(a) By September 30, 2009, the auditor of the County of Santa Barbara, which was the subject of the Governor’s proclamation of a state of emergency for wildfires that commenced on July 1, 2008, shall certify to the Director of Finance an estimate of the total amount of the reduction in property tax revenues on both the regular secured roll and the supplemental roll for the 2008-09 fiscal year resulting from the reassessment by the county assessor pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 170 of those properties that are eligible properties as a result of those disasters, except that the amount certified shall not include any estimated property tax revenue reductions to school districts, other than basic state aid school districts, and county offices of education.

(b) For purposes of this section, “basic state aid school district” means any school district that does not receive a state apportionment pursuant to subdivision (h) of § 42238 of the Education Code, but receives from the state only a basic apportionment pursuant to § 6 of Article IX of the California Constitution.

Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 195.137

  • County: includes city and county. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 15
  • 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.

(Added by Stats. 2008, Ch. 386, Sec. 12. Effective September 27, 2008.)