(a) Each subscription television corporation shall pay quarterly to the State one percent (1%) of the total gross receipts received in such quarter by such subscription television corporation. All amounts required to be paid to the State under this subdivision shall be paid to the State Board of Equalization.

(b) In addition thereto such subscription television corporation shall pay to each local agency within which it is conducting operations one percent (1%) of the total gross receipts received in such quarter by such subscription television corporation from subscribers or sponsors whose establishments at which subscription television was provided were within such local agency at the time such revenues were received. The quarterly payments to a local agency required by this subdivision are in lieu of all other taxes or fees imposed by the local agency receiving the payments upon the subscription television corporation for the privilege of exercising any franchise or engaging in business. The State Board of Equalization shall collect any amount required to be paid to a local agency under this subdivision, and shall transmit to the local agency involved the amount so collected as promptly as feasible.

(c) The State Board of Equalization shall enforce the provisions of this part and shall adopt such reasonable rules and regulations as they may deem necessary or proper to provide for and facilitate the making and reporting of payments provided for in this section. At all reasonable times the State Board of Equalization may examine all records kept or maintained by such subscription television corporation or under its control which treat of the operations, affairs, property or transactions of the corporation with respect thereto.

(Added by Stats. 1963, 1st Ex. Sess., Ch. 5. Note: This section was repealed on Nov. 3, 1964, by initiative Prop. 15 (the Free Television Act), but that action was invalidated by the Calif. Supreme Court in its Weaver v. Jordan decision.)