6595.
(a) Beginning July 1, 2018, and notwithstanding any other law, if a person’s failure to file a timely return or pay any amount of tax imposed under this part is attributable to the failure of the board’s Internet Web site resulting in an unacceptable outage period on the due date of the return or payment, the penalties required by Sections 6476, 6477, 6479.3, 6480.4, and 6591 shall not be imposed and interest shall not accrue unless the person fails to file a return or pay the amount of tax within a reasonable time after the conclusion of the outage period.(b) For the purposes of this section, interest or penalty relief shall only be granted if no significant aspect of the failure to file or pay is attributable to an act of, or a failure to act by, the person.
(c) This section shall become operative on either (1) July 1, 2018, or (2) prior to July 1, 2018, on the date that the Department of Technology or the board reports the successful implementation of the Centralized Revenue Opportunity System rollout phase for the tax imposed pursuant to this part, whichever occurs first. The board shall post information about this section, including notice of the operative date of this section, on the homepage of its Internet Web site.
(d) For purposes of this section, “board” shall include any successor agency of the State Board of Equalization.