(a) (1) The department shall post, for each local jurisdiction, the rate or rates of the local charges, as calculated pursuant to Sections 42102 and 42102.5, that each local jurisdiction has adopted, not later than December 1 of each year, on its internet website. The posted combined rate shall be the rate that applies to all retail transactions during the calendar year beginning April 1 following the posting. (2) The department shall also separately post on its internet website the individual rates for each of the individual local charges reported pursuant to Section 42101.5. (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), if a local agency notifies the department pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 42101.5 that the posted rate is inaccurate or it no longer imposes a local charge or local charges or that the rate of its local charge or local charges has decreased, the department shall promptly post a recalculated rate that is applicable to the jurisdiction of that local agency. The change shall become operative on the first day of the calendar quarter commencing more than 60 days from the date the local agency notifies the department of the inaccuracy or that it no longer imposes a local charge or that the rate of its local charge has decreased. Nothing in this section modifies the notice obligations of Section 799 of the Public Utilities Code. However, beginning January 1, 2016, the notification and implementation requirements of paragraphs (5) and (6) of subdivision (a) of Section 799 of the Public Utilities Code shall not apply to prepaid mobile telephony services. (4) A seller collecting the local charges pursuant to this part may rely upon the accuracy of the information posted on the departmentâs internet website in collecting and remitting all amounts of local charges. (b) Except for amounts retained pursuant to subdivision (c), and except as provided in subdivision (d) for a seller that is a direct seller, all amounts of local charges collected by sellers shall be remitted to the department pursuant to Sections 42103, 42103.1, and 42103.2. (c) A seller that is not a direct seller shall be permitted to deduct and retain an amount equal to 2 percent of the amounts that are collected by the seller from prepaid consumers for local charges. (d) A direct seller shall remit the local charges to the local jurisdiction or local agency imposing the local charge. Remittance of the local charges shall be separately identified from any other local taxes or other charges that are remitted to the local jurisdiction or local agency imposing the local tax or other charge. The amounts remitted to the local jurisdiction or local agency imposing the local charge pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited into the respective local jurisdiction or local agency account. (e) A direct seller shall use the amounts posted by the department pursuant to subdivision (a) when determining what amounts to remit to each local jurisdiction or local agency. (f) The amount of the local charges shall be separately stated on an invoice, receipt, or other similar document that is provided to the prepaid consumer of mobile telephony services by the seller, or otherwise disclosed electronically to the prepaid consumer, at the time of the retail transaction. (g) The local charge that is required to be collected by a seller and any amount not returned to the prepaid consumer of mobile telephony services that is not owed as part of the local charge, but was collected from the prepaid consumer under the representation by the seller that it was owed as part of the local charge, constitute debts owed by the seller jointly to this state, for purposes of collection on behalf of, and payment to, the local jurisdiction and to the local jurisdiction imposing that local charge. (h) A seller that has collected any amount of local charges in excess of the amount imposed by this part and actually due from a prepaid consumer may refund that amount to the prepaid consumer, even th
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