(a) Any school district or county superintendent of schools that receives a transportation apportionment in the 1984–85 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter, shall establish a restricted pupil transportation account within its general fund. The district or county superintendent shall deposit in the restricted pupil transportation account all transportation apportionments received pursuant to this article in any fiscal year and any other funds at the option of the district or county superintendent. Any funds remaining in the restricted pupil transportation account at the end of the fiscal year may remain in the restricted pupil transportation account for expenditure in subsequent fiscal years or may be transferred to the pupil transportation equipment fund.
(b) Any school district or county superintendent of schools may establish a pupil transportation equipment fund. The fund shall receive all state and local funds designated for acquisition, rehabilitation, or replacement of pupil transportation equipment. Funds deposited in the pupil transportation equipment fund shall be used exclusively for acquisition, rehabilitation and replacement of pupil transportation equipment, except as provided in Section 41853.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 646, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2000.)