Cal. Government Code - GOV 8. — ARTICLE 8. Transitional Funding [70402. - 70403.] | Government Code - GOV — California

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 70402. Section 70402.

(a) Any amount in a county’s courthouse construction fund established by Section 76100, a fund established by Section 70622 in the County of Riverside, a fund established by Section 70624 in the County of San Bernardino, and a fund established by Section 70625 in the City and County of San Francisco, shall be transferred to the State Court Facilities Construction Fund at the later of the following dates: (1) The date of the last transfer of responsibility for court facilities from the county to the Judicial Council or December 31, 2009, whichever is earlier. (2) The date of the final payment of the bonded indebtedness for any court facility that is paid from that fund is retired. (b) If the responsibility for one or more facilities does not transfer, the county’s courthouse construction fund shall retain that portion of the total money in the fund as the square footage of the facilities that do not transfer bears to the total square footage of court facilities in that county.

Cal. Government Code - GOV § 70403. Section 70403.

(a) Each county shall submit a report to the Administrative Director of the Courts and the Director of Finance accounting for all receipts and expenditures from the local courthouse construction fund established pursuant to Section 76100 for the period from January 1, 1998, to the date of transfer of the fund pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 70402 or December 31, 2005, whichever is earlier. (b) If the county retains the fund under subdivision (a) of Section 70325 for payment on existing bonded indebtedness of a courthouse facility, the county shall submit annual updates on all receipts and expenditures from the local courthouse construction fund, within 90 days of the end of each fiscal year, to the Administrative Director of the Courts and the Director of Finance. (c) Any expenditures made from the fund for a purpose other than those specified in Section 76100 must be repaid to the state for deposit in the State Court Facilities Construction Fund pursuant to Section 70402. Either the Administrative Director of the Courts or the Director of the Department of Finance may provide the county with notice that an expenditure made from the fund was for a purpose other than as specified in Section 76100. If the county disagrees with the determination, it may appeal the determination to the Court Facilities Dispute Resolution Committee pursuant to Section 70303. (d) On or before January 1, 2007, and on or before each January 1, thereafter, the Judicial Council shall submit a report to the budget and fiscal committees of the Legislature based on the information received from counties pursuant to this section, including any amounts required to be repaid by counties.