California Revenue And Taxation Code Section 97.68

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, in allocating ad valorem property tax revenue allocations for each fiscal year during the fiscal adjustment period, all of the following apply: (a) (1) The total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue otherwise required to be allocated to a county`s Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund shall be reduced by the countywide adjustment amount. (2) The countywide adjustment amount shall be deposited in a Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund that shall be established in the treasury of each county. (b) For purposes of this section, the following definitions apply: (1) Fiscal adjustment period means the period beginning with the 2004-05 fiscal year and continuing through the fiscal year in which the Director of Finance notifies the State Board of Equalization pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 99006 of the Government Code. (2) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), the countywide adjustment amount means the combined total revenue loss of the county and each city in the county that is annually estimated by the Director of Finance, based upon the actual amount of sales and use tax revenues transmitted under Section 7204 in that county in the prior fiscal year and any projected growth on that amount for the current fiscal year as determined by the State Board of Equalization and reported to the director on or before August 15 of each fiscal year during the fiscal adjustment period, to result for each of those fiscal years from the 0.25 percent reduction in local sales and use rate tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. The director shall adjust the estimates described in this paragraph if the board reports to him or her any changes in the projected growth in local sales and use tax revenues for the current fiscal year. (3) In lieu local sales and use tax revenues means those revenues that are transferred under this section to a county or a city from a Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund or an Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund. (c) Except as otherwise provided in subdivision (d), for each fiscal year during the fiscal adjustment period, in lieu sales and use tax revenues in the Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund shall be allocated among the county and the cities in the county, and those allocations shall be subsequently adjusted, as follows: (1) The Director of Finance shall, on or before September 1 of each fiscal year during the fiscal adjustment period, notify each county auditor of that portion of the countywide adjustment amount for that fiscal year that is attributable to the county and to each city within that county. (2) The county auditor shall allocate revenues in the Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund among the county and cities in the county in the amounts described in paragraph (1). The auditor shall allocate one-half of the amount described in paragraph (1) in each January during the fiscal adjustment period and shall allocate the balance of that amount in each May during the fiscal adjustment period. (3) After the end of each fiscal year during the fiscal adjustment period, other than a fiscal year subject to subdivision (d), the Director of Finance shall, based on the actual amount of sales and use tax revenues that were not transmitted for the prior fiscal year, recalculate each amount estimated under paragraph (1) and notify the county auditor of the recalculated amount. (4) If the amount recalculated under paragraph (3) for the county or any city in the county is greater than the amount allocated to that local agency under paragraph (2), the county auditor shall, in the fiscal year next following the fiscal year for which the allocation was made, transfer an amount of ad valorem property tax revenue equal to this difference from the Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund to that local agency. (5) If the amount recalculated under paragraph (3) for the county or any city in the county is less than the amount allocated to that local agency under paragraph (2), the county auditor shall, in the fiscal year next following the fiscal year for which the allocation was made, reduce the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue otherwise allocated to that city or county from the Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund by an amount equal to this difference and instead allocate this difference to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund. (6) If there is an insufficient amount of moneys in a county`s Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund to make the transfers required by paragraph (4), the county auditor shall transfer from the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund an amount sufficient to make the full amount of these transfers. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, when Section 7203.1 ceases to be operative , all of the following apply: (1) If Section 7203.1 ceases to be operative on an October 1 of a fiscal year during the fiscal adjustment period, all of the following apply: (A) The countywide adjustment amount for that fiscal year means an amount equal to sum of the following two amounts: (i) The combined total revenue loss of the county and each city in the county that is estimated by the director, based upon actual sales and use tax revenues transmitted under Section 7204 for the first quarter of the prior fiscal year as determined by the State Board of Equalization and reported to the director on or before that August 15, to result for the first quarter of the current fiscal year from the 0.25 percent reduction in local sales and use tax rate authority applied by Section 7203.1. (ii) The difference between the following two amounts: (I) The total amount that was allocated to the county and each city in the county under subdivision (c) for the prior fiscal year. (II) The actual total amount of local sales and use tax revenue that was not transmitted the county or city and county and each city in the county for the prior fiscal year as a result of the 0.25 percent suspension of local sales and use tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. (B) On or before January 31 of that fiscal year, the auditor shall allocate to the county and each city in the county that portion of the countywide adjustment amount for that fiscal year that is attributable to the county and each city in the county. (C) On or before May 1 of that fiscal year, the State Board of Equalization shall report to the director the actual total amount of local sales and use tax revenue that was not transmitted to the county and each city in the county in that fiscal year as a result of the 0.25 percent suspension of local sales and use tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. On or before May 1 of that fiscal year, the director shall do both of the following: (i) Determine the difference between the following two amounts: (I) The amount specified in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) that was allocated to the county and each city in the county for that fiscal year under subparagraph (B). (II) The actual total amount of local sales and use tax revenue that was not transmitted to the county and each city in the county for that fiscal year as a result of the 0.25 percent suspension of local sales and use tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. (ii) Notify the auditor of each county of the amounts determined under clause (i) for his or her county and all of the cities in that county. (D) (i) If, for any county or city, the amount described in subclause (I) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C) is greater than the amount described in subclause (II) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C), the county auditor shall, on or before May 31 of that fiscal year, reallocate from the entity to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund the difference between those amounts. (ii) If, for any county or city, the amount described in subclause (I) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C) is less than the amount described in subclause (II) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C), the county auditor shall, on or before May 31 of that fiscal year, reallocate from the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund to that entity the difference between those amounts. (2) If Section 7203.1 ceases to be operative on a January 1 of a fiscal year during the fiscal adjustment period, all of the following apply: (A) The countywide adjustment amount for that fiscal year means an amount equal to the sum of the following two amounts: (i) The combined total revenue loss of the county and each city in the county that is estimated by the director, based upon actual sales and use tax revenues transmitted under Section 7204 for the first and second quarters of the prior fiscal year as determined by the State Board of Equalization and reported to the director on or before that August 15, to result for the first and second quarters of that fiscal year from the 0.25 percent reduction in local sales and use tax rate authority applied by Section 7203.1. (ii) The difference between the following two amounts: (I) The total amount that was allocated to the county and each city in the county under subdivision (c) for the prior fiscal year. (II) The actual total amount of local sales and use tax revenue that was not transmitted the county or city and county and each city in the county for the prior fiscal year as a result of the 0.25 percent suspension of local sales and use tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. (B) The auditor shall allocate to the county and each city in the county that portion of the countywide adjustment amount for that fiscal year that is attributable to the county and each city in the county. One-half of this amount shall be allocated on or before January 31 of that fiscal year and the other one-half of that amount shall be allocated on or before May 31 of that fiscal year. (C) On or before June 30 of that fiscal year, the State Board of Equalization shall report to the director the actual total amount of local sales and use tax revenue that was not transmitted to the county and each city in the county for that fiscal year as a result of the 0.25 percent suspension of local sales and use tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. On or before June 30 of that fiscal year, the director shall do both of the following: (i) Determine the difference between the following two amounts: (I) The amount specified in clause (i) of subparagraph (A) that was allocated to the county and each city in the county for that fiscal year under subparagraph (B). (II) The actual total amount of local sales and use tax revenue that was not transmitted to the county and each city in the county for that fiscal year as a result of the 0.25 percent suspension of local sales and use tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. (ii) Notify the auditor of each county of the amounts determined under clause (i) for his or her county and all of the cities in that county. (D) (i) If, for any county or city, the amount described in subclause (I) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C) is greater than the amount described in subclause (II) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C), the county auditor shall, on or before January 31 of the following fiscal year, reallocate from the entity to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund the difference between those amounts. (ii) If, for any county or city, the amount described in subclause (I) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C) is less than the amount described in subclause (II) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C), the county auditor shall, on or before January 31 of the following fiscal year, reallocate from the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund to that entity the difference between those amounts. (3) If Section 7203.1 ceases to be operative on an April 1 of a fiscal year during the fiscal adjustment period, all of the following apply: (A) On or before May 1 of that fiscal year, the director shall determine and report to the auditor of each county that portion of the countywide adjustment amount that is attributable to the estimated sales and use tax revenue losses, resulting from the rate suspension applied by Section 7203.1, for the fourth quarter of that fiscal year for the county and each city in the county. (B) The auditor shall reduce the total amount that is otherwise required to be allocated in May of that fiscal year from the county Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund to the county and each city in the county by the amount reported by the director with respect to that entity under subparagraph (A). After the May allocations have been made, the auditor shall transfer any moneys remaining in the county Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund. (C) On or before January 1 of the next fiscal year, the State Board of Equalization shall report to the director the actual total amount of local sales and use tax revenue that was not transmitted to the county and each city in the county for the prior fiscal year as a result of the 0.25 percent suspension of local sales and use tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. On or before January 1 of that fiscal year, the director shall do both of the following: (i) Determine the difference between the following two amounts: (I) The total amount that was allocated to the county and each city in the county for the prior fiscal year under subdivision (c), as adjusted under subparagraph (B). (II) The actual total amount of local sales and use tax revenue that was not transmitted to the county and each city in the county for the prior fiscal year as a result of the 0.25 percent suspension of local sales and use tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. (ii) Notify the auditor of each county of the amounts determined under clause (i) for his or her county and all of the cities in that county. (D) (i) If, for any county or city, the amount described in subclause (I) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C) is greater than the amount described in subclause (II) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C), the county auditor shall, on or before January 31 of that fiscal year, reallocate from the entity to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund the difference between those amounts. (ii) If, for any county or city, the amount described in subclause (I) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C) is less than the amount described in subclause (II) of clause (i) of subparagraph (C), the county auditor shall, on or before January 31 of the following fiscal year, reallocate from the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund to that entity the difference between those amounts. (4) If Section 7203.1 ceases to be operative on a July 1, all of the following apply: (A) On or before January 1 of that fiscal year, the State Board of Equalization shall notify the Director of Finance of the actual total amount of local sales and use tax revenue that was not transmitted to each county and city for the prior fiscal year as a result of the 0.25 percent suspension of local sales and use tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. (B) On or before January 31 of that fiscal year, the director shall do both of the following: (i) Determine for each city, county, and city and county, the difference between the following two amounts: (I) The total amount that was allocated to that entity under subdivision (c) for the prior fiscal year. (II) The actual total amount of local sales and use tax revenue that was not transmitted to the entity for the prior fiscal year as a result of the 0.25 percent suspension of local sales and use tax authority applied by Section 7203.1. (ii) Notify the auditor of each county of the amounts determined under clause (i) for his or her county and all of the cities in that county. (C) (i) If, for any county or city, the amount described in subclause (I) of clause (i) of subparagraph (B) is greater than the amount described in subclause (II) of clause (i) of subparagraph (B), the county auditor shall, on or before January 31 of that fiscal year, reallocate from the entity to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund the difference between those amounts. (ii) If, for any county or city, the amount described in subclause (I) of clause (i) of subparagraph (B) is less than the amount described in subclause (II) of clause (i) of subparagraph (B), the county auditor shall, on or before January 31 of the following fiscal year, reallocate from the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund to that entity the difference between those amounts. (e) For the 2005-06 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the amounts determined under subdivision (a) of Section 96.1, or any successor to that provision, may not reflect any portion of any property tax revenue allocation required by this section for a preceding fiscal year. (f) This section may not be construed to do any of the following: (1) Reduce any allocations of excess, additional, or remaining funds that would otherwise have been allocated to cities, counties, cities and counties, or special districts pursuant to clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 97.2, clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 97.3, or Article 4 (commencing with Section 98), had this section not been enacted. The allocation made pursuant to subdivisions (a) and (c) shall be adjusted to comply with this paragraph. (2) Require an increased ad valorem property tax revenue allocation to a community redevelopment agency. (3) Alter the manner in which ad valorem property tax revenue growth from fiscal year to fiscal year is determined or allocated in a county. (g) Existing tax exchange or revenue sharing agreements, entered into prior to the operative date of this section, between local agencies or between local agencies and nonlocal agencies shall be deemed to be temporarily modified to account for the reduced sales and use tax revenues, resulting from the temporary reduction in the local sales and use tax rate, with those reduced revenues to be replaced in kind by property tax revenue from a Sales and Use Tax Compensation Fund or an Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund, on a temporary basis, as provided by this section.