§ 11655

In the event of failure, neglect, or refusal of any officer of any state agency to levy any tax or assessment necessary to provide payment by the state agency under any contract with the department, to enforce or to collect the tax or assessment, or to pay over to the department any money collected on the tax or assessment the department may take such action in a court of competent jurisdiction as it deems necessary to compel the performance in their proper sequence of all duties relating to the levying and collection of the taxes or assessments and the payment of the money collected therefrom to the department.

(Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)