Section 11005.
Cal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11005.
in effectAfter 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.
References
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 16310.
referencesCal. Government Code - GOV § 30025.
referencesCal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11003.
referencesCal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11001.5.
referencesCal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11005.3.
referencesCal. Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC § 11000.
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