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. (a) The Courthouse Construction Fund established in Los
Angeles County pursuant to Section 76100 shall be known as the
Courthouse Construction Fund.
(b) All courtroom construction in the County of Los Angeles which
utilizes moneys from the Courthouse Construction Fund or moneys
borrowed and owed against the Courthouse Construction Fund shall be
within the boundaries of the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area and
the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District, until the time that the
County of Los Angeles has spent a total of at least forty-three
million dollars ($43,000,000) on courthouse construction within the
San Fernando Valley Statistical Area and at least eight million
dollars ($8,000,000) within the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District
for the Bellflower Courthouse.
(c) All courtroom construction in the County of Los Angeles which
utilizes moneys from the Courthouse Construction Fund or moneys
borrowed against the Courthouse Construction Fund shall be within the
boundaries of the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area, within the
boundaries of the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District, within the
boundaries of the East Los Angeles Municipal Court District, within
the Downey Municipal Court District, within the community of
Hollywood, or within the West Los Angeles Branch of the Los Angeles
Municipal Court District, until the time that the County of Los
Angeles has fulfilled the requirements of subdivision (b) and has
additionally spent at least sixteen million five hundred thousand
dollars ($16,500,000) on courthouse construction within the East Los
Angeles Municipal Court District, has spent at least ten million
dollars ($10,000,000) on courthouse construction within the Downey
Municipal Court District, has commenced construction on a courthouse
with at least six courtrooms in the West San Fernando Valley, has
commenced construction on a courthouse with at least two courtrooms
in the community of Hollywood, and has commenced construction on a
courthouse for the West Los Angeles Branch of the Los Angeles
Municipal Court District.
(d) All courtroom construction in the County of Los Angeles which
utilizes moneys from the Courthouse Construction Fund or moneys
borrowed against the Courthouse Construction Fund shall be within the
boundaries of the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area, within the
boundaries of the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District, within the
boundaries of the East Los Angeles Municipal Court District, within
the Downey Municipal Court District, within the community of
Hollywood, within the West Los Angeles Branch of the Los Angeles
Municipal Court District, within the Pasadena Judicial District,
within the Southeast Municipal Court District, within the South Bay
Judicial District, within the Santa Monica Judicial District, within
the Antelope Valley Judicial District, or within the Long Beach
Judicial District until the time that the County of Los Angeles has
fulfilled the requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c), and has
commenced construction of new facilities or the expansion of existing
facilities for the municipal courts in the Pasadena Judicial
District, the north and south branches of the Southeast Municipal
Court District, and the South Bay Judicial District, has commenced
construction on a courthouse for the superior court with at least 18
courtrooms in the North Hollywood Redevelopment Project Area of the
City of Los Angeles or immediately adjacent thereto, and has
commenced construction of new facilities for the superior and
municipal courts in the Santa Monica Judicial District, the Antelope
Valley Judicial District, and the Long Beach Judicial District.
(e) For purposes of this section, the San Fernando Valley
Statistical Area includes all land within the San Fernando Valley
Statistical Area (as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 11093) as
well as the City of San Fernando, the City of Hidden Hills, and the
unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County located west of the City
of Los Angeles, east and south of the Ventura County line, and north
of a line extended westerly from the southern boundary of the San
Fernando Valley Statistical Area (as defined in subdivision (c) of
Section 11093).
(f) The moneys of the Courthouse Construction Fund together with
any interest earned thereon shall be payable only for courtroom
construction and land acquisition as authorized in subdivision (b)
and, after the requirement of subdivision (b) has been met, shall be
payable only for courtroom construction and land acquisition as
authorized in subdivision (c) and, after the requirements of
subdivisions (b) and (c) have been met, shall be payable only for
courtroom construction and land acquisition as authorized in
subdivision (d).
(g) Deposits into the fund shall continue through and including
either (1) the 25th year after the initial calendar year in which the
surcharge is selected or (2) whatever period of time is necessary to
repay any borrowings made by the county to pay for construction
provided for in this section, whichever time is longer.
(h) The resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the
County of Los Angeles on September 2, 1980, stating that the
provisions of Chapter 578 of the Statutes of 1980 are necessary to
the establishment of adequate courtroom facilities in the County of
Los Angeles shall be deemed a resolution stating that the provisions
of this section are necessary to the establishment of adequate
courtroom facilities in the county, and shall satisfy the
requirements of this section.