Notwithstanding any provisions of this article to the contrary, any district which does not have sufficient matching funds for a particular project as required under this article may file an application under Section 16339, and the board may approve the project conditioned upon the district levying in the 1975-76 fiscal year the entire twenty cent ($0.20) tax rate per one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed valuation permitted under Section 39230.1 in lieu of the tax authorized by Section 16339 and applying the entire proceeds of the levy as local matching funds for the project providing:

(a) The district has levied a tax at the rate of at least ten cents ($0.10) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of the tax permitted under Section 39230 for the 1973-74 fiscal year and of at least nine cents ($0.09) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of the tax permitted under Section 39230 for the 1974-75 fiscal year.

Terms Used In California Education Code 16339.5

  • Board: means the State Allocation Board as defined in Article 1 (commencing with Section 16000) of this chapter. See California Education Code 16314
  • District: means an elementary, high school, or unified school district. See California Education Code 16314
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
  • Project: means the purposes for which a district has applied for assistance in the rehabilitation or replacement of unsafe school facilities at a given attendance center. See California Education Code 16314

(b) The district has sold the facilities to be replaced to a county prior to June 1972, but continued to use the facilities after the sale until June 1972.

(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)