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. The money in the fund shall, upon order of the Controller, be
drawn therefrom for refunds under this part, credits or refunds
pursuant to Section 60202, and refunds pursuant to Section 1793.25 of
the Civil Code, or be transferred in the following manner:
(a) (1) All revenues, less refunds, derived under this part at the
4 3/4-percent rate, including the imposition of sales and use taxes
with respect to the sale, storage, use, or other consumption of motor
vehicle fuel which would not have been received if the sales and use
tax rate had been 5 percent and if motor vehicle fuel, as defined
for purposes of the Motor Vehicle Fuel License Tax Law (Part 2
(commencing with Section 7301)), had been exempt from sales and use
taxes, shall be estimated by the State Board of Equalization, with
the concurrence of the Department of Finance, and shall be
transferred quarterly to the Public Transportation Account, a trust
fund in the State Transportation Fund, except as modified as follows:
(A) For the 2001-02 fiscal year, those transfers may not be more
than eighty-one million dollars ($81,000,000) plus one-half of the
amount computed pursuant to this paragraph that exceeds eighty-one
million dollars ($81,000,000).
(B) For the 2002-03 fiscal year, those transfers may not be more
than thirty-seven million dollars ($37,000,000) plus one-half of the
amount computed pursuant to this paragraph that exceeds thirty-seven
million dollars ($37,000,000).
(C) For the 2003-04 fiscal year, no transfers shall be made
pursuant to this paragraph, except that if the amount to be otherwise
transferred pursuant to this paragraph is in excess of eighty-seven
million four hundred fifty thousand dollars ($87,450,000), then the
amount of that excess shall be transferred.
(D) For the 2004-05 fiscal year, no transfers shall be made
pursuant to this paragraph, and of the amount that would otherwise
have been transferred, one hundred forty million dollars
($140,000,000) shall instead be transferred to the Traffic Congestion
Relief Fund as partial repayment of amounts owed by the General Fund
pursuant to Item 2600-011-3007 of the Budget Act of 2002 (Chapter
379 of the Statutes of 2002).
(E) For the 2005-06 fiscal year, no transfers shall be made
pursuant to this paragraph.
(F) For the 2006-07 fiscal year, the revenues estimated pursuant
to this paragraph shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this
paragraph or any other provision of law, be transferred and allocated
as follows:
(i) The first two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be
transferred to the Transportation Deferred Investment Fund as partial
repayment of the amounts owed by the General Fund to that fund
pursuant to Section 7106.
(ii) The next one hundred twenty-five million dollars
($125,000,000) shall be transferred to the Bay Area Toll Account for
expenditure pursuant to Section 188.6 of the Streets and Highways
Code.
(iii) Of the remaining revenues, thirty-three million dollars
($33,000,000) shall be transferred to the Public Transportation
Account to support appropriations from that account in the Budget Act
of 2006.
(iv) The remaining revenues shall be transferred to the Public
Transportation Account for allocation as follows:
(I) Twenty percent to the Department of Transportation for
purposes of Section 99315 of the Public Utilities Code.
(II) Forty percent to the Controller, for allocation pursuant to
Section 99314 of the Public Utilities Code.
(III) Forty percent to the Controller, for allocation pursuant to
Section 99313 of the Public Utilities Code.
(G) For the 2007-08 fiscal year, the first one hundred fifty-five
million four hundred ninety-one thousand eight hundred thirty-seven
dollars ($155,491,837) in revenue estimated pursuant to this
paragraph each quarter shall, notwithstanding any other provision of
this paragraph or any other provision of law, be transferred
quarterly to the Mass Transportation Fund. If revenue in any quarter
is less than that amount, the transfer in the subsequent quarter or
quarters shall be increased so that the total transferred for the
fiscal year is six hundred twenty-one million nine hundred
sixty-seven thousand three hundred forty-eight dollars
($621,967,348).
(H) For the 2008-09 fiscal year and every fiscal year thereafter,
50 percent of the revenue estimated pursuant to this paragraph each
quarter shall, notwithstanding any other provision of this paragraph
or any other provision of law, and except as provided in subparagraph
(I), be transferred to the Mass Transportation Fund. Notwithstanding
this requirement, for the 2008-09 fiscal year, the amount of three
hundred eight million seven hundred thirty-five thousand dollars
($308,735,000) for each of the first three quarters, and the amount
of one hundred fifteen million twenty-nine thousand dollars
($115,029,000) for the fourth quarter, shall be transferred to the
Mass Transportation Fund. If revenue for any quarter is less than the
specified amount, the transfer in the subsequent quarter or quarters
shall be increased so that the total transfer for the fiscal year is
one billion forty-one million two hundred thirty-four thousand
dollars ($1,041,234,000).
(I) For the 2009-10 to 2012-13 fiscal years, inclusive, all
revenue estimated pursuant to this paragraph shall, notwithstanding
any other provision of this paragraph or any other provision of law,
be transferred quarterly to the Mass Transportation Fund.
(2) All revenues, less refunds, derived under this part at the 4
3/4-percent rate, resulting from increasing, after December 31, 1989,
the rate of tax imposed pursuant to the Motor Vehicle Fuel License
Tax Law on motor vehicle fuel, as defined for purposes of that law,
shall be transferred quarterly to the Public Transportation Account,
a trust fund in the State Transportation Fund.
(3) All revenues, less refunds, derived under this part at the 4
3/4-percent rate from the imposition of sales and use taxes on fuel,
as defined for purposes of the Use Fuel Tax Law (Part 3 (commencing
with Section 8601)) and the Diesel Fuel Tax Law (Part 31 (commencing
with Section 60001)), shall be estimated by the State Board of
Equalization, with the concurrence of the Department of Finance, and
shall be transferred quarterly to the Public Transportation Account,
a trust fund in the State Transportation Fund.
(4) All revenues, less refunds, derived under this part from the
taxes imposed pursuant to Sections 6051.2 and 6201.2 shall be
transferred to the Sales Tax Account of the Local Revenue Fund for
allocation to cities and counties as prescribed by statute.
(5) All revenues, less refunds, derived from the taxes imposed
pursuant to Section 35 of Article XIII of the California Constitution
shall be transferred to the Public Safety Account in the Local
Public Safety Fund created in Section 30051 of the Government Code
for allocation to counties as prescribed by statute.
(b) The balance shall be transferred to the General Fund.
(c) The estimates required by subdivision (a) shall be based on
taxable transactions occurring during a calendar year, and the
transfers required by subdivision (a) shall be made during the fiscal
year that commences during that same calendar year. Transfers
required by paragraphs (1), (2), and (3) of subdivision (a) shall be
estimated by the State Board of Equalization, with the concurrence of
the Department of Finance, and shall be made quarterly.
(d) Notwithstanding the designation of the Public Transportation
Account as a trust fund pursuant to subdivision (a), the Controller
may use the Public Transportation Account for loans to the General
Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code.
The loans shall be repaid with interest from the General Fund at the
Pooled Money Investment Account rate.
(e) The Legislature may amend this section, by statute passed in
each house of the Legislature by rollcall vote entered in the
journal, two-thirds of the membership concurring, if the statute is
consistent with, and furthers the purposes of this section.