Cal. EDC § 16081
This is the official text of Cal. EDC § 16081, part of California’s Education Code — governs public schools, community colleges, and universities in California.
Not legal advice. This page reproduces the official text of a government statute for reference only. Laws change, and how a statute applies depends on your specific facts. For advice about your situation, consult a licensed attorney in your state.
Official statutory text
Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, whenever in any fiscal year, pursuant to Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 5096), Part 9, Division 1 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, a refund is made or a judgment rendered, as the case may be, for the return of an amount collected as school district taxes levied during a previous year upon secured or unsecured personal property, because it was determined that such property was exempt from taxation, and such property so determined to be exempt equals 1 percent, or more, of the assessed valuation in the school district upon which school district taxes for such previous year were levied, the Controller shall reduce the annual repayment of the district and the amount deducted from the State School Fund apportionment of such district for the fiscal year next succeeding that in which such refund was made or judgment rendered, by that amount by which the annual repayment and deduction of the district would have been reduced for the fiscal year next succeeding that in which such taxes were levied had the assessed valuation upon which such annual repayment was computed not included an amount of assessed valuation equal to the amount of assessed valuation of the property so determined to be exempt.
The amount of annual repayment and deduction, reduced as required by this section, shall be the amount deducted by the Controller for the purposes of Sections 16080, 16089 and 16090 for the fiscal year in which such reduction is made.
The amount of annual repayment and deduction, reduced as required by this section, shall be the amount deducted by the Controller for the purposes of Sections 16080, 16089 and 16090 for the fiscal year in which such reduction is made.
Status: in_force · Read it on the official government site
Need a lawyer in California?
Find a California lawyer
About this page: Statute text is reproduced from official government publishers via the
Open US Law dataset
(Vaquill AI, snapshot v2026.08, CC BY 4.0). Primary legislative text like this is public domain under the government-edicts doctrine
(Georgia v. Public.Resource.Org, 2020). We link every section back to its official source so you can verify it independently.