45701-45708

REVENUE AND TAXATION CODE
SECTION 45701-45708




45701.  No injunction or writ of mandate or other legal or equitable
process shall issue in any suit, action, or proceeding in any court
against this state or against any office of the state to prevent or
enjoin the collection of any fee sought to be collected.



45702.  No suit or proceeding shall be maintained in any court for
the recovery of any amount alleged to have been erroneously or
illegally assessed or collected unless a claim for refund or credit
has been duly filed.


45703.  Within 90 days after the mailing of the notice of the board'
s action upon a claim for refund or credit, the claimant may bring an
action against the board on the grounds set forth in the claim in a
court of competent jurisdiction in the County of Sacramento for the
recovery of the whole or any part of the amount with respect to which
the claim has been disallowed.



45704.  If the board fails to mail notice of action on a claim
within six months after the claim is filed, the claimant may, prior
to the mailing of notice by the board, consider the claim disallowed
and bring an action against the board on the grounds set forth in the
claim for the recovery of the whole or any part of the amount
claimed as an overpayment.



45705.  Failure to bring suit or action within the time specified in
this article constitutes a waiver of all demands against the state
on account of any alleged overpayments.



45706.  If judgment is rendered for the plaintiff, the amount of the
judgment shall first be credited on any fees due from the plaintiff,
and the balance shall be refunded to the plaintiff.



45707.  In any judgment, interest shall be allowed at the modified
adjusted rate per annum established pursuant to Section 6591.5, upon
the amount found to have been illegally collected from the date of
payment of the amount to the date of allowance of credit on account
of the judgment, or to a date preceding the date of the refund
warrant by not more than 30 days, the date to be determined by the
board.



45708.  A judgment shall not be rendered in favor of the plaintiff
in any action brought against the board to recover any fee paid when
the action is brought by or in the name of an assignee of the fee
payer paying the tax or by any person other than the person who has
paid the fee.
   As used in this section, "assignee" does not include a person who
has acquired the business of the fee payer which gave rise to the
fees and who is thereby a successor in interest to the fee payer.