CA Gov't Code Section 53721.6

(a)

A retail transactions and use tax imposed by an ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 13.7 (commencing with Section 26295) or 13.8 (commencing with Section 26299.000) of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 3 shall be deemed to be a general tax for the purposes of this article unless the transactions and use tax ordinance, or an amendment thereto, either declares the tax to be a special tax or requires the proceeds of the tax to be placed in a fund other than the general fund of the county regional justice facilities financing agency, or a similar fund, and irrevocably restricts the use of the proceeds to specific purposes of more limited scope and type than the general governmental purposes of the county regional justice facilities financing agency set forth in Section 26298.18 or 26299.031.

(b)

The receipt or retention of the proceeds of the transactions and use tax, imposed by an ordinance adopted pursuant to Chapter 13.7 (commencing with Section 26295) or 13.8 (commencing with Section 26299.000) of Part 2 of Division 2 of Title 3 by a bond trustee for bonds secured by the proceeds of the tax shall not cause a general tax to become a special tax.