All revenues collected pursuant to this part, less refunds and reimbursement to the department for expenses incurred in the administration and collection of the taxes imposed by this part, shall be deposited into the Lithium Extraction Excise Tax Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding § 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, as follows:

(a) (1) Eighty percent shall be disbursed by the Controller to all counties in proportion to the amounts of the taxes, interest, penalties, and other amounts collected for lithium extraction within each county. Each county shall establish for deposit of these revenues an account or fund separate from the other accounts and funds of the county.

Terms Used In California Revenue and Taxation Code 47100

  • City: includes incorporated city, city and county, municipal corporation, municipality, town, and incorporated town. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 14
  • Controller: means the State Controller. See California Revenue and Taxation Code 21
  • 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.

(2) (A) Of the amount disbursed to the County of Imperial pursuant to this subdivision, the county shall establish a method to distribute an amount not less than 30 percent of that disbursed amount to the County of Imperial communities that are most directly and indirectly impacted by the lithium extraction activities, including, but not limited to, the following communities:

(i) The directly affected communities listed below:

(I) Bombay Beach.

(II) The City of Brawley.

(III) The City of Calipatria.

(IV) Niland.

(V) The City of Westmorland.

(ii) The indirectly affected communities listed below:

(I) Bard.

(II) The City of Calexico.

(III) Desert Shores.

(IV) The City of El Centro.

(V) Heber.

(VI) The City of Holtville.

(VII) The City of Imperial.

(VIII) Ocotillo.

(IX) Palo Verde.

(X) Salton City.

(XI) Salton Sea Beach.

(XII) Seeley.

(XIII) Winterhaven.

(XIV) Vista Del Mar.

(B) The County of Imperial shall annually, on a date and in a manner determined by the department, report to the department the communities to which funding was distributed pursuant to this paragraph.

(b) Twenty percent shall be deposited into the Salton Sea Lithium Fund created in § 2951 of the Fish and Game Code.

(Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 251, Sec. 29. (AB 209) Effective September 6, 2022.)

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