BILL NUMBER: AB 2388	CHAPTERED  09/21/02

	CHAPTER  776
	FILED WITH SECRETARY OF STATE  SEPTEMBER 21, 2002
	APPROVED BY GOVERNOR  SEPTEMBER 20, 2002
	PASSED THE SENATE  AUGUST 27, 2002
	PASSED THE ASSEMBLY  MAY 9, 2002

INTRODUCED BY   Assembly Member La Suer

                        FEBRUARY 21, 2002

   An act to amend Section 19283 of the Revenue and Taxation Code,
relating to taxation.


	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


   AB 2388, La Suer.  Franchise Tax Board:  debt collection program.
   Existing law generally provides that fines, state or local
penalties, forfeitures, restitution fines, restitution orders, or any
other amounts imposed by a superior or municipal court of the State
of California upon a person or any other entity that are due and
payable in an amount totaling no less than $250, in the aggregate,
for criminal offenses, may be referred, by the county or the state,
to the Franchise Tax Board for collection, as specified.
   Existing law also provides that, for purposes of a manageable
implementation and evaluation of this debt collection program, the
Franchise Tax Board may limit referrals to 17 counties and requires
the Franchise Tax Board to report to committees of the Legislature
the results of the debt collection program, to specifically address
the feasibility and advisability of expanding the debt collection
program so that it may accept referrals from all 58 counties in the
state.
   Existing law provides that the provisions authorizing the debt
collection program shall remain in effect until January 1, 2003.
   This bill would extend the provision of the debt collection
program to January 1, 2006.


THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:


  SECTION 1.  Section 19283 of the Revenue and Taxation Code is
amended to read:
   19283.  (a) The Department of Justice, in consultation with the
Franchise Tax Board, shall examine ways to enhance the use and
effectiveness of this article through integration with the Department
of Justice's Wanted Persons System and shall report the findings and
recommendations to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2002.
   (b) This article shall remain in effect only until January 1,
2006, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted
statute, which is enacted before January 1, 2006, deletes or extends
this date.