SECTIONS 16415-16417 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 16415-16417

16415. All money received by the State from the United States in
pursuance of any act of Congress providing for the distribution and
payment to states and territories of a fixed percentage of the money
received by the United States from the land acquired in the State for
flood control purposes shall be credited to the United States Flood
Control Receipts Fund, which fund is continued in the State Treasury,
and shall be disposed of, pursuant to the act of Congress, by the
payment of the money to the several counties in which the flood
control lands are situated.
The payments made to each county from the receipts of any given
parcel of federal flood control land shall be in the proportion which
the area of the parcel situated in the county bears to the total
area of such parcel.

16416. The Controller shall keep a record of the money received
from the United States on account of the federal flood control land
in each county in this State. On or before June 30th of each year, he
shall draw his warrant in favor of the treasurer of each county
entitled to payment pursuant to this article. The Treasurer shall pay
the warrants. All money deposited in the United States Flood Control
Receipts Fund is appropriated to be apportioned to the counties of
this State pursuant to this article.

16417. The auditor of any county receiving a payment of money
pursuant to this article shall immediately apportion the money by
placing 50 percent to the credit of the road fund. The remaining 50
percent shall be divided between school and community college
districts where the lands are located, with the division based on
attendance. The portion attributable to school districts shall be
placed to the credit of the county school service fund of the county.
The portion attributable to community college districts shall be
paid directly to the district.