ARTICLE 10. Expenditure Limitations and Reports [17609. - 17609.10.]

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC 10.
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Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 17609. Section 17609.

Funds deposited into a county’s health and welfare trust fund accounts may be expended only for the purposes of providing those mental health, public health, indigent health care, social services, and juvenile justice programs transferred or otherwise financed pursuant to the realignment established under Chapters 89 and 91 of the Statutes of 1991.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 17609.02. Section 17609.02.

Except as provided in Section 17600.20, funds deposited in the family support account may be expended only to pay for an increased county contribution toward the costs of CalWORKs as those funds were allocated by the Department of Finance.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 17609.05. Section 17609.05.

(a) Each county, city, or city and county shall file with the Controller annual reports of trust fund deposits and disbursements within 60 days after the end of the year. (b) The Controller shall verify deposits and notify appropriate state agencies upon request of deficits in deposits. The next scheduled allocations shall not be made until deposits are made accordingly. Reports shall be forwarded to the appropriate state department for expenditure verification, upon request.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 17609.09. Section 17609.09.

Whenever a distribution is made to counties, cities, and cities and counties, the Controller shall provide a remittance advice, identifying the amounts that are provided from each account or subaccount in the Local Revenue Fund and identifying the account in the local health and welfare trust fund into which the funds shall be deposited.

Cal. Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC § 17609.10. Section 17609.10.

The Controller shall charge actual administration costs for the implementation and maintenance of this part and subsequent related legislation to the Local Revenue Fund prior to all allocations. These charges shall be reviewed and approved annually by the Department of Finance.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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