SECTIONS 29480-29484 - California Statutes

GOVERNMENT CODE

SECTION 29480-29484

29480. 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 forest reserves established
therein shall be credited to the United States Forest Reserve Fund 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 forest reserves are situated.

29481. The payment made to each county from the receipts of any
given forest reserve shall be in the proportion which the area of the
forest reserve situated in the county bears to the total area of the
reserve in this State.

29482. The State Controller shall keep a record of the money
received from the United States on account of each forest reserve 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
of money pursuant to this article. The State Treasurer shall pay the
warrants.

29483. The computation of the amount of money due each county
pursuant to this article shall be based on data furnished to the
State by the responsible agency of the United States Government,
showing the area of each United States forest reserve located within
each county, and the amount of receipts from each forest reserve
included in the payment to the State.

29484. 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 forest reserve account in the
county school service fund of the county, and 50 percent to the
credit of the road fund.