(a) (1) The county auditor-controller shall conduct or cause to be conducted an agreed-upon procedures audit of each redevelopment agency in the county that is subject to this part, to be completed by October 1, 2012.
(2) The purpose of the audits shall be to establish each redevelopment agency’s assets and liabilities, to document and determine each redevelopment agency’s passthrough payment obligations to other taxing entities, and to document and determine both the amount and the terms of any indebtedness incurred by the redevelopment agency pursuant to the initial Recognized Obligation Payment Schedule.
(3) The county auditor-controller may charge the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund for any costs incurred by the county auditor-controller pursuant to this part.
(b) By October 5, 2012, the county auditor-controller shall provide the Controller’s office and the Department of Finance a copy of all audits performed pursuant to this section. The county auditor-controller shall maintain a copy of all documentation and working papers for use by the Controller.
(c) (1) The county auditor-controller shall determine the amount of property taxes that would have been allocated to each redevelopment agency in the county had the redevelopment agency not been dissolved pursuant to the operation of the act adding this part. These amounts are deemed property tax revenues within the meaning of subdivision (a) of Section 1 of Article XIII A of the California Constitution and are available for allocation and distribution in accordance with the provisions of the act adding this part. The county auditor-controller shall calculate the property tax revenues using current assessed values on the last equalized roll on August 20, pursuant to Section 2052 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and pursuant to statutory formulas or contractual agreements with other taxing entities, as of the effective date of this section, and shall deposit that amount in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund.
(2) Each county auditor-controller shall administer the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund for the benefit of the holders of former redevelopment agency enforceable obligations and the taxing entities that receive passthrough payments and distributions of property taxes pursuant to this part.
(3) In connection with the allocation and distribution by the county auditor-controller of property tax revenues deposited in the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund, in compliance with this part, the county auditor-controller shall prepare estimates of amounts of property tax to be allocated and distributed and the amounts of passthrough payments to be made in the upcoming six-month period, and provide those estimates to both the entities receiving the distributions and the Department of Finance, no later than October 1 and April 1 of each year.
(4) Each county auditor-controller shall disburse proceeds of asset sales or reserve balances, which have been received from the successor entities pursuant to Sections 34177 and 34187, to the taxing entities. In making such a distribution, the county auditor-controller shall utilize the same methodology for allocation and distribution of property tax revenues provided in Section 34188.
(d) By October 1, 2012, the county auditor-controller shall report the following information to the Controller’s office and the Director of Finance:
(1) The sums of property tax revenues remitted to the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund related to each former redevelopment agency.
(2) The sums of property tax revenues remitted to each agency under paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 34183.
(3) The sums of property tax revenues remitted to each successor agency pursuant to paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 34183.
(4) The sums of property tax revenues paid to each successor agency pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a) of Section 34183.
(5) The sums paid to each city, county, and special district, and the total amount allocated for schools pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 34183.
(6) Any amounts deducted from other distributions pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 34183.
(e) A county auditor-controller may charge the Redevelopment Property Tax Trust Fund for the costs of administering the provisions of this part.
(f) The Controller may audit and review any county auditor-controller action taken pursuant to the act adding this part. As such, all county auditor-controller actions shall not be effective for three business days, pending a request for review by the Controller. In the event that the Controller requests a review of a given county auditor-controller action, he or she shall have 10 days from the date of his or her request to approve the county auditor-controller’s action or return it to the county auditor-controller for reconsideration and the county auditor-controller’s action shall not be effective until approved by the Controller. In the event that the Controller returns the county auditor-controller’s action to the county auditor-controller for reconsideration, the county auditor-controller must resubmit the modified action for Controller approval and the modified county auditor-controller’s action shall not become effective until approved by the Controller.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 26, Sec. 23. (AB 1484) Effective June 27, 2012.)