CA Welf & Inst Code Section 17606.20

(a)

Annually, the Controller shall allocate money to each county, city, and city and county, from revenues deposited in the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account in the Local Revenue Fund in amounts that are proportional to each county’s, city’s, or city and county’s total allocation from the Sales Tax Growth Account, except amounts provided pursuant to Section 17605.

(b)

Notwithstanding subdivision (a), for the 1998–99 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, if, after meeting the requirements of Section 17605, there are no funds remaining in the Sales Tax Growth Account to allocate to each county, city, and city and county pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of, or paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of, Section 17605.07, or Section 17605.10, the Controller shall allocate the revenues deposited in the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account to each county, city, and city and county, in the following manner:

(1)

The Controller shall determine the amount of sales tax growth in the 1996–97 fiscal year which exceeded the requirements of Section 17605 in the 1996–97 fiscal year.

(2)

The Controller shall determine the amount of sales tax growth allocated in the 1996–97 fiscal year to the County Medical Services Program Subaccount pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 17605.07, and to the Indigent Health Equity, Community Health Equity, Mental Health Equity, State Hospital Mental Health Equity, General Growth, and Special Equity Subaccounts pursuant to Section 17605.10, as that section read on January 1, 2015.

(3)

The Controller shall compute percentages by dividing the amounts determined in paragraph (2) by the amount determined in paragraph (1).

(4)

For calculation purposes related to paragraph (5), the Controller shall apply the percentages determined in paragraph (3) to revenues in the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account to determine the amount of vehicle license fee growth revenues attributable to the County Medical Services Program Growth, Indigent Health Equity, Community Health Equity, Mental Health Equity, State Hospital Mental Health Equity, General Growth, and Special Equity Subaccounts. This paragraph shall not require the Controller to deposit vehicle license fee growth revenues into the subaccounts specified in this paragraph, and is solely for determining the distribution of vehicle license growth revenues to each county, city, and city and county.

(5)

Annually, the Controller shall allocate money to each county, city, and city and county, from revenues deposited in the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account in the Local Revenue Fund. These allocations shall be determined based on schedules developed by the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 17606.10, in consultation with the California State Association of Counties. The Controller shall allocate these funds within 45 days of receiving the schedules from the Department of Finance.

(c)

This section shall become operative on August 1, 2015.