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ARTICLE 2. Disclosure of Information [19542 - 19572]
Except as otherwise provided in this article and as required to administer subdivision (b) of Section 19005, it is a misdemeanor for the Franchise Tax Board or any member thereof, or any deputy, agent, clerk, or other officer or employee of the state (including its political subdivisions), or any former officer or employee or other individual, who in the course of his or her employment or duty has or had access to returns, reports, or documents required to be filed under this part, to disclose or make known in any manner information as to the amount of income or any particulars (including the business affairs of a corporation) set forth or disclosed therein.
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 605, Sec. 40. Effective January 1, 1998.)
19542.1.
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this article, it shall be unlawful for any person described in Section 19542 to willfully inspect any confidential information furnished or secured pursuant to this part, Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001). For purposes of this section, “inspection” means any examination of confidential information. Any willful unauthorized inspection or unwarranted disclosure or use of confidential information by the persons described in Section 19542 is a misdemeanor.
(b) The Franchise Tax Board shall notify a taxpayer of any known incidents of willful unauthorized inspection or unwarranted disclosure or use of his or her confidential tax records, but only if criminal charges have been filed for the willful unauthorized inspection or unwarranted disclosure.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 623, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)
19542.3.
Any person who willfully divulges or makes known software, as defined in paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) of Section 19504.5, to any person in violation of Section 19504.5 is punishable by imprisonment in a county jail for not more than one year, or in the state prison, at the discretion of the court, by a fine of not more than five thousand dollars ($5,000), or by both that fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court, together with the costs of investigation and prosecution.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 347, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2007.)
(a) “Business affairs,” as used in this article means the details relative to the business activities of the entity as disclosed by the return but shall exclude extraneous matters, such as the exact corporate title, corporate number, the date of commencement of business in this state, taxable year adopted, filing date of return, name, date and title of individuals signing affidavit to the return, due date of taxes, taxes unpaid, entity’s address, private address of officers and directors.
(b) Extraneous matters shall not be disclosed unless the request for the information states the names of the entities as to which information is desired and only if there is no reason to believe that the information will be used for commercial list purposes.
Nothing in Section 19542, or in any other provision of law, shall be construed to require the disclosure of standards used or to be used for the selection of returns for examination, or data used or to be used for determining those standards, if the Franchise Tax Board determines that the disclosure will seriously impair assessment, collection, or enforcement under this part.
A return or return information may be disclosed in a judicial or administrative proceeding pertaining to tax administration, if any of the following apply:
(a) The taxpayer is a party to the proceeding, or the proceeding arose out of, or in connection with, determining the taxpayer’s civil or criminal liability, or the collection of the taxpayer’s civil liability with respect to any tax imposed under this part.
(b) The treatment of an item reflected on the return is directly related to the resolution of an issue in the proceeding.
(c) The return or return information directly relates to a transactional relationship between a person who is a party to the proceeding and the taxpayer which directly affects the resolution of an issue in the proceeding.
19546.5.
Any person who otherwise has or had access to any return or return information may disclose the return or return information to a committee appointed by the Assembly or Senate, or both, or any member, clerk, or other officer or employee thereof, if the person believes the return or return information may relate to possible board misconduct, maladministration, or taxpayer abuse.
(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 931, Sec. 31. Effective October 10, 1999.)
In a matter involving tax administration under this part, a return or return information shall be open to inspection by the Attorney General or other legal representatives of the state, if any of the following apply:
(a) The taxpayer is or may be a party to the proceeding, or the proceeding arose out of, or in connection with, determining the taxpayer’s civil or criminal liability, or the collection of the taxpayer’s civil liability with respect to any tax imposed under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
(b) The treatment of an item reflected on the return is or may be related to the resolution of an issue in the proceeding or investigation.
(c) The return or return information relates or may relate to a transactional relationship between a person who is a party to the proceeding and the taxpayer, which affects or may affect, the resolution of an issue in the proceeding or investigation.
In addition, the Attorney General may inspect any report or return required under this part when required in the enforcement of any public or charitable trust or in compelling adherence to any charitable purposes for which any nonprofit corporation is formed.
(Added by Stats. 2010, Ch. 556, Sec. 4. (SB 657) Effective January 1, 2011.)
(a) The Franchise Tax Board, upon request by the California Parent Locator Service, may disclose to the California Parent Locator Service, pursuant to Section 17505 or 17506 of the Family Code, any taxpayer return information that may be of assistance in locating alleged abducting or absent parents, spouses, or former spouses, in enforcing their liability for child support or the liability for spousal support, in establishing a parent and child relationship, and in locating and returning abducted children to their parents.
(b) Information disclosed to the California Parent Locator Service pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be disseminated by the California Parent Locator Service only as provided for by, and only for the purposes specified in, Section 17505 or 17506 of the Family Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 478, Sec. 6. Effective January 1, 2000.)
(a) Notwithstanding any other law and in accordance with Section 120962 of the Health and Safety Code, the State Department of Public Health shall disclose the name and individual taxpayer identification number (ITIN) or social security number of an applicant for, or recipient of services pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 120950) of Part 4 of Division 105 of the Health and Safety Code to the Franchise Tax Board for the purpose of verifying the adjusted gross income of, any tax-exempt interest received by, any tax-exempt social security benefits received by, and any foreign earned income of an applicant or recipient.
(C) The amount of any tax-exempt interest received by the taxpayer, as reported to the Franchise Tax Board.
(D) The amount of any tax-exempt social security benefits received by the taxpayer, as reported to the Franchise Tax Board.
(E) The amount of any foreign earned income of the taxpayer, as reported to the Franchise Tax Board.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 18, Sec. 26. (SB 75) Effective June 24, 2015.)
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 250, Sec. 20. (AB 129) Effective September 16, 2017.)
(Added by Stats. 2012, Ch. 815, Sec. 2. (AB 174) Effective January 1, 2013.)
(a) (1) The Franchise Tax Board shall disclose to the California Health Benefit Exchange individual income tax return information described in paragraph (2) and other information related to the income tax return in the records of the Franchise Tax Board, through information sharing agreements or data interfaces, for purposes of providing the notification required under Section 100720 of the Government Code.
(2) Individual income tax return information that may be disclosed to the California Health Benefit Exchange pursuant to this section is limited to the following information from the individual income tax return of a taxpayer who fails to report minimum essential coverage, as required by Section 100705 of the Government Code, or fails to reconcile the advanced premium assistance subsidy, as required by Section 100810 of the Government Code:
(E) Number of months the applicable individual, as defined in Section 61000, and the applicable individual’s applicable spouse and applicable dependents, if any, as defined in Section 61000, were covered by minimum essential coverage.
(G) Whether the taxpayer or any of the taxpayer’s dependents claimed an exemption from the Minimum Essential Coverage Individual Mandate established pursuant to Title 24 (commencing with Section 100700) of the Government Code and the Individual Shared Responsibility Penalty assessed pursuant to Part 32 (commencing with Section 61000), and which exemption or exemptions were claimed.
(H) Whether the taxpayer reconciled the premium assistance subsidy advanced pursuant to Title 25 (commencing with Section 100800) of the Government Code with the premium assistance subsidy granted.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 38, Sec. 41. (SB 78) Effective June 27, 2019.)
(a) “Return” means any tax or information return, or claim for refund required by, or provided for or permitted under, the provisions of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or this part which is filed with the Franchise Tax Board by, on behalf of, or with respect to any person, estate, or trust, and any amendment or supplement thereto, including supporting schedules, attachments, or lists which are supplemental to, or part of, the return so filed.
(b) “Return information” means a taxpayer’s identity, the nature, source, or amount of his, her, or its income, payments, receipts, deductions, exemptions, credits, assets, liabilities, net worth, tax liability, tax withheld, deficiencies, overassessments, or tax payments, whether the taxpayer’s return was, is being, or will be examined or subject to other investigation or processing, or any other data, received by, recorded by, prepared by, furnished to, or collected by the Franchise Tax Board with respect to a return or with respect to the determination of the existence, or possible existence, of liability, or the amount thereof, of any person under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or this part for any tax, addition to tax, penalty, interest, fine, forfeiture, or other imposition, or offense.
(c) “Taxpayer return information” means return information as defined in subdivision (b) which is filed with, or furnished to, the Franchise Tax Board by or on behalf of the taxpayer to whom the return information relates.
(d) “Tax administration” means the administration, management, conduct, direction, and supervision of the execution and application of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 10.7 (commencing with Section 21001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), and this part.
(a) Pursuant to Section 817.5 of the Penal Code, the Franchise Tax Board, upon request from the Department of Justice, a court, or any California law enforcement agency and in a form and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board, shall provide to the Department of Justice, the court, or the law enforcement agency the address of any person represented to be a person for whom there is an outstanding arrest warrant.
(b) (1) Pursuant to Section 290.9 of the Penal Code, the Franchise Tax Board shall, upon request from the Department of Justice, provide to the Department of Justice the address of any person represented to be a person who is in violation of his or her duty to register under Section 290 of the Penal Code.
(2) This subdivision shall be operative with respect to requests made on or after January 1, 2005, pursuant to Section 290.9 of the Penal Code, as added by Section 1 of Chapter 127 of the Statutes of 2004.
(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 349, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2006.)
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 513, Sec. 2) by Stats. 2018, Ch. 52, Sec. 6. (SB 855) Effective June 27, 2018. Section operative January 1, 2019, by its own provisions.)
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 52, Sec. 7. (SB 855) Effective June 27, 2018.)
(Amended by Stats. 2018, Ch. 52, Sec. 8. (SB 855) Effective June 27, 2018.)
Except as otherwise provided by this article, the information furnished or secured pursuant to either this article or the express provisions of law, shall be used solely for the purpose of administering the tax laws or other laws administered by the person or agency obtaining it. Any unwarranted disclosure or use of the information by the person or agency, or the employees and officers thereof, is a misdemeanor.
(a) Subject to the limitations of subdivision (b) of this section and federal law, the Franchise Tax Board may permit the Director of Social Services or deputy directors to inspect the income tax returns of applicants for aid, recipients of aid, or responsible relatives, or in lieu of the inspection, the State Franchise Tax Board may provide the director or deputy directors an abstract of the income tax return requested, or supply information concerning any item of income contained in the return or disclosed by the report of any investigation of the income or return of the applicant for aid, recipient of aid or responsible relative.
(b) The right of the director or deputy directors to inspect income tax records or obtain the other information as provided in this section shall be limited to the records for the current year and the year preceding inspection of applicants or recipients of assistance under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code, and the responsible relatives of the applicants or recipients. The information obtained pursuant to this section shall be used or disclosed only for the purpose of enabling the Director of Social Services or his or her deputy directors to verify or determine the eligibility or entitlement of an applicant for, or recipient of, public social services or the obligation of a responsible relative.
(c) The counties are authorized to request the information as provided in this section from the Director of Social Services or deputy directors. The director may release the information to the director of a county from which the applicant or recipient receives aid and the information shall be used or disclosed by the director of the county only for the purpose specified in subdivision (b).
(d) The applicant or recipient or responsible relative whose income tax records have been requested of the Franchise Tax Board shall be notified by mail that the request has been made at the time of the request.
(a) Subject to the limitations of this section and federal law, the Franchise Tax Board may provide the Controller with the address or other identification or location information from income tax returns or other records which is necessary for the Controller to locate owners of unclaimed property pursuant to Title 10 (commencing with Section 1300) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure.
(b) Subject to the limitations of this section and Section 6103(d) of the Internal Revenue Code, the Franchise Tax Board may provide the Controller, on an annual basis, with the following information from business entity income tax returns or other business entity records maintained by the Franchise Tax Board:
(1) The taxpayer’s name.
(2) The taxpayer’s identification number.
(3) The taxpayer’s address.
(4) The taxpayer’s principal business activity code.
(c) (1) The information provided to the Controller under this section is subject to Section 19542.
(2) Neither the Controller nor any officer, employee, or agent, or former officer, employee, or agent of the Controller may disclose or use any information obtained from the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section except for the purpose of locating owners of unclaimed property as provided in subdivision (a), or for the purpose of determining compliance with the Unclaimed Property Law (Title 10 (commencing with Section 1300) of Part 3 of the Code of Civil Procedure), as provided in subdivision (b).
(Amended by Stats. 2007, Ch. 666, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2008.)
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, the State Department of Social Services and the Department of Health Care Services shall inform the Franchise Tax Board of the names and social security numbers of applicants for, or recipients of, public social services programs under Division 9 (commencing with Section 10000) of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(b) The Franchise Tax Board, upon receipt of this information, may inform the departments of any such applicant or recipient who received unearned income within the most recent available tax year, as reflected on magnetic tape information returns supplied to the Franchise Tax Board by payers, or on the magnetic tape prepared by the Franchise Tax Board which reflects paper information returns supplied to the Franchise Tax Board by payers. In addition, the Franchise Tax Board may provide, from those sources, the departments with the payee’s name, social security number, and address; the payer’s name and federal employer identification number, including branch code numbers, if applicable, and address; the dollar amount and type of unearned income; and any identifying account numbers.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board shall return all information received from the departments after completing the exchange of information.
(d) This section shall be implemented only to the extent it is funded in the annual Budget Act.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 71, Sec. 165. (SB 1304) Effective January 1, 2015.)
(a) The Franchise Tax Board may disclose to persons described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, tax return and return information solely for use in an action or proceeding affecting the personnel rights of an employee or former employee, or in preparation of the action or proceeding, but only to the extent the Franchise Tax Board determines that the return or return information is, or may be, relevant and material to the action or proceeding. Tax return and return information may be disclosed pursuant to this section to any of the following persons:
(1) An employee or former employee of the Franchise Tax Board who is, or may be, a party to an administrative action or proceeding affecting the personnel rights of that employee or former employee.
(2) Upon written request by the employee or former employee, to the employee’s or former employee’s duly authorized legal representative.
(3) Officers and employees of the Franchise Tax Board for use in any action or proceeding affecting the rights of an employee or former employee, to the extent necessary to advance or protect the interests of the State of California.
(4) An administrative law judge, administrative board member, judge, or justice, or authorized officer or employee thereof, in connection with an administrative hearing, adjudication, or appeal thereof, related to an action or proceeding affecting the personnel rights of an employee or former employee.
(b) For purposes of this section, an action or proceeding affecting the personnel rights of an employee or former employee of the Franchise Tax Board means an action proceeding arising under either of the following:
(1) The State Civil Service Act (Part 2 (commencing with Section 18500) of Division 5 of the Government Code).
(2) The Ralph C. Dills Act (Chapter 10.3 (commencing with Section 3512) of Division 4 of Title 1 of the Government Code).
(c) Any unauthorized disclosure by a person described in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of any tax return or return information disclosed to that person pursuant to this section shall be subject to criminal penalty and civil liability under this part for that unauthorized disclosure.
(Added by Stats. 2001, Ch. 920, Sec. 26. Effective January 1, 2002.)
(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the California Student Aid Commission may annually inform the Franchise Tax Board of the names and social security numbers of the following persons who have, as part of the Student Aid Application for California, signed an authorization in a form and manner mutually agreeable to the Franchise Tax Board and the California Student Aid Commission for the release by the Franchise Tax Board of tax information to the California Student Aid Commission:
(1) All applicants for, or recipients of, student financial aid.
(2) Parents of dependent applicants for, or recipients of, student financial aid.
(3) Spouses of applicants for, or recipients of, student financial aid.
(b) The California Student Aid Commission shall submit the names and social security numbers as authorized in subdivision (a) in the form and manner prescribed by the Franchise Tax Board.
(c) Upon receipt of this information, the Franchise Tax Board may provide the California Student Aid Commission, from state tax returns of individuals described in subdivision (a), their California adjusted gross income and the California income adjustments as are necessary to calculate their federal adjusted gross income, or any other information from their state tax return, that can be provided by the Franchise Tax Board through its automated process, that the California Student Aid Commission needs to administer the program for which the authorization was given.
(d) All versions of the Student Aid Application for California shall include the authorization described in subdivision (a). The Franchise Tax Board may from time to time audit these authorizations. All processors of the Student Aid Application for California shall provide the Franchise Tax Board with access to any records necessary for completing these audits. The Franchise Tax Board shall report all audit findings to the California Student Aid Commission.
(e) Any unwarranted disclosure or use of the tax information described in subdivision (c) by the California Student Aid Commission, or its employees and officers thereof, is a misdemeanor as provided in Section 19552.
(a) Subject to the limitations of this section and federal law, the Franchise Tax Board may provide the Public Employees’ Retirement System with the names and addresses or other identification or location information from income tax returns or other records required under Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or this part, for both of the following:
(1) Solely for the purposes of disbursing unclaimed benefits pursuant to Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 21250) and Chapter 14 (commencing with Section 21490) of Part 3 of Division 5 of Title 2 of the Government Code and distributing member statements on an annual basis.
(2) Until June 30, 2016, solely for the purpose of filing required data pursuant to the Early Retiree Reinsurance Program (Sec. 1102, Public Law 111-148; 42 U.S.C. Sec. 18002), Part 149 of Title 45 of the Code of Federal Regulations, and related departmental directives.
(b) Neither the Public Employees’ Retirement System, nor its agents, nor any of its current or former officers or employees, shall disclose or use any information obtained pursuant to this section except as provided in this section. Any disclosure not authorized by this section is a misdemeanor.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board may from time to time review the use of information provided to the Public Employees’ Retirement System pursuant to this section and the Public Employees’ Retirement System shall provide the Franchise Tax Board with access for that purpose. The reviews shall be limited to ensuring that the Public Employees’ Retirement System uses the information provided by the Franchise Tax Board only in the manner specified in subdivision (a). The Franchise Tax Board shall report all findings to the Public Employees’ Retirement System.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 719, Sec. 56. (SB 856) Effective October 19, 2010.)
(a) (1) The Franchise Tax Board may disclose returns and return information to federal agencies on the same terms and to the same extent as returns and return information may be disclosed by the Secretary of the Treasury under paragraph (3)(C) or paragraph (7) of Section 6103(i) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), the Franchise Tax Board may not disclose any return or return information under this section if the Franchise Tax Board determines, in the manner specified by the Franchise Tax Board, that this disclosure would identify a confidential informant or seriously impair a civil or criminal tax investigation.
(b) This section shall apply to disclosures made on or after January 23, 2002, except that no disclosures may be made under this section after December 31, 2005.
(Amended (as added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 807) by Stats. 2005, Ch. 691, Sec. 50. Effective October 7, 2005.)
(a) The Franchise Tax Board shall provide the Wildlife Conservation Board, within a reasonable time, information on the amount of the tax credit claimed under Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 37030) of Division 28 of the Public Resources Code, with respect to each qualified contribution, as described in Section 17053.30 or 23630, that is claimed during that year, and any other information the Wildlife Conservation Board requires to correctly allocate the credit to the appropriate bond fund section, appropriation, department, and, if applicable, the related local government.
(b) The Franchise Tax Board shall not provide the Wildlife Conservation Board information pursuant to subdivision (a) if providing that information would disclose tax return information of a taxpayer, unless the taxpayer has consented to that disclosure pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 37034 of the Public Resources Code.
(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 715, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2005.)
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 14, Sec. 8. (SB 86) Effective March 24, 2011.)
(a) Notwithstanding any other section of law, the Franchise Tax Board may charge a fee for providing persons with copies of their tax returns. The fee shall include the costs of handling requests, copying documents, and postage.
(b) Fees received under this section shall be handled in accordance with Section 19605.
Whenever under this part or any act heretofore or hereafter enacted, the Franchise Tax Board is required or permitted to disclose information, to furnish abstracts, or to permit access to its records, to or by any official, department, bureau, or agency of this state (including its political subdivisions), or any other state, or the United States, it may charge the official, department, bureau, or agency for the reasonable cost of its services.
This article does not prohibit the publication of statistics, so classified as to prevent the identification of particular reports or returns and the items thereof, or the publication of the percentage of dividends paid by any corporation that is deductible by the recipient under Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001).
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 605, Sec. 41. Effective January 1, 1998.)
The Franchise Tax Board shall publish on or before December 31, 1978, and each December 31 thereafter, information on the amount of tax paid by individual taxpayers with high total incomes. Total income for this purpose is to be calculated and set forth by adding to adjusted gross income any items of tax preference excluded from, or deducted in arriving at, adjusted gross income, and by subtracting any investment expenses incurred in the production of that income to the extent of the investment income.
These data are to include the number of those individuals with total income over two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000) who owe no state income tax (after credits) and the deductions, exclusions, or credits used by them to avoid tax.
(a) (1) If an organization is exempt from taxation under Section 23701 for any taxable year, the application filed by the organization with respect to which the Franchise Tax Board made its determination that the organization was entitled to exemption under Section 23701, together with any papers submitted in support of the application, any letter or other document issued by the Franchise Tax Board, with respect to the application, and any copy of the notification issued by the Internal Revenue Service approving the organization’s tax-exempt status pursuant to the Internal Revenue Code which is submitted by the organization to the Franchise Tax Board, shall be open to public inspection. After the application of any organization has been opened to public inspection under this subdivision, the Franchise Tax Board shall, on the request of any person with respect to the organization, furnish a statement indicating the section which it has been determined describes the organization.
(2) Any inspection under paragraph (1) may be made at times, and in the manner, as the Franchise Tax Board shall by regulation prescribe.
(b) Upon request of the organization submitting any supporting papers described in subdivision (a), the Franchise Tax Board shall withhold from public inspection any information contained therein which it determines relates to any trade secret, patent, process, style of work, or apparatus, of the organization, if it determines that public disclosure of the information would adversely affect the organization. The Franchise Tax Board shall withhold from public inspection any information contained in supporting papers described in subdivision (a) the public disclosure of which it determines would adversely affect the national defense.
(c) The Franchise Tax Board may impose a reasonable charge for supplying any information the disclosure of which is permitted under this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 536, Sec. 2. (AB 1173) Effective January 1, 2014.)
Any information provided to or secured by the Franchise Tax Board for purposes of administering Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001) or Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001) may be used by Franchise Tax Board for purposes of administering Section 10878 or Article 6 (commencing with Section 19280) of Chapter 5.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 1242, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 1995.)
The provisions of Sections 1798.35, 1798.36, 1798.37, and Article 9 (commencing with Section 1798.45) of Chapter 1 of Title 1.8 of the Civil Code shall not be applied, directly or indirectly, to the determination of the existence or possible existence of liability (or the amount thereof) of any person for any tax, penalty, interest, fine, forfeiture, or other imposition or offense to which the provisions of Part 10 (commencing with Section 17001), Part 11 (commencing with Section 23001), or this part apply.
(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 694, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)
(a) The Franchise Tax Board may disclose to state governmental licensing entities identifying information of persons appearing on the list of 500 largest tax delinquencies pursuant to Section 19195 for purposes of administering Section 494.5 of the Business and Professions Code. “Identifying information” means the name, social security number or taxpayer identification number, and the last known address of the persons appearing on the list of the 500 largest tax delinquencies.
(b) Neither the state governmental licensing entity, nor any officer, employee, or agent, or former officer, employee, or agent of a state governmental licensing entity, may disclose or use any information obtained from the Franchise Tax Board pursuant to this section, except to administer Section 494.5 of the Business and Professions Code or to inform the public of the denial, refusal to renew, or suspension of a license or the issuance of a temporary license pursuant to Section 494.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
(c) For purposes of this section, state governmental licensing entity means a state governmental licensing entity as defined in Section 494.5 of the Business and Professions Code.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 455, Sec. 15. (AB 1424) Effective January 1, 2012.)
(a) The Franchise Tax Board may disclose to state agencies identifying information of persons appearing on the list of the 500 largest tax delinquencies pursuant to Section 19195 for purposes of administering Section 10295.4 of the Public Contract Code. “Identifying information” means the name, social security number or taxpayer identification number, and the last known address of the persons appearing on the list of the 500 largest tax delinquencies.
(b) A state agency, and any officer, employee, or agent, or former officer, employee, or agent of a state agency, shall not disclose or use any information obtained from the Franchise Tax Board, pursuant to this section, except to administer Section 10295.4 of Public Contract Code.
(Added by Stats. 2011, Ch. 455, Sec. 16. (AB 1424) Effective January 1, 2012.)