Cal. EDC § 16070
This is the official text of Cal. EDC § 16070, part of California’s Education Code — governs public schools, community colleges, and universities in California.
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The following definitions apply to the computation and determinations required to be made under Section 16072, 16074, and 16075, and they apply with respect to each grade level of a district for which grade level an apportionment has become final during any preceding fiscal year.
(a) “Forty-cent tax amount” means the amount that would be produced by a tax of forty cents ($0.40) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation, to and including 1980–81 fiscal year. For the 1981–82 fiscal year and thereafter, the tax shall be 0.10 percent of the full valuation. This tax amount shall exclude the full value of solvent credits and other intangible property, for the current fiscal year within the district.
(b) “Thirty-cent tax amount” means the amount that would be produced by a tax of thirty cents ($0.30) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed valuation to and including the 1980–81 fiscal year. For the 1981–82 fiscal year and thereafter, the tax shall be 0.075 percent of the full valuation.
(c) “Ten-cent tax amount” means the amount that would be produced by a tax of ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed valuation to and including the 1980–81 fiscal year. For the 1981–82 fiscal year and thereafter, the tax shall be 0.025 percent of the full value.
(d) “Eligible bonded debt service” means the amount raised and to be raised by the district during the current fiscal year for the repayment of principal and interest on the portion of the bonded indebtedness of the district that was incurred for each the grade level prior to the making of the first apportionment for grade level to the district under the provisions of this chapter computed as provided in Section 16072 plus the amount of the annual repayment under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 15700) of this part, provided that for the purposes hereof the first apportionment made to a district for a grade level after all previous apportionments to the district for that grade level have been repaid in full, excluding apportionments made under Section 16039 and not combined with construction apportionments, shall be deemed to be the “first apportionment for the grade level.”
(a) “Forty-cent tax amount” means the amount that would be produced by a tax of forty cents ($0.40) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation, to and including 1980–81 fiscal year. For the 1981–82 fiscal year and thereafter, the tax shall be 0.10 percent of the full valuation. This tax amount shall exclude the full value of solvent credits and other intangible property, for the current fiscal year within the district.
(b) “Thirty-cent tax amount” means the amount that would be produced by a tax of thirty cents ($0.30) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed valuation to and including the 1980–81 fiscal year. For the 1981–82 fiscal year and thereafter, the tax shall be 0.075 percent of the full valuation.
(c) “Ten-cent tax amount” means the amount that would be produced by a tax of ten cents ($0.10) on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed valuation to and including the 1980–81 fiscal year. For the 1981–82 fiscal year and thereafter, the tax shall be 0.025 percent of the full value.
(d) “Eligible bonded debt service” means the amount raised and to be raised by the district during the current fiscal year for the repayment of principal and interest on the portion of the bonded indebtedness of the district that was incurred for each the grade level prior to the making of the first apportionment for grade level to the district under the provisions of this chapter computed as provided in Section 16072 plus the amount of the annual repayment under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 15700) of this part, provided that for the purposes hereof the first apportionment made to a district for a grade level after all previous apportionments to the district for that grade level have been repaid in full, excluding apportionments made under Section 16039 and not combined with construction apportionments, shall be deemed to be the “first apportionment for the grade level.”
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