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Local Jurisdiction Redwood c�ry AGREEMENT FOR STATE COLLECTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF LOCAL CHARGES This Agreement is for the purpose of implementing the Local Prepaid Mobile Telephony Services Collection Act (Part 2l.1, commencing with Section 42100) of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code), hereinafter referred to as the Local Charge Act. The City of Redwood City and the State Board of Equalization, hereinafter called �«am��<, �a,w: ��, the Board, do agree as follows: ARTICLE I DEFINITIONS Unless the context requires otherwise, wherever the following terms appear in this Agreement they shall be interpreted to mean the following: A. "Administrative Expenses" means all expenses incurred by the Board in the administration and collection of the local charges, including preparation and wind down costs which are reimbursable to the Board from the revenues collected by the Board on behalf of the local jurisdiction. B. "Contingent Fee" includes, but is not limited to, a fee that is based on a percentage of the tax liability reported on a return, a fee that is based on a percentage of the taxes owed, or a fee that depends on the specific tax result attained. C. "Direct Seller" means a prepaid Mobile Telephony Service (MTS) provider or service supplier, as defined in section 41007, that makes a sale of prepaid mobile telephony services directly to a prepaid consumer for any purpose other than resale in the regular course of business. A direct seller includes, but is not limited to, a telephone corporation, a person that provides an interconnected Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) service, and a retailer as described in section 42004(b)(1). D. "Local Charges" means a utility user tax imposed on the consumption of prepaid mobile telephony services, as described in section 42102, and charges for access to communication services or to local "911" emergency telephone systems imposed by a local jurisdiction, as described in section 42102.5. E. "Local Jurisdiction" or "local agency" means a city, county, or city and county, which includes a charter city, county, or city and county of this State, which has adopted an ordinance imposing a local charge of the kind described in Part 21.1 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and has entered into a contract with the Board to perform all functions incident to the collection of the local charges. F. "Ordinance" means an ordinance of a local jurisdiction imposing a local charge, including any local enactment relating to the filing of a refund or a claim arising under the ordinance, attached hereto, as amended from time to time. i ATTY/AGR/2015.166/AGREEMENT WITH BOE LOCAL CHARGE AGR REV:08-13-15 RL