   SEC. 11.   (a) The amendments to Section 41030 of the Revenue and Taxation Code made by Section 8 of this act are not intended to supersede the amendments made to that code section by Section 310 of the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 2012, which took effect on July 3, 2012, and will become fully operative on July 1, 2013.   (b) The addition of Section 41030.1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code made by Section 9 of this act is not intended to supersede the amendments made to Section 41030 of the Revenue and Taxation Code by Section 310 of the Governor's Reorganization Plan No. 2 of 2012, which took effect on July 3, 2012, and will become fully operative on July 1, 2013.   SEC. 3.   SEC. 12.  No reimbursement is required by this act pursuant to Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution because the only costs that may be incurred by a local agency or school district will be incurred because this act creates a new crime or infraction, eliminates a crime or infraction, or changes the penalty for a crime or infraction, within the meaning of Section 17556 of the Government Code, or changes the definition of a crime within the meaning of Section 6 of Article XIII B of the California Constitution.  SEC. 4.   SEC. 13.  This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the meaning of Article IV of the Constitution and shall go into immediate effect. The facts constituting the necessity are: In order to provide a standardized collection mechanism as soon as possible by which state  and local  charges can be collected from end-users of prepaid mobile telephony services, thereby permitting needed financial support for programs necessary to serve the public or telecommunications users, it is necessary that this act take effect immediately.