Cal. RTC § 97.78
This is the official text of Cal. RTC § 97.78, part of California’s Revenue and Taxation Code — governs state and local taxation, including income and property tax.
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Official statutory text
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2007–08 fiscal year, the total amount of ad valorem property tax revenue deemed allocated by the Fresno County Auditor to the Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund for the Fresno Metropolitan Flood Control District shall be decreased, for the prior fiscal year, by six hundred thirty-three thousand dollars ($633,000).
(2) Any reduction in the amount of ad valorem property tax revenues deposited in the county’s Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund resulting from the implementation of paragraph (1) shall be applied exclusively to reduce the amounts that are allocated from that fund to school districts and county offices of education, and shall not be applied to reduce the amounts of ad valorem property tax revenues that are allocated from that fund to community college districts.
(b) For the 2008–09 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the amounts determined under subdivision (a) of Section 96.1, or any successor to that provision, shall reflect, for a preceding fiscal year, the allocation adjustments required by this section.
(c) In making the determinations required by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 97.2 for the 2007–08 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of Finance shall ensure that the operation of this section does not result in a net increase in the total amount of the reduction required by Section 97.2 for any special district.
(2) Any reduction in the amount of ad valorem property tax revenues deposited in the county’s Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund resulting from the implementation of paragraph (1) shall be applied exclusively to reduce the amounts that are allocated from that fund to school districts and county offices of education, and shall not be applied to reduce the amounts of ad valorem property tax revenues that are allocated from that fund to community college districts.
(b) For the 2008–09 fiscal year and each fiscal year thereafter, the amounts determined under subdivision (a) of Section 96.1, or any successor to that provision, shall reflect, for a preceding fiscal year, the allocation adjustments required by this section.
(c) In making the determinations required by subparagraph (A) of paragraph (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 97.2 for the 2007–08 fiscal year and for each fiscal year thereafter, the Director of Finance shall ensure that the operation of this section does not result in a net increase in the total amount of the reduction required by Section 97.2 for any special district.
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