Section 100520 Of Title 22. California Health Benefit Exchange From California Government Code >> Title 22.
100520
. (a) The California Health Trust Fund is hereby created in
the State Treasury for the purpose of this title. Notwithstanding
Section 13340, all moneys in the fund shall be continuously
appropriated without regard to fiscal year for the purposes of this
title. Any moneys in the fund that are unexpended or unencumbered at
the end of a fiscal year may be carried forward to the next
succeeding fiscal year.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, moneys deposited
in the fund shall not be loaned to, or borrowed by, any other special
fund or the General Fund, or a county general fund or any other
county fund.
(c) The board of the California Health Benefit Exchange shall
establish and maintain a prudent reserve in the fund.
(d) The board or staff of the Exchange shall not utilize any funds
intended for the administrative and operational expenses of the
Exchange for staff retreats, promotional giveaways, excessive
executive compensation, or promotion of federal or state legislative
or regulatory modifications.
(e) Notwithstanding Section 16305.7, all interest earned on the
moneys that have been deposited into the fund shall be retained in
the fund and used for purposes consistent with the fund.
(f) Effective January 1, 2016, if at the end of any fiscal year,
the fund has unencumbered funds in an amount that equals or is more
than the board approved operating budget of the Exchange for the next
fiscal year, the board shall reduce the charges imposed under
subdivision (n) of Section 100503 during the following fiscal year in
an amount that will reduce any surplus funds of the Exchange to an
amount that is equal to the agency's operating budget for the next
fiscal year.