Section 12203 Of Chapter 11. Consumer Recovery Fund From California Vehicle Code >> Division 5. >> Chapter 11.
12203
. (a) The recovery corporation shall establish a consumer
recovery fund for the payment of claims as provided in this chapter.
The recovery corporation shall receive funds from the department as
provided in Section 4456.3 and shall promptly notify the department
when the recovery fund balance reaches the amounts specified in
subdivision (b) of Section 4456.3.
(b) The recovery corporation shall establish and maintain an
operations account within the recovery fund for the payment of costs
of operations and administration. The recovery corporation shall
prepare, prior to its fiscal year end, an estimated annual
operational budget projecting the costs of operations and
administration for the succeeding fiscal year, excluding the amount
paid for claims. The recovery corporation shall not expend more than
two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) each fiscal year from
the operations account for the administration of this chapter.
(c) The recovery corporation shall invest all funds received from
the department pursuant to Section 4456.3, and interest earned on
those funds, deposited in the recovery fund, in a federally insured
account or in federally insured certificates of deposit at a
California state or federally chartered bank or savings bank.
(d) The recovery corporation holds all money in the recovery fund
in trust for the purposes provided in this chapter and shall disburse
funds only as provided in this chapter.
(e) The recovery corporation shall separately account for
disbursements and collections. The accounting shall include a record
of each claim paid that indicates the name, address, and phone number
of each claimant receiving payment, the amount of the payment, and
the name of the participant for which a claim was paid. Quarterly
reports shall be provided to the office of the Attorney General,
Consumer Law Section, commencing on or before October 31, 2008, and
within 30 days after the end of each quarter thereafter.
(f) The recovery corporation may adopt reasonable written bylaws,
rules, and procedures to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The
representative of the Attorney General may vote on the adoption of
bylaws, rules, and procedures notwithstanding paragraph (2) of
subdivision (a) of Section 12202.
