Article 8. Proceeds Of United States Forest Reserve Fund of California Government Code >> Division 3. >> Title 3. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 8.

All money received by the State from the United States in pursuance of any act of Congress providing for the distribution and payment to states and territories of a fixed percentage of the money received by the United States from the forest reserves established therein shall be credited to the United States Forest Reserve Fund in the State Treasury, and shall be disposed of, pursuant to the act of Congress, by the payment of the money to the several counties in which the forest reserves are situated.

The payment made to each county from the receipts of any given forest reserve shall be in the proportion which the area of the forest reserve situated in the county bears to the total area of the reserve in this State.

The State Controller shall keep a record of the money received from the United States on account of each forest reserve in this State. On or before June 30th of each year he shall draw his warrant in favor of the treasurer of each county entitled to payment of money pursuant to this article. The State Treasurer shall pay the warrants.

The computation of the amount of money due each county pursuant to this article shall be based on data furnished to the State by the responsible agency of the United States Government, showing the area of each United States forest reserve located within each county, and the amount of receipts from each forest reserve included in the payment to the State.

The auditor of any county receiving a payment of money pursuant to this article, shall immediately apportion the money by placing 50 percent to the credit of the forest reserve account in the county school service fund of the county, and 50 percent to the credit of the road fund.