ARTICLE 6. Warrant Payment Fund [17296. - 17296.5.]

Cal. Government Code - GOV 6.
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Cal. Government Code - GOV § 17296. Section 17296.

It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this article, to provide assurances to the persons who invest in the state’s registered reimbursement warrants that funds will be set aside in the Warrant Payment Fund and will be used to retire the registered reimbursement warrants at maturity.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 17296.1. Section 17296.1.

(a) The Warrant Payment Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury for the purpose of setting aside unapplied moneys in the General Fund for the payment and redemption of registered reimbursement warrants issued during the 1994–95 fiscal year and maturing in the 1995–96 fiscal year. The Warrant Payment Fund shall consist of all funds deposited therein pursuant to this article. Except as provided in Section 17296.4, the moneys in the Warrant Payment Fund shall only be available for transfer to the General Fund to redeem registered reimbursement warrants. (b) Notwithstanding Section 13340, the Warrant Payment Fund is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for the purposes specified in this article.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 17296.2. Section 17296.2.

The Controller shall transfer from unapplied moneys in the General Fund to the Warrant Payment Fund the total amount of four billion dollars ($4,000,000,000) plus interest necessary to redeem the warrants identified in subdivision (a) of Section 17296.1, to be transferred in four equal installments on or before each of the following dates: September 30, 1995, November 30, 1995, January 31, 1996, and April 24, 1996.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 17296.3. Section 17296.3.

The Controller shall transfer funds from the Warrant Payment Fund to the General Fund to pay and redeem registered reimbursement warrants at maturity.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 17296.5. Section 17296.5.

Unless registered reimbursement warrants remain outstanding, this article shall be in effect only until July 1, 1996, and as of that date is repealed. If registered reimbursement warrants remain outstanding July 1, 1996, this article shall continue in effect until the warrants are paid. Any balance in the Warrant Payment Fund as of the date of repeal of this article shall be transferred to the General Fund.
Source: CA Legislative Counsel Bulk DataURL: https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zipFetched: 6/27/2026

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