CALIFORNIA BOARD OF EQUALIZATION - 2015

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4. Any third party contract between the local jurisdiction and an entity or person authorized by the local jurisdiction to request information from the Board shall be subject to the following limitations: a. Any third party shall, to the same extent as the Board, be subject to Section 55381, relating to unlawful disclosures. b. A third party contract shall not provide, in whole or in part, in any manner a contingent fee arrangement as payment for services rendered. 5. Information obtained by examination of Board records shall be used only for purposes related to the collection of the prepaid NITS surcharge and local charges by the board pursuant to the contract, or for purposes related to other governmental functions of the local jurisdiction set forth in the resolution. 6. If the Board believes that any information obtained from the Board's records related to the collection of the prepaid NITS surcharge and local charges has been disclosed to any person not authorized or designated by the resolution of the local jurisdiction, or has been used for purposes not permitted by section 42110(b), the board may impose conditions on access to its local charge records that the board considers reasonable, in order to protect the confidentiality of those records. (section 42110 (c).) 7. The costs incurred by the Board in complying with a request for information shall be deducted by the Board from those revenues collected by the Board on behalf of the local jurisdiction malting the request, as authorized by section 42110(b)(1). ARTICLE III LOCAL JURISDICTION ADMINISTRATION AND RESPONSIBILITIES A. The local jurisdictions shall be solely responsible for all of the following: 1. Defending any claim regarding the validity of the ordinance in its application to prepaid mobile telephony service. The claim shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of the local ordinance that allows the claim to be filed. 2. Interpreting any provision of the ordinance, except to the extent specifically superseded by section 42105 of the Local Charge Act. The claim shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of the local enactment that allows the claim to be filed. 3. Responding to specified consumer claims for refund involving: (1) rebutting the presumed location of the retail transaction; (2) a consumer claim of exemption from the local charge under the ordinance; or (3) any action or claim challenging the validity of a local tax ordinance, in whole or part. The claim shall be processed in accordance with the provisions of the local enactment that allows the claim to be filed. 4. Refunding the taxes in the event a local jurisdiction or local government is ordered to refund the tax under the local ordinance.