CA Rev & Tax Code § 97.71 (2021)
2021 California Code|Revenue and Taxation Code - RTC|DIVISION 1 - PROPERTY TAXATION|PART 0.5 - IMPLEMENTATION OF ARTICLE XIII A OF THE CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION|CHAPTER 6 - Allocation of Property Tax Revenue|ARTICLE 3 - Revenue Allocation Shifts for Education|Section 97.71.

97.71.  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, for each of the 2004–05 and 2005–06 fiscal years, all of the following apply:(a) (1) The total amount of revenue required to be allocated to each county and each city and county under Section 97.70 shall be reduced by the dollar amount indicated as follows:PropertyTax Reductionper CountyAlameda  ........................ $ 14,993,115Alpine  ........................ 13,578Amador  ........................ 341,856Butte  ........................ 1,968,640Calaveras  ........................ 367,372Colusa  ........................ 227,244Contra Costa  ........................ 9,266,091Del Norte  ........................ 260,620El Dorado  ........................ 1,465,981Fresno  ........................ 7,778,611Glenn  ........................ 302,192Humboldt  ........................ 1,433,725Imperial  ........................ 1,499,081Inyo  ........................ 188,370Kern  ........................ 6,684,032Kings  ........................ 1,409,501Lake  ........................ 531,524Lassen  ........................ 317,119Los Angeles  ........................ 103,217,625Madera  ........................ 1,164,287Marin  ........................ 2,369,777Mariposa  ........................ 177,419Mendocino  ........................ 997,570Merced  ........................ 2,211,012Modoc  ........................ 119,325Mono  ........................ 92,964Monterey  ........................ 3,789,991Napa  ........................ 1,128,692Nevada  ........................ 503,547Orange  ........................ 27,730,861Placer  ........................ 2,219,818Plumas  ........................ 238,066Riverside  ........................ 14,161,003Sacramento  ........................ 12,232,737San Benito  ........................ 477,872San Bernardino  ........................ 16,361,855San Diego  ........................ 27,470,228San Francisco  ........................ 15,567,648San Joaquin  ........................ 6,075,964San Luis Obispo  ........................ 2,350,289San Mateo  ........................ 6,704,877Santa Barbara  ........................ 3,894,357Santa Clara  ........................ 17,155,293Santa Cruz  ........................ 2,433,423Shasta  ........................ 1,592,267Sierra  ........................ 37,051Siskiyou  ........................ 496,974Solano  ........................ 3,796,251Sonoma  ........................ 4,439,389Stanislaus  ........................ 4,516,707Sutter  ........................ 764,351Tehama  ........................ 618,393Trinity  ........................ 104,770Tulare  ........................ 3,781,964Tuolumne  ........................ 515,961Ventura  ........................ 7,085,556Yolo  ........................ 1,735,079Yuba  ........................ 620,137(2) The total amount of reductions for all counties and cities and counties determined pursuant to this subdivision is three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000) for the 2004–05 fiscal year and that same amount for the 2005–06 fiscal year.(b) (1) The total amount of revenue required to be allocated to a city and county under Section 97.70 shall be reduced by the product of the following two amounts:(A) The percentage represented by the following fraction:(i) The numerator is the total amount of money allocated to the city and county from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund for the 2002–03 fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11005, as reported in the State Controller’s Monthly Motor Vehicle License Fee Reports for the 2002–03 fiscal year.(ii) The denominator is the total amount of money allocated among all cities and cities and counties from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund for the 2002–03 fiscal year pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 11005, as reported in the State Controller’s Monthly Motor Vehicle License Fee Reports for the 2002–03 fiscal year.(B) Three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000).(2) (A) The total amount of revenue required to be allocated to each city under Section 97.70 shall be reduced by the sum of the following three amounts:(i) The product of the following two amounts:(I) The percentage represented by the following fraction:(Ia) The numerator is the total amount of money allocated to the city from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund for the 2002–03 fiscal year, as reported in the State Controller’s Monthly Motor Vehicle License Fee Reports for the 2002–03 fiscal year.(Ib) The denominator is the total amount of money allocated among all cities from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund for the 2002–03 fiscal year, as reported in the State Controller’s Monthly Motor Vehicle License Fee Reports for the 2002–03 fiscal year.(II) The product of the following two amounts:(IIa) Thirty-three and one-third percent.(IIb) The difference between three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000) and the amount described in paragraph (1).(ii) The product of the following two amounts:(I) The percentage represented by the following fraction:(Ia) The numerator is the total amount of money transmitted to the city under Section 7204 for the 2002–03 fiscal year, as reported in Table 21A of the 2002–03 edition of the State Board of Equalization Annual Report.(Ib) The denominator is the total amount of money transmitted to all cities under Section 7204 for the 2002–03 fiscal year, as reported in Table 21A of the 2002–03 edition of the State Board of Equalization Annual Report.(II) The product of the following two amounts:(IIa) Thirty-three and one-third percent.(IIb) The difference between three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000) and the amount described in paragraph (1).(iii) The product of the following two amounts:(I) The percentage represented by the following fraction:(Ia) The numerator is the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue allocated to the city for the 2002–03 fiscal year, as reported in the 2001–02 edition of the State Controller’s Cities Annual Report.(Ib) The denominator is the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue allocated among all cities for the 2002–03 fiscal year, as reported in the 2001–02 edition of the State Controller’s Cities Annual Report.(II) The product of the following two amounts:(IIa) Thirty-three and one-third percent.(IIb) The difference between three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000) and the amount described in paragraph (1).(B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the reduction required by this paragraph for any city shall not be less than 2 percent, nor more than 4 percent, of the general revenues of the city, as reported in the 2001–02 edition of the State Controller’s Cities Annual Report. If the amount determined for a city under subparagraph (A) exceeds 4 percent of the general revenues of the city, as reported in the 2001–02 edition of the State Controller’s Cities Annual Report, the amount of that excess shall be allocated among the reductions required for all other cities in percentage shares corresponding to those reduction amounts.(3) On or before September 15, 2004, the Controller shall notify the auditor of each county and city and county of the reductions required by this subdivision.(4) The total amount of reductions for all cities and cities and counties determined pursuant to this subdivision shall be three hundred fifty million dollars ($350,000,000) for the 2004–05 fiscal year and that same amount for the 2005–06 fiscal year.(5) (A) In lieu of a reduction under paragraph (2), a city may transmit to the county auditor for deposit in the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund an amount equal to that reduction. For the 2004–05 fiscal year, if the county auditor does not receive a payment under this paragraph from a city on or before October 1, 2004, the auditor shall make the reduction required by paragraph (2). For the 2005–06 fiscal year, if the county auditor does not receive a payment under this paragraph from a city on or before October 1, 2005, the auditor shall make the reduction required by paragraph (2).(B) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, to make the transmittals authorized by this paragraph, a city may use any funds or revenues, the use of which is not restricted by federal law or the California Constitution.(6) (A) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a city that has established a reserve for subsidence contingencies may, for the 2004–05 and 2005–06 fiscal years only, retain interest earned on that reserve for the previous calendar year in an amount not to exceed the amount of the reduction for that city required by this subdivision.(B) The Legislature finds and declares that the amounts retained by a city pursuant to subparagraph (A) are in excess of trust needs and are free from the public trust for navigation, commerce, fisheries, and any other trust uses and restrictions.(C) A city that has retained an amount under subparagraph (A) shall, beginning with the 2006–07 fiscal year, repay to the reserve for subsidence contingencies that amount so retained. The repayment shall be made in annual increments, which increments shall not be less than five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), until the amount retained by the city has been repaid. Those amounts repaid to the reserve for subsidence contingencies are subject to the public trust and shall be used only for the purposes prescribed by law for the reserve.(c) That amount of revenue that is not allocated to a county, city and county, or a city as a result of subdivisions (a) and (b), and that amount that is received by the county auditor under paragraph (5) of subdivision (b), shall be deposited in the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund and shall be allocated as specified in subdivision (d) of Section 97.3.(d) For the 2005–06 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the amounts determined under subdivision (a) of Section 96.1, or any successor to that provision, shall not reflect, for a preceding fiscal year, any portion of any allocation required by this section.(Amended (as added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 211) by Stats. 2004, Ch. 610, Sec. 7. Effective September 20, 2004.)