(a) Commencing on December 31, 2001, the Controller, in consultation with the Department of Motor Vehicles and the Department of Finance, shall recalculate the distribution of the amount of motor vehicle license fees paid by commercial vehicles that are subject to Section 9400.1 of the Vehicle Code and transfer the following sums from the General Fund in the following order:
(1) An amount sufficient to cover all allocations and interception of funds associated with all pledges, liens, encumbrances and priorities as set forth in Section 25350.6 of the Government Code, which shall be transferred so as to pay that allocation.
(2) An amount sufficient to continue allocations to the State Treasury to the credit of the Vehicle License Fee Account of the Local Revenue Fund, as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which would be in the same amount had the amendments made by the act that added this section to Section 10752 of the Revenue and Taxation Code not been enacted, which shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Vehicle License Fee Account of the Local Revenue Fund, as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code. This paragraph shall be inoperative commencing with the 2010–11 fiscal year.
(3) An amount sufficient to continue allocations to the State Treasury to the credit of the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account of the Local Revenue Fund, as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code, which would be in the same amount had the amendments made by the act that added this section to Section 10752 of the Revenue and Taxation Code not been enacted, which shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account of the Local Revenue Fund, as established pursuant to Section 17600 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.
(4) An amount sufficient to cover all allocations and interception of funds associated with all pledges, liens, encumbrances and priorities, other than those referred to in paragraph (1), as set forth in Section 25350 and following of, Section 53584 and following of, 5450 and following of, the Government Code, which shall be transferred so as to pay those allocations.
(b) The balance of any funds not otherwise allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall continue to be deposited to the credit of the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund and allocated to each city, county, and city and county as otherwise provided by law.
(c) In enacting paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (a), the Legislature declares that paragraphs (1) and (4) of subdivision (a), shall not be construed to obligate the State of California to make any payment to a city, city and county, or county from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund in any amount or pursuant to any particular allocation formula, or to make any other payment to a city, city and county, or county, including, but not limited to, any payment in satisfaction of any debt or liability incurred or so guaranteed if the State of California had not so bound itself prior to the enactment of this section.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), on and after July 1, 2010, that amount equal to the amount that would have been transferred pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) had the act adding this subdivision not been enacted, shall not be transferred from the General Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 2010, Ch. 719, Sec. 55. (SB 856) Effective October 19, 2010.)