SECTIONS 17600-17600.20 - California Statutes

WELFARE AND INSTITUTIONS CODE

SECTION 17600-17600.20

17600. (a) There is hereby created the Local Revenue Fund, which
shall have all of the following accounts:
(1) The Sales Tax Account.
(2) The Vehicle License Fee Account.
(3) The Vehicle License Collection Account.
(4) The Sales Tax Growth Account.
(5) The Vehicle License Fee Growth Account.
(b) The Sales Tax Account shall have all of the following
subaccounts:
(1) The Mental Health Subaccount.
(2) The Social Services Subaccount.
(3) The Health Subaccount.
(c) The Sales Tax Growth Account shall have all of the following
subaccounts:
(1) The Caseload Subaccount.
(2) The Base Restoration Subaccount.
(3) The Indigent Health Equity Subaccount.
(4) The Community Health Equity Subaccount.
(5) The Mental Health Equity Subaccount.
(6) The State Hospital Mental Health Equity Subaccount.
(7) The County Medical Services Subaccount.
(8) The General Growth Subaccount.
(9) The Special Equity Subaccount.
(d) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the
Local Revenue Fund is hereby continuously appropriated, without
regard to fiscal years, for the purpose of this chapter.
(e) The Local Revenue Fund shall be invested in the Surplus Money
Investment Fund and all interest earned shall be distributed in
January and July among the accounts and subaccounts in proportion to
the amounts deposited into each subaccount, except as provided in
subdivision (f).
(f) If a distribution required by subdivision (e) would cause a
subaccount to exceed its limitations imposed pursuant to any of the
following, the distribution shall be made among the remaining
subaccounts in proportion to the amounts deposited into each
subaccount in the six prior months:
(1) Subdivision (a) of Section 17605.
(2) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 17605.05.
(3) Subdivision (b) of Section 17605.10.
(4) Subdivision (c) of Section 17605.10.

17600.10. (a) Each county and city and county receiving funds in
accordance with this chapter shall establish and maintain a local
health and welfare trust fund comprised of the following accounts:
(1) The mental health account.
(2) The social services account.
(3) The health account.
(b) Each city receiving funds in accordance with this chapter
shall establish and maintain a local health and welfare trust fund
comprised of a health account and a mental health account.

17600.15. (a) Of the sales tax proceeds from revenues collected in
the 1991-92 fiscal year which are deposited to the credit of the
Local Revenue Fund, 51.91 percent shall be credited to the Mental
Health Subaccount, 36.17 percent shall be credited to the Social
Services Subaccount, and 11.92 percent shall be credited to the
Health Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account.
(b) For the 1992-93 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, of
the sales tax proceeds from revenues deposited to the credit of the
Local Revenue Fund, the Controller shall make monthly deposits to the
Mental Health Subaccount, the Social Services Subaccount, and the
Health Subaccount of the Sales Tax Account until the deposits equal
the amounts that were allocated to counties, cities, and cities and
counties mental health accounts, social services accounts, and health
accounts, respectively, of the local health and welfare trust funds
in the prior fiscal year pursuant to this chapter from the Sales Tax
Account and the Sales Tax Growth Account. Any excess sales tax
revenues received pursuant to Sections 6051.2 and 6201.2 of the
Revenue and Taxation Code shall be deposited in the Sales Tax Growth
Account of the Local Revenue Fund.

17600.20. (a) Any county or city or city and county may reallocate
money among accounts in the local health and welfare trust fund, not
to exceed 10 percent of the amount deposited in the account from
which the funds are reallocated for that fiscal year.
(b) After depositing funds to the social services account
allocated to a county or city and county pursuant to Section 17605
and after reallocating funds from both the health account and mental
health account of the local health and welfare trust fund under
subdivision (a), a county may reallocate up to an additional 10
percent of the money from the health account to the social services
account in the 1992-93 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, for
caseload increases for mandated social services programs listed in
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 17605 in excess of
revenue growth in the social services account.
(c) (1) A county or city or city and county shall, at a regularly
scheduled public hearing of its governing body, document that any
decision to make any substantial change in its allocation of mental
health, social services, or health trust fund moneys among services,
facilities, programs, or providers as a result of reallocating funds
pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), or (d) was based on the most
cost-effective use of available resources to maximize client
outcomes.
(2) Any county or city and county that reallocates funds pursuant
to subdivision (b) shall document, at a regularly scheduled public
hearing of the board of supervisors, that the net social services
caseload has increased beyond the revenue growth in the social
services account.
(3) Any county, city, or city and county that is required to
document any reallocation of funds pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2)
shall forward a copy of the documentation to the Controller. The
Controller shall make copies of the documentation available to the
Legislature and to other interested parties, upon request.
(d) In addition to subdivision (a), a county or city and county
may reallocate up to an additional 10 percent of the money from the
social services account to the mental health account or the health
account in the 1993-94 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter when
there exist in the social services account revenues in excess of the
amount necessary to fund mandated caseload costs, pursuant to
paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 17605, as determined by
the county board of supervisors, as a result of implementation of
personal care services or other program changes.