Laws, Regulations & Annotations
Business Taxes Law Guide – Revision 2011
Tax on Insurers Law
Chapter 4. Assessment and Effect of Tax*
Article 3. Deficiency Assessments
Section 12421
Text of section operative through June 30, 2011
12421. Determination of correct amount of tax. (a) As soon as practicable after an insurer's, surplus line broker's, or Medi-Cal managed care plan's return is filed, the commissioner shall examine it, together with any information within his or her possession or that may come into his or her possession, and he or she shall determine the correct amount of tax of the insurer, surplus line broker, or Medi-Cal managed care plan.
(b) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2011, and, as of January 1, 2012, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, that becomes operative on or before January 1, 2012, deletes or extends the dates on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.
History.—Added by Stats. 1961, p. 1985, operative January 1, 1962. Stats. 1995, Ch. 721, in effect January 1, 1996, substituted "an insurer's or surplus line broker's" for "the" after "as practicable after", added "or her" after "information within his" and after "come into his", added "or she" after "possession, and he", and added "or surplus line broker" after "of the insurer". Stats. 2009, Ch. 157 (AB 1422), in effect September 22, 2009, designated the first sentence as subdivision (a), added a comma and deleted "or" before "surplus line broker" twice, and added ", or Medi-Cal managed care plan after "surplus line broker" twice in subdivision (a); and added subdivision (b). Stats. 2010, Ch. 717 (SB 853), in effect October 19, 2010, deleted former subdivision (b) which provided that "This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2011, and as of that date is repealed." and added the new subdivision (b).
Text of section operative
July 1, 2011
12421. Determination of correct amount of tax. (a) As soon as practicable after an insurer's or surplus line broker's return is filed, the commissioner shall examine it, together with any information within his or her possession or that may come into his or her possession, and he or she shall determine the correct amount of tax of the insurer or surplus line broker.
(b) This section shall become operative on
July 1, 2011.
History.—Added by Stats. 2009, Ch. 157 (AB 1422), in effect September 22, 2009, but operative January 1, 2011. Stats. 2010, Ch. 717 (SB 853), in effect October 19, 2010, substituted "July 1, 2011" for "January 1, 2011" after "operative on" in subdivision (b).
* Stats. 1961, p. 1984, operative January 1, 1962, amended the title of Chapter 4 by substituting "Effect of Tax" for "Levy".

