08-43 Resolution 08-43
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MENIFEE
AUTHORIZING EXAMINATION OF SALES, USE AND
TRANSACTIONS TAX RECORDS
WHEREAS, pursuant to Ordinance No. 2008-04, the City of Menifee entered into a
contract with the State Board of Equalization to perform all functions incident to the
administration and collection of local sales, use and transactions taxes; and
WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Menifee deems it desirable and necessary for
authorized representatives of the City to examine confidential sales,use and transactions
tax records of the State Board of Equalization pertaining to sales, use and transactions
taxes collected by the Board for the City pursuant to that contract; and
WHEREAS, Section 7056 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code sets forth certain
requirements and conditions for the disclosure of Board of Equalization records, and
establishes criminal penalties for the unlawful disclosure of information contained in, or
derived from, the sales, use and transactions tax records of the Board.
Now, therefore, the City Council of the City of Menifee hereby Resolves as follows:
SECTION 1. That the City Manager, or other officer or employee of the City designated
in writing by the City Manager to the State Board of Equalization (hereafter referred to
as the Board), is hereby appointed to represent the City of Menifee with authority to
examine sales, use and transactions tax records of the Board pertaining to sales, use and
transactions taxes collected for the City by the Board pursuant to the contract between the
City and the Board. The information obtained by examination of Board records shall be
used only for purposes related to the collection of City sales,use and transactions taxes
by the Board pursuant to that contract.
SECTION 2. That the City Manager, or other officer or employee of the City designated
in writing by the City Manager to the Board, is hereby appointed to represent the City
with authority to examine those sales, use and transactions tax records of the Board, for
purposes related to the following governmental functions of the City:
a. City administration
b. Revenue management and budgeting
c. Community and economic development
d. Business license tax administration
The information obtained by examination of Board records shall be used only for those
governmental functions of the City listed above.
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SECTION 3. That Hinderliter, de Llamas &Associates is hereby designated to examine
the sales,use and transactions tax records of the Board pertaining to sales, use and
transactions taxes collected for the City by the Board. The person or entity designated by
this section meets all of the following conditions:
a) Has an existing contract with the City to examine those sales, use and transactions
tax records;
b) Is required by that contract to disclose information contained in or derived from,
those sales, use and transactions tax records only to the officer or employee
authorized under Sections 1 or 2 of this resolution to examine the information.
c) Is prohibited by that contract from performing consulting services for a retailer
during the term of that contract; and
d) Is prohibited by that contract from retaining the information contained in, or
derived from those sales, use and transactions tax records, after that contract has
expired.
The information obtained by examination of Board records shall be used only for
purposes related to the collection of City sales, and use and transactions taxes by the
Board pursuant to the contract between the City and the Board and for the purposes
relating to the governmental functions of the City listed in section 2 of this resolution.
Approved and adopted this 6`h day of January, 2009.
G t
Mayor Wallace Edgerton
Attest:
Kathy Bennett, City Clerk
I, Kathy Bennett, City Clerk of the City of Menifee, California, DO HEREBY CERTIFY
that the forgoing resolution was duly approved and adopted by the City Council of the
City of Menifee at a regular meeting of the City Council on the 6`h day of January, 2009
by the following vote:
Ayes:fipntl-i L
Noes:
Absent: U/y1. -U
Kathy Bennett, City Clerk