Highway Users Tax Account
Cal. SHC § 2107
California Statutes
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a) Notwithstanding
Section of the Government Code, a sum equal to the net revenues derived from 7.3 percent of the per gallon tax under the Motor Vehicle Fuel License Tax Law (Part 2 (commencing with
Section 7301) of Division 2), 2.59 cents ($0.0259) under the Use Fuel Tax Law (Part 3 (commencing with
Section 8601) of Division 2), and 11.5 percent under the Diesel Fuel Tax Law (Part 31 (commencing with
Section 60001) of Division 2) of the Revenue and Taxation Code, shall be apportioned monthly to the cities and cities and counties of this state from the Highway Users Tax Account in the Transportation Tax Fund as provided in this section. (
b) From the sum determined pursuant to subdivision (a), the Controller shall allocate annually to each city that has filed a report containing the information prescribed by subdivision (
c) of
Section 2152, and that had expenditures in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) during the preceding fiscal year for snow removal, an amount equal to one-half of the amount of its expenditures for snow removal in excess of five thousand dollars ($5,000) during that fiscal year. (
c) The balance of the sum determined pursuant to subdivision (
a) from the Highway Users Tax Account shall be allocated to each city, including city and county, in the proportion that the total population of the city bears to the total population of all the cities in this state. (d)
(1) For the purpose of this section, except as otherwise provided in paragraph (2), the population in each city is the population determined for that city in the manner specified in
Section 11005.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.
(2) Commencing with the ninth fiscal year of a city described in subdivision (
a) of
Section 11005.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the sixth fiscal year of a city described in subdivision (
b) of
Section 11005.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and the 61st month of the city described in subdivision (
c) of
Section 11005.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, the population in each city is the actual population of that city, as defined in subdivision (
e) of
Section 11005.3 of the Revenue and Taxation Code. (e)
(1) Transfers of revenues from the Highway Users Tax Account to cities pursuant to this
section collected during the months of March, April, May, June, and July of 2008, shall be made with the transfer of August revenues in September of 2008.
(2) For the purpose of meeting the cash obligations associated with ongoing budgeted costs, a city may make use of any cash balance in the city account that is designated for the receipt of state funds allocated for local streets and roads, including that resulting from the receipt of funds pursuant to the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 (Chapter 12.49 (commencing with
Section 8879.20) of Division of Title of the Government Code (hereafter bond act)) for local streets and roads maintenance, during the period of this suspension, without the use of this cash being reflected as an expenditure of bond act funds, provided the cash is replaced once this suspension is repaid in September of 2008. Cities may accrue the revenue received in September as repayment of these suspensions for the months of April, May, and June of back to the 2007–08 fiscal year.
Nothing in this paragraph shall change the fact that expenditures must be accrued and reflected from the appropriate funding sources for which the moneys were received and meet all the requirements of those funding sources. (f)
(1) A transfer of revenues from the Highway Users Tax Account to cities pursuant to this
section collected during the months of January, February, and March 2009, shall be made with the transfer of April revenues in May 2009.
(2) For the purpose of meeting the cash obligations associated with ongoing budgeted costs, a city may make use of any cash balance in the city account that is designated for the receipt of state funds allocated for local streets and roads, including that resulting from the receipt of funds pursuant to the Highway Safety, Traffic Reduction, Air Quality, and Port Security Bond Act of 2006 (Chapter 12.49 (commencing with
Section 8879.20) of Division of Title of the Government Code (bond act)) for local streets and roads maintenance, during the period of this suspension, and the use of this cash shall not be reflected as an expenditure of bond act funds, if the cash is replaced once this suspension is repaid in May 2009.
(3) This subdivision shall not affect any requirement that an expenditure is required to be accrued and reflected from the appropriate funding sources for which the moneys were received and to meet all the requirements of those funding sources.