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Business Taxes Law Guide—Revision 2024
Integrated Waste Management Fee Law
Revenue and Taxation Code
Division 2. Other Taxes
Part 23. Integrated Waste Management Fee Law
Chapter 5. Overpayments and Refunds
Article 3. Recovery of Erroneous Refunds
Section 45751
45751. Recovery of erroneous refunds. (a) The Controller may recover any refund or part thereof that is erroneously made, and any credit or part thereof that is erroneously allowed, in an action brought in a court of competent jurisdiction in the County of Sacramento in the name of the people of the State of California.
(b) As an alternative to subdivision (a), the board may recover any refund or part thereof that is erroneously made, and any credit or part thereof that is erroneously allowed. In recovering any erroneous refund or credit, the board may, in its discretion, issue a deficiency determination in accordance with Article 2 (commencing with Section 45201) or Article 4 (commencing with Section 45351) of Chapter 3. Except in the case of fraud, the deficiency determination shall be made by the board within three years from the date of the Controller's warrant or date of credit.
History—Stats. 1998, Ch. 609 (Ch. 2232), in effect January 1, 1999, added subdivision designation "(a)", substituted "that" for "which" after "or part thereof", deleted ", and the action shall be tried in the County of Sacramento unless the court, with the consent of the Attorney General, orders a change of place of trial. The Attorney General shall prosecute the action, and the provisions of the Code of Civil Procedure relating to service of summons, pleadings, proofs, trials, and appeals are applicable to the proceedings" after "State of California" in subdivision (a), and added subdivision (b).
Note.—SEC. 61. of Stats. 1998, Ch. 609 (SB 2232), effective January 1, 1999, states: It is the intent of the Legislature in enacting those provisions of this act that allow the State Board of Equalization to recover refunds administratively that no increase in taxpayer costs result from taxpayer compliance with these provisions.