Welfare and Institutions Code section 14199.105

Treatment of Moneys Deposited in and Expended from the Fund

Notwithstanding any other law:

(a)

The fund, and every subfund, account, and subaccount within the fund, is hereby declared to be a trust fund, trust subfund, trust account, or trust subaccount.

(b)

Except as provided in Section 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code as those sections read on January 1, 2023, moneys in the fund shall not be borrowed, loaned, or otherwise transferred to the General Fund or any other state or local fund or account. Moneys deposited into the fund, and any subfund, account, or subaccount within the fund, including any interest or dividends earned thereon, shall only be used for the specific purposes set forth in this chapter. Action shall not be taken that permanently or temporarily changes the status of the fund or any subfund, account, or subaccount within the fund as a trust fund, trust subfund, trust account, or trust subaccount, or borrows, diverts, or appropriates the moneys in the fund in a manner inconsistent with this chapter.

(c)

(1)The taxes imposed by Article 7.1 (commencing with Section 14199.80) of Chapter 7 during calendar years 2025 and 2026, and Article 6 (commencing with Section 14199.123) and the moneys derived therefrom, including interest and penalties but less payment of refunds, are required to be deposited into the fund as set forth in Article 3 (commencing with Section 14199.108). The fund is a special fund and trust fund permanently and irrevocably separate and apart from the General Fund. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated to the department without regard to fiscal year for the purposes set forth in this chapter.

(2)

(A)Therefore, the taxes and the moneys resulting therefrom described in paragraph (1) shall not be considered to be part of the General Fund, as that term is used in Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 16300) of Part 2 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, shall not be considered General Fund revenues for purposes of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution and its implementing statutes, and shall not be considered “General Fund revenues,” “state revenues,” “moneys,” or “General Fund proceeds of taxes” for purposes of subdivisions (a) and (b) of Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution and its implementing statutes.

(B)

This paragraph does not change the character of the taxes and the moneys resulting therefrom described in paragraph (1) as “state revenues” or “state tax revenues” for purposes of Title XIX and Title XXI of the Federal Social Security Act.