Section 16427 Of Article 9. Litigation Deposits Fund From California Government Code >> Division 4. >> Title 2. >> Part 2. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 9.
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. (a) For purposes of this article, "department" means the
Department of Justice.
(b) The fund is under the control of the department. The
department shall maintain accounting records pertaining to the fund,
including subsidiary records of individual litigation deposits and
the disbursements from the fund.
(c) The department shall file a claim with the Controller to pay
out money in the fund to whomever and at the time the department
directs. However, notwithstanding Section 13340, if a sum of money in
the fund was deposited pursuant to order or direction of the court,
that sum shall be paid to whomever and at the time the court directs.
The department may expend revenue transferred from the fund to the
Legal Services Revolving Fund only upon approval by the Department of
Finance. The department shall submit a written application to the
Department of Finance to request approval for the expenditure. The
request shall be deemed approved if the Department of Finance neither
approves nor disapproves the request within 30 days of receipt of
the application.
(d) Any residue remaining in a deposit account after satisfaction
of all court-directed claims, or payment of departmental expenditures
for that account shall be transferred no later than July 1 of each
fiscal year to the General Fund.
(e) The department shall prepare and submit to the chairperson of
the Joint Legislative Budget Committee, the chairpersons of the
fiscal committees of the Senate and the Assembly, and the Director of
Finance, quarterly reports concerning the activity of the fund that
detail the number of deposits received, the receipt of interest
income, disbursements to claimants, and what amount, if any, was used
for the litigation costs of the department.