CHAPTER 5. Distribution of Proceeds [11001. - 11006.]

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC 5.

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Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11001. Section 11001.

(a) All money collected by the department for accepted applications under this part shall be reported monthly to the Controller and, at the same time, deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. Any reference in any law or regulation to the Motor Vehicle License Fee Fund shall be deemed to refer to the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund. (b) The amount of any penalties collected by the department, as provided in Sections 9553 and 9554 of the Vehicle Code and Sections 10770 and 10854 of this code, shall, for purposes of subdivision (a), be deemed to be a percentage of the total fees allocated under this section and under Section 42270 of the Vehicle Code equal to that percentage of the weight fee, registration fee, and vehicle license fee obtained when applying the total of these fees collected, excluding use tax, against the individual weight fees, registration fees, and vehicle license fees collected on each application. Penalties which cannot be allocated in accordance with this subdivision shall be allocated according to subdivision (c). (c) The amount of any penalties collected by the department, as provided in Sections 9553 and 9554 of the Vehicle Code and Sections 10770 and 10854 of this code which cannot be allocated pursuant to subdivision (b), shall, for purposes of subdivision (a), be deemed to be a percentage of the total fees allocated under this section and under Section 42270 of the Vehicle Code equal to that percentage of the ratio based on the fees previously allocated under this section and under Section 42270 of the Vehicle Code in the fiscal year preceding the calendar year for which the penalties are to be allocated. That ratio shall be reevaluated periodically and shall be adjusted to reflect any change in the fee structure that may be provided in this code or in Division 3 (commencing with Section 4000) of the Vehicle Code.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11001.5. Section 11001.5.

(a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 11001, and except as provided in paragraph (2) and in subdivisions (b) and (d), 24.33 percent, and on and after July 1, 2004, 74.9 percent, of the moneys collected by the department under this part shall be reported monthly to the Controller, and at the same time, deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund, as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. All other moneys collected by the department under this part shall continue to be deposited to the credit of the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund and in accordance with the following: (A) Before July 1, 2011, first allocated to the County of Orange as provided in subdivision (b) of Section 11005 and as necessary for the service of indebtedness as pledged by Sections 25350.6 and 53585.1 of the Government Code and in accordance with written instructions provided by the Controller under Sections 25350.7, 25350.9, and 53585.1 of the Government Code, and the balance shall be allocated to each city and city and county as otherwise provided by law. (B) On and after July 1, 2011, allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 11005. (2) For the period beginning on and after July 1, 2003, and ending on February 29, 2004, the Controller shall deposit an amount equal to 28.07 percent of the moneys collected by the department under this part in the State Treasury to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund. All other moneys collected by the department under this part shall continue to be deposited to the credit of the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund and allocated to each city, county, and city and county as otherwise provided by law. (b) (1) Notwithstanding Section 11001, net funds collected as a result of procedures developed for greater compliance with vehicle license fee laws in order to increase the amount of vehicle license fee collections shall be reported monthly to the Controller, and at the same time, deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Vehicle License Collection Account of the Local Revenue Fund as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. All revenues in excess of fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) in the 2004–05 fiscal year and in any fiscal year thereafter shall be allocated to cities, counties, and cities and counties as follows: (A) (i) Fifty percent shall be paid to the cities and cities and counties of this state in the proportion that the population of each city or city and county bears to the total population of all cities and cities and counties in this state, as determined by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance. For purposes of this subparagraph, the population of each city or city and county is that population determined by the last federal decennial or special census, or a subsequent census validated by the Demographic Research Unit or subsequent estimate prepared pursuant to Section 2107.2 of the Streets and Highways Code. (ii) In the case of a city incorporated subsequent to the last federal census, or a subsequent census validated by the Demographic Research Unit, the Demographic Research Unit shall determine the population of the city. In the case of unincorporated territory annexed to a city subsequent to the last federal census, or a subsequent census validated by the Demographic Research Unit, the Demographic Research Unit shall determine the population of the annexed territory by the use of any federal decennial or special census, or estimate prepared pursuant to Section 2107.2 of the Streets and Highways Code. In the case of the consolidation of one city with another subsequent to the last federal census, or a subsequent census validated by the Demographic Research Unit, the population of the consolidated city, for the purpose of this subparagraph, is the aggregate population of the respective cities as determined by the last federal census, or a subsequent census or estimate validated by the Demographic Research Unit. (B) Fifty percent shall be paid to the counties and cities and counties in the proportion that the population of each county or city and county bears to the total population of all counties and cities and counties, as determined by the Demographic Research Unit. For purposes of this subparagraph, the population of each county or city and county is that determined by the last federal census, or subsequent census validated by the Demographic Research Unit, or as determined by Section 11005.6 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (2) The amendments made to this section by the act that added this paragraph are operative upon the enactment of that act. However, the amendments made by the act that added this paragraph apply to revenues in the Vehicle License Collection Account in excess of fourteen million dollars ($14,000,000) in the 2004–05 fiscal year and any fiscal year thereafter. (c) Notwithstanding Section 11001, 25.72 percent of the moneys collected by the department on or after August 1, 1991, and before August 1, 1992, under this part shall be reported monthly to the Controller, and at the same time, deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund, as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. All other moneys collected by the department under this part shall continue to be deposited to the credit of the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund and allocated to each city, county, and city and county as otherwise provided by law. (d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, both of the following apply: (1) This section is operative for the period beginning on and after March 1, 2004. (2) It is the intent of the Legislature that the total amount deposited by the Controller in the State Treasury to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund for the 2003–04 fiscal year be equal to the total amount that would have been deposited to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund if paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) was applied during that entire fiscal year. The department shall calculate and notify the Controller of the adjustment amounts that are required by this paragraph to be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund. The amounts deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund pursuant to this paragraph shall be deemed to have been deposited during the 2003–04 fiscal year. (e) This section does not amend nor is it intended to amend or impair Section 25350 and following of, Section 53584 and following of, the Government Code, or any other statute dealing with the interception of funds.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11002. Section 11002.

The money in the Motor Vehicle License Fee Fund is hereby appropriated as provided in this chapter.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11003. Section 11003.

(a) Subject to subdivision (b), the Legislature shall annually determine and appropriate an amount for the use of the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Franchise Tax Board for the enforcement of this part. (b) For the 2011–12 fiscal year, twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) shall be deemed to be the cost to the Department of Motor Vehicles of collecting the motor vehicle license fees that are collected with the motor vehicle registration fees and other fees.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11003.1. Section 11003.1.

All license fees on trailer coaches levied and collected by the Department of Motor Vehicles pursuant to Section 10751 shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the General Fund.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11004. Section 11004.

On or before the first day of December of each fiscal year, on order of the Controller, there shall be transferred from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Fund to the General Fund and set apart sufficient money in the amount of the semiannual interest necessary to be paid during the following month of January on bonds of the State issued under: (a) The “State Highways Act,” approved by the Governor March 22, 1909, and by a majority of the electors at the general election held November 8, 1910. (b) The “State Highways Act of 1915,” approved by the Governor May 20, 1915, and by a majority of the electors at the general election held November 7, 1916. (c) Section 2 of Article XVI of the Constitution as approved by a majority of the electors at a special election held July 1, 1919. (d) Section 3 of Article XVI of the Constitution, as approved by a majority of the electors at the general election held November 2, 1920. On or before the first day of June of each fiscal year, on order of the Controller, there shall be transferred from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Fund to the General Fund and set apart sufficient money in the amount of the semiannual interest and the annual redemption charges necessary to be paid during the following month of July on the bonds referred to in this section.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11004.5. Section 11004.5.

The Controller shall deduct from the allocations he would otherwise make pursuant to Section 11005, the amounts chargeable to each city, county, and city and county under Section 40516 of the Vehicle Code, and transfer that amount to the Motor Vehicle Fund in augmentation of the funds available for the support of the Department of California Highway Patrol. The Controller shall make such deductions at the time of the first allocation which occurs after the filing with him of the charges certified by the Commissioner of the California Highway Patrol. If the amount of the deduction for any city, county, or city and county exceeds the amount of the allocation for such city, county, or city and county, the balance of the deduction in excess of the amount of the apportionment shall be carried over and applied to the next succeeding allocation or allocations until exhausted.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11005. Section 11005.

After payment of refunds therefrom and after making the deductions authorized by Section 11003 and reserving the amount determined necessary by the Pooled Money Investment Board to meet the transfers ordered or proposed to be ordered pursuant to Section 16310 of the Government Code, the balance of all motor vehicle license fees and any other money appropriated by law for expenditure pursuant to this section, deposited to the credit of the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund, and remaining unexpended in that account at the close of business on the last day of the calendar month, shall be allocated by the Controller by the 10th day of the following month in accordance with the following: (a) On and after July 1, 2011, to the Local Law Enforcement Services Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011, as established by Section 30025 of the Government Code, for allocation to cities, counties, and cities and counties. (b) On or after July 1, 2004, but before July 1, 2011: (1) First, to the County of Orange. For the 2004–05 fiscal year, that county shall be allocated fifty-four million dollars ($54,000,000) in monthly installments. For the 2005–06 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, that county shall receive, in monthly installments, an amount equal to the amount allocated under this section for the prior fiscal year, adjusted for the percentage change in the amount of revenues credited to the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund from the revenues credited to that account in the prior fiscal year. Moneys allocated to the County of Orange under this subdivision shall be used first for the service of indebtedness as provided in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11001.5. Any amounts in excess of the amount required for this service of indebtedness may be used by that county for any lawful purpose. (2) Second, to each city, the population of which is determined under Section 11005.3 on August 5, 2004, in an amount equal to the additional amount of vehicle license fee revenue, including offset transfers, that would be allocated to that city under Sections 11000 and 11005, as those sections read on January 1, 2004, as a result of that city’s population being determined under subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 11005.3. (3) Third, to each city that was incorporated from an unincorporated territory after August 5, 2004, in an amount equal to the product of the following two amounts: (A) The quotient derived from the following fraction: (i) The numerator is the product of the following two amounts: (I) Fifty dollars ($50) per year. (II) The fraction determined as the total amount of vehicle license fee revenue collected during the most recent fiscal year divided by the total amount of vehicle license fee revenue collected during the 2004–05 fiscal year. (ii) The denominator is the fraction determined as the actual population, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 11005.3, of all cities during the most recent fiscal year, divided by the actual population, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 11005.3, of all cities in the 2004–05 fiscal year. (B) The city’s population determined in accordance with Section 11005.3. (4) Fourth, to each city that was incorporated before August 5, 2004, in an amount equal to the product of the following two amounts: (A) The quotient derived from the following fraction: (i) The numerator is the product of the following two amounts: (I) Fifty dollars ($50) per year. (II) The fraction determined as the total amount of vehicle license fee revenue collected during the most recent fiscal year divided by the total amount of vehicle license fee revenue collected during the 2004–05 fiscal year. (ii) The denominator is the fraction determined as the actual population, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 11005.3, of all cities during the most recent fiscal year, divided by the actual population, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 11005.3, of all cities in the 2004–05 fiscal year. (B) The actual population, as defined in subdivision (d) of Section 11005.3, residing in areas annexed after August 5, 2004, as of the date of annexation. (5) Fifth, to the cities and cities and counties of this state in the proportion that the population of each city or city and county bears to the total population of all cities and cities and counties in this state, as determined by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance. For the purpose of this subdivision, the population of each city or city and county shall be determined in accordance with Section 11005.3.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11005.1. Section 11005.1.

(a) Any city or city and county may expend any money received by it pursuant to Section 11005 for: (1) Planning, acquiring, constructing, operating, or maintaining a rapid transit system itself or jointly with one or more other cities, counties, cities and counties, or public rapid transit districts, agencies, or authorities; or (2) Making contributions to any public rapid transit district, agency, or authority exercising jurisdiction within the city or city and county for use in planning, acquiring, constructing, operating, or maintaining a rapid transit system. (b) A county may expend such money in making contributions to any city or public rapid transit district, agency, or authority within the county for use in planning, acquiring, constructing, operating, or maintaining a rapid transit system.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11005.2. Section 11005.2.

Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 11005, the Controller shall not allocate any revenue pursuant to paragraph (1) of that subdivision to any city which receives revenue pursuant to Section 97.3 or pursuant to Section 56842.2 of the Government Code.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11005.3. Section 11005.3.

(a) In the case of a city that incorporated on or after January 1, 1987, and before August 5, 2004, the Controller shall determine that the population of the city for its first 10 full fiscal years, and any portion of the first year in which the incorporation is effective if less than a full fiscal year, is the greater of either: (1) The number of registered voters in the city multiplied by three. The number of registered voters shall be calculated as of the effective date of the incorporation of the city. (2) The actual population, as defined in subdivision (d). (b) In the case of a city that incorporated on or after January 1, 1987, and before August 5, 2004, and for which the application for incorporation was filed with the executive officer of the local agency formation commission pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 56828 of the Government Code on or after January 1, 1991, the Controller shall determine that the population of the city for its first seven full fiscal years, and any portion of the first year in which the incorporation is effective if less than a full fiscal year, is the greater of either: (1) The number of registered voters in the city multiplied by three. The number of registered voters shall be calculated as of the effective date of the incorporation of the city. (2) The actual population, as defined in subdivision (d). (c) In the case of a city that was incorporated from unincorporated territory after August 5, 2004, the Controller shall determine the population of the city as follows: (1) For its first 12 months, 150 percent of the city’s actual population. (2) For its 13th through 24th months, 140 percent of the city’s actual population. (3) For its 25th through 36th months, 130 percent of the city’s actual population. (4) For its 37th through 48th months, 120 percent of the city’s actual population. (5) For its 49th through 60th months, 110 percent of the city’s actual population. (6) After its 60th month, the city’s actual population. (d) For purposes of this section, “actual population” means the population determined by the last federal decennial or special census, or a subsequent census validated by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance or subsequent estimate prepared pursuant to Section 2107.2 of the Streets and Highways Code. (e) In the case of unincorporated territory being annexed to a city, during the 10-year, 7-year, or 5-year period following incorporation, as the case may be, subsequent to the last federal census, or a subsequent census validated by the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance, the unit shall determine the population of the annexed territory by the use of any federal decennial or special census or any estimate prepared pursuant to Section 2107.2 of the Streets and Highways Code. The population of the annexed territory as determined by the Demographic Research Unit shall be added to the city’s population as previously determined by the Controller pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (a), paragraph (1) or (2) of subdivision (b), or subdivision (c), as applicable. (f) After the 10-year, 7-year, or 5-year period following incorporation, as the case may be, the Controller shall determine the population of the city as the city’s actual population, as defined in subdivision (d). (g) The amendments made to this section by the act adding this subdivision shall not apply with respect to either of the following: (1) Any city that has adopted an ordinance or resolution, approved a ballot measure, or is subject to a consent decree or court order, that annually limits the number of housing units that may be constructed within the city. (2) Any city that has not prepared and adopted a housing element in compliance with Section 65585 of the Government Code. (h) This section shall become operative July 1, 1991.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11005.4. Section 11005.4.

Notwithstanding Section 11005, for the 1993–94 fiscal year only, after payment of refunds therefrom and after making the deductions authorized by Section 11003 and reserving the amount determined necessary by the Pooled Money Investment Board to meet the transfers ordered or proposed to be ordered pursuant to Section 16310 of the Government Code, the Controller shall, in addition to making any allocations required by Section 11005, allocate, in accordance with the procedures applicable to those moneys allocated pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (d) of Section 11005, the amount of one hundred thirty million dollars ($130,000,000) as follows: (a) Ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) to cities in proportion to the total property tax revenue allocation reduction for each city as a result of Sections 97.02 and 97.035, as determined by the Director of Finance. (b) Forty million dollars ($40,000,000) to counties and cities and counties in proportion to the total property tax revenue allocation reduction for each county or city and county as a result of Sections 97.02 and 97.035, as determined by the Director of Finance.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11005.5. Section 11005.5.

The payments provided under Section 11005 shall not be made to any incorporated city which has not held an election of municipal officers within a period of 10 years preceding the date of such payment. Payments heretofore accumulated on behalf of any such city shall be apportioned to all other cities in the manner provided by Section 11005.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11005.6. Section 11005.6.

Any city, county, or city and county may apply to the Demographic Research Unit of the Department of Finance to estimate its population. The department may make the estimate if in the opinion of the department there is available adequate information upon which to base the estimate. Not less than 25 days nor more than 30 days after the completion of the estimate, the Department of Finance shall file a certified copy thereof with the Controller if the estimate is greater than the current certified population. Such a certification may be made once each fiscal year. All payments under Section 11005 for any allocation subsequent to the filing of the estimate shall be based upon the population so estimated until a subsequent certification is made by the Department of Finance or a subsequent federal decennial census is made. Population changes based on a federal or state special census or estimate validated by the Department of Finance shall be accepted by the Controller only if certified to them at the request of the Department of Finance. The request shall be made only if the census or estimate is greater than the current certified population and shall become effective on the first day of the month following receipt of the certification. The Department of Finance may assess a reasonable charge, not to exceed the actual cost thereof, for the preparation of population estimates pursuant to this section, which is a proper charge against the city, county, or city and county applying therefor. The amount received shall be deposited in the State Treasury as a reimbursement to be credited to the appropriation from which the expenditure is made. As of May 1, 1988, any population estimate prepared by the Department of Finance pursuant to Section 2227 may be used for all purposes of this section unless a written request not to certify is received by the department from the city, city and county, or county within 25 days of completion of the estimate.

Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11006. Section 11006.

(a) Commencing on December 31, 2001, the Controller, in consultation with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Finance, shall recalculate the distribution of the amount of motor vehicle license fees paid by commercial vehicles that are subject to Section 9400.1 of the Vehicle Code and transfer the following sums from the General Fund in the following order: (1) An amount sufficient to cover all allocations and interception of funds associated with all pledges, liens, encumbrances and priorities as set forth in Section 25350.6 of the Government Code, which shall be transferred so as to pay that allocation. (2) An amount sufficient to continue allocations to the State Treasury to the credit of the Vehicle License Fee Account of the Local Revenue Fund, as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which would be in the same amount had the amendments made by the act that added this section to Section 10752 of the Revenue and Taxation Code not been enacted, which shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Vehicle License Fee Account of the Local Revenue Fund, as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. This paragraph shall be inoperative commencing with the 2010–11 fiscal year. (3) An amount sufficient to continue allocations to the State Treasury to the credit of the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account of the Local Revenue Fund, as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which would be in the same amount had the amendments made by the act that added this section to Section 10752 of the Revenue and Taxation Code not been enacted, which shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account of the Local Revenue Fund, as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. (4) An amount sufficient to cover all allocations and interception of funds associated with all pledges, liens, encumbrances and priorities, other than those referred to in paragraph (1), as set forth in Section 25350 and following of, Section 53584 and following of, 5450 and following of, the Government Code, which shall be transferred so as to pay those allocations. (b) The balance of any funds not otherwise allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall continue to be deposited to the credit of the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund and allocated to each city, county, and city and county as otherwise provided by law. (c) In enacting paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (a), the Legislature declares that paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (a), shall not be construed to obligate the State of California to make any payment to a city, city and county, or county from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund in any amount or pursuant to any particular allocation formula, or to make any other payment to a city, city and county, or county, including, but not limited to, any payment in satisfaction of any debt or liability incurred or so guaranteed if the State of California had not so bound itself prior to the enactment of this section. (d) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), on and after July 1, 2010, that amount equal to the amount that would have been transferred pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) had the act adding this subdivision not been enacted, shall not be transferred from the General Fund.

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