Legal References for the June 2012 Deferral

CALIFORNIA EDUCATION CODE

14041.5. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 14041, commencing with the 2002-03 fiscal year, warrants for the principal apportionments for the month of June instead shall be drawn in July of the same calendar year pursuant to the certification made pursuant to Section 41335.
   (b) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (d), for purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the warrants drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be "General Fund revenues appropriated to school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 for the fiscal year in which the warrants are drawn and included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B" as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are drawn.  
   (c) For the 2003-04 school year, the amount of apportionments for revenue limits computed pursuant to Section 42238 from any of the apportionments made pursuant to Section 14041 that are deemed "General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 for the following fiscal year and included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B" as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 2004-05 fiscal year shall be seven hundred twenty-six million two hundred seventy thousand dollars ($726,270,000). Any amount in excess of seven hundred twenty-six million two hundred seventy thousand dollars ($726,270,000) that is apportioned in July of 2004 is deemed "General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 for the 2003-04 fiscal year and included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B" as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the 2003-04 fiscal year.  
   (d) For the 2004-05 school year to the 2007-08 school year, inclusive, the amount of apportionments for revenue limits computed pursuant to Section 42238 from any of the apportionments made pursuant to Section 14041 that are deemed "General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 for the following fiscal year and included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B" as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the following fiscal year shall be seven hundred fifteen million one hundred eighteen thousand dollars ($715,118,000). Any amount in excess of seven hundred fifteen million one hundred eighteen thousand dollars ($715,118,000) that is apportioned in July of any year is deemed "General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 for the prior fiscal year and included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B" as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the prior fiscal year.  
   (e) For the 2008-09 school year, and each school year thereafter, the amount of apportionments for revenue limits computed pursuant to Section 42238 from any of the apportionments made pursuant to Section 14041 that are deemed "General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 for the following fiscal year and included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B" as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the following fiscal year shall be one billion six hundred one million six hundred fifty-five thousand dollars ($1,601,655,000). Any amount in excess of one billion six hundred one million six hundred fifty-five thousand dollars ($1,601,655,000) that is apportioned in July of any year is deemed "General Fund revenues appropriated for school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202 for the prior fiscal year and included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B" as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the prior fiscal year.

14041.6. (a) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 14041, or any other law, commencing with the 2008-09 fiscal year, warrants for the principal apportionments for the month of February in the amount of two billion dollars ($2,000,000,000) instead shall be drawn in July of the same calendar year pursuant to the certification made pursuant to Section 41339.  
   (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 14041 or any other law, commencing with the 2009-10 fiscal year, warrants for the principal apportionments for the month of April in the amount of six hundred seventy-eight million six hundred eleven thousand dollars ($678,611,000) and for the month of May in the amount of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) instead shall be drawn in August of the same calendar year pursuant to the certification made pursuant to Section 41339.  
   (c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) of Section 14041 or any other law, commencing with the 2010-11 fiscal year, warrants for the principal apportionments for the month of April in the amount of four hundred twenty million dollars ($420,000,000) and for the month of May in the amount of eight hundred million dollars ($800,000,000) instead shall be drawn in July of the same calendar year pursuant to the certification made pursuant to Section 41339.  
   (d) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the warrants drawn pursuant to subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) shall be deemed to be "General Fund revenues appropriated to school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are drawn and included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B," as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are drawn.

14041.7. (a) Commencing with the 2010-11 fiscal year, up to one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of the amount of the warrants for the principal apportionments for the month of June, that are instead to be drawn in July pursuant to Section 14041.5, may be drawn in June, subject to the approval of the Director of Finance, for a charter school or school district as follows:  
   (1) In order for a charter school to receive a payment in June pursuant to this section, the chartering authority, in consultation with the county superintendent of schools, shall certify to the Superintendent and the Director of Finance on or before April 1 that the deferral of warrants pursuant to Sections 14041.5 and 14041.6 will result in the charter school being unable to meet its financial obligations for June and shall provide the Superintendent an estimate of the amount of additional funds necessary for the charter school to meet its financial obligations for the month of June.      (2) In order for a school district to receive a payment in June pursuant to this section, the county superintendent of schools shall certify to the Superintendent and to the Director of Finance on or before April 1 that the deferral of warrants pursuant to Sections 14041.5 and 14041.6 will result in the school district being unable to meet its financial obligations for June and shall provide the Superintendent an estimate of the amount of additional funds necessary for the school district to meet its financial obligations for the month of June.  
   (3) The criteria, as applicable, set forth in statute and regulations to qualify a school district for an emergency apportionment shall be used to make the certification specified in paragraph (2).  
   (4) A charter school or school district may receive, pursuant to this section, no more than the lesser of the following:    (A) The total amount of additional funds necessary for the charter school or school district to meet its financial obligations for the month of June, as reported to the Superintendent pursuant to paragraph (1) or (2).  
   (B) The total payments the charter school or school district is entitled to receive in July for the prior fiscal year.  
   (b)  If the total amount requested by charter schools and school districts pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) exceeds one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000), the Controller, Treasurer, and Director of Finance may authorize additional payments to meet these requests, but total payments to charter schools and school districts pursuant to this section shall not exceed three hundred million dollars ($300,000,000). No later than May 1, the Controller, Treasurer, and Director of Finance shall determine whether sufficient cash is available to make payments in excess of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000). In making the determination that cash is sufficient to make additional payments, in whole or in part, the Controller, Treasurer, and Director of Finance shall consider costs for state government, the scope of any identified cash shortage, timing, achievability, legislative direction, and the impact and hardship imposed on potentially affected programs, entities, and related public services. The Department of Finance shall notify the Joint Legislative Budget Committee within 10 days of this determination and identify the total amount of requests that will be paid.  
   (c) If the total amount of cash made available pursuant to subdivision (b) is less than the amount requested pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (a), payments to charter schools and school districts shall be prioritized according to the date on which notification was provided to the Superintendent and the Department of Finance.  
   (d) Payments pursuant to this section shall be made no later than June 20.  
   (e) Except as provided in subdivisions (c) and (e) of Section 41202, for purposes of making the computations required by Section 8 of Article XVI of the California Constitution, the warrants drawn pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be deemed to be "General Fund revenues appropriated to school districts," as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are drawn and included within the "total allocations to school districts and community college districts from General Fund proceeds of taxes appropriated pursuant to Article XIII B," as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 41202, for the fiscal year in which the warrants are drawn.

42603.  The governing board of any school district may direct that moneys held in any fund or account may be temporarily transferred to another fund or account of the district for payment of obligations. The transfer shall be accounted for as temporary borrowing between funds or accounts and shall not be available for appropriation or be considered income to the borrowing fund or account. Amounts transferred shall be repaid either in the same fiscal year, or in the following fiscal year if the transfer takes place within the final 120 calendar days of a fiscal year. Borrowing shall occur only when the fund or account receiving the money will earn sufficient income, during the current fiscal year, to repay the amount transferred. No more than 75 percent of the maximum of moneys held in any fund or account during a current fiscal year may be transferred.

42620.  Whenever prior to the receipt by any school district or county school service fund of its state, county, city and county, or district funds, any school district or county school service fund of a county or city and county does not have sufficient money to its credit to meet current expenses of maintenance, the board of supervisors of the county or city and county shall order, and the auditor and treasurer of the county or city and county shall make a temporary transfer from any funds of the county or city and county not immediately needed to pay claims against them to the school fund of the district or county school service fund of the amount needed, not exceeding 85 percent of the amount of money which will accrue to the school district or county school service fund during the fiscal year.  Upon the making of the transfer the auditor shall immediately notify the superintendent of schools of the county or city and county of the amount transferred. Each transfer of funds requested under this section shall be granted in order of receipt by the board of supervisors, regardless of whether sufficient county funds are available for transfer to meet pending or anticipated requests of school districts. The funds transferred under this section to the credit of a school district or county school service fund shall be retransferred by the auditor and treasurer to the fund from which they were taken from the first moneys accruing to the school district or county school service fund and before any other obligation of the school district or county school service fund is paid from the money accruing.

42621.  The county superintendent of schools of each county with the approval of the County Board of Education, may make temporary transfers to any school district which does not have sufficient money to its credit to meet current operating expenses from the county school service fund, in such amounts and at such times as he deems necessary.  Such transfers shall not exceed 85 percent of the amount of money accruing to the school district at the time of transfer. The amounts so transferred shall be repaid to the county school service fund prior to June 30 of the current year from any funds subsequently received by the school district.

CALIFORNIA CONSTITUTION
ARTICLE 16  PUBLIC FINANCE

SEC. 6.  The Legislature shall have no power to give or to lend, or to authorize the giving or lending, of the credit of the State, or of any county, city and county, city, township or other political corporation or subdivision of the State now existing, or that may be hereafter established, in aid of or to any person, association, or corporation, whether municipal or otherwise, or to pledge the credit thereof, in any manner whatever, for the payment of the liabilities of any individual, association, municipal or other corporation whatever; nor shall it have power to make any gift or authorize the making of any gift, of any public money or thing of value to any individual, municipal or other corporation whatever; provided, that nothing in this section shall prevent the Legislature granting aid pursuant to Section 3 of Article XVI; and it shall not have power to authorize the State, or any political subdivision thereof, to subscribe for stock, or to become a stockholder in any corporation whatever; provided, further, that irrigation districts for the purpose of acquiring the control of any entire international water system necessary for its use and purposes, a part of which is situated in the United States, and a part thereof in a foreign country, may in the manner authorized by law, acquire the stock of any foreign corporation which is the owner of, or which holds the title to the part of such system situated in a foreign country; provided, further, that irrigation districts for the purpose of acquiring water and water rights and other property necessary for their uses and purposes, may acquire and hold the stock of corporations, domestic or foreign, owning waters, water rights, canals, waterworks, franchises or concessions subject to the same obligations and liabilities as are imposed by law upon all other stockholders in such corporation; and    Provided, further, that this section shall not prohibit any county, city and county, city, township, or other political corporation or subdivision of the State from joining with other such agencies in providing for the payment of workers' compensation, unemployment compensation, tort liability, or public liability losses incurred by such agencies, by entry into an insurance pooling arrangement under a joint exercise of powers agreement, or by membership in such publicly-owned nonprofit corporation or other public agency as may be authorized by the Legislature; and    Provided, further, that nothing contained in this Constitution shall prohibit the use of state money or credit, in aiding veterans who served in the military or naval service of the United States during the time of war, in the acquisition of, or payments for, (1) farms or homes, or in projects of land settlement or in the development of such farms or homes or land settlement projects for the benefit of such veterans, or (2) any business, land or any interest therein, buildings, supplies, equipment, machinery, or tools, to be used by the veteran in pursuing a gainful occupation; and Provided, further, that nothing contained in this Constitution shall prohibit the State, or any county, city and county, city, township, or other political corporation or subdivision of the State from providing aid or assistance to persons, if found to be in the public interest, for the purpose of clearing debris, natural materials, and wreckage from privately owned lands and waters deposited thereon or therein during a period of a major disaster or emergency, in either case declared by the President.  In such case, the public entity shall be indemnified by the recipient from the award of any claim against the public entity arising from the rendering of such aid or assistance.  Such aid or assistance must be eligible for federal reimbursement for the cost thereof.  And provided, still further, that notwithstanding the restrictions contained in this Constitution, the treasurer of any city, county, or city and county shall have power and the duty to make such temporary transfers from the funds in custody as may be necessary to provide funds for meeting the obligations incurred for maintenance purposes by any city, county, city and county, district, or other political subdivision whose funds are in custody and are paid out solely through the treasurer's office.  Such temporary transfer of funds to any political subdivision shall be made only upon resolution adopted by the governing body of the city, county, or city and county directing the treasurer of such city, county, or city and county to make such temporary transfer.  Such temporary transfer of funds to any political subdivision shall not exceed 85 percent of the anticipated revenues accruing to such political subdivision, shall not be made prior to the first day of the fiscal year nor after the last Monday in April of the current fiscal year, and shall be replaced from the revenues accruing to such political subdivision before any other obligation of such political subdivision is met from such revenue.

CALIFORNIA GOVERNMENT CODE

53850.  As used in this article, "local agency" means county, city and county, city, school district of any type, community college district, county board of education, or any other municipal or public corporation or district.

53851.  The powers conferred by this article are in addition to and an alternative to any power conferred by any other law for borrowing by a local agency and any amount borrowed hereunder shall not be considered in any limitation on the amount which may be borrowed by any such local agency under any other law.

53852.  On or after the first day of any fiscal year a local agency may borrow money pursuant to this article, the indebtedness to be represented by a note or notes issued to the lender pursuant to this article.  The money borrowed may be used and expended by the local agency for any purpose for which the local agency is authorized to use and expend moneys, including but not limited to current expenses, capital expenditures, investment and reinvestment, and the discharge of any obligation or indebtedness of the local agency.

53852.5.  Proceeds of sales or funds set aside for the repayment of any notes issued pursuant to this article shall not be invested for a term that exceeds the term of the notes.

53853.  (a) The note or notes shall be issued pursuant to a resolution authorizing the issuance thereof adopted by the legislative body of the local agency, except that the note or notes of a county board of education, school district, or community college district that has not been accorded fiscal accountability status pursuant to Section 1080, 42647, 42650, or 85266 of the Education Code shall be issued in the name of the school district or community college district by the board of supervisors of the county, the county superintendent of which has jurisdiction over the school district or community college district, as soon as possible following receipt of a resolution of the governing board of the school district or community college district requesting the borrowing and the note or notes of a county board of education shall be issued in the name of the county board of education by the board of supervisors of the county as soon as possible following receipt of a resolution of the county board of education requesting that the county assist in that borrowing. The school district, community college district, or county board of education that submits that resolution to the county board of supervisors shall simultaneously provide a copy of the resolution to the county superintendent of schools and the county treasurer.  
    (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), if the appropriate county board of supervisors fails to authorize, by resolution, the issuance of a note or notes in the name of a county board of education, school district, or community college district as specified by that subdivision within 45 calendar days following its receipt of the resolution of the county board of education, or of the governing board of the school district or community college district, requesting that issuance, or if the county board of supervisors notifies the county board of education, school district, or community college district that it will not authorize that issuance within that 45-day period, then the note or notes may be issued by the county board of education, school district, or community college district in its name pursuant to the previously adopted resolution. The resolution adopted by the governing board of the school district or community college district, or by the county board of education, shall not contain direction to the county treasurer for the investment of any proceeds of the note or notes while deposited in the county treasury, but may direct the investment of proceeds of the note or notes held by a trustee and any other amounts held by that trustee or pledged for repayment or security of the note or notes. This subdivision applies only in the case of a note or notes of a county board of education, school district, or community college district to be issued in conjunction with a note or notes of one or more other county board of education, school district, or community college district. No county board of supervisors, county treasurer, or county auditor shall be deemed to have any fiduciary responsibility with regard to any note or notes issued pursuant to this subdivision. This subdivision shall not apply to a county board of education, school district, or community college district that is under the authority of a trustee as a result of accepting an emergency apportionment.  
   (c) Notes authorized to be issued may be issued from time to time as provided in the resolution.  The resolution of the county board of education, school district, or community college district shall set forth the form and the manner of execution of the note or notes.

53854.  Any note issued under this article may be negotiable, may be payable to order or to bearer and may be in any denomination.  Such note shall be payable not later than the last day of the fiscal year in which it is issued; provided that such note may be made payable during the fiscal year succeeding the fiscal year in which issued, but in no event later than 15 months after the date of issue, when such note is payable only from revenue received or accrued during the fiscal year in which issued.  Such note may bear interest not to exceed 10 percent per annum, payable as provided therein. Such interest may be represented by coupons attached to said note.

53855.  The resolution authorizing the issuance of any note may provide that such note shall be subject to call and redemption prior to maturity, at the option of the local agency, at such price or prices as may be fixed in the resolution, not exceeding a premium of 3 percent of the par value of the note so subject to redemption. The resolution shall fix the method of giving notice of redemption to the holder of the note to be redeemed and the price or prices at which the note shall be subject to redemption.  A note so subject to call and redemption prior to maturity shall contain a recital to that effect on its face, and no note shall be subject to call or redemption prior to its fixed maturity date unless it contains such recital.

53856.  Any taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts, or other moneys of the local agency, including moneys deposited in inactive or term deposits, may be pledged to the payment of the note or notes and the interest thereon, except, however, that no moneys which, when received by the local agency, will be encumbered for a special purpose may be pledged for the payment of the note or notes or the interest thereon unless an equivalent amount of the proceeds from said note or notes is set aside for and used for said special purpose.  The resolution authorizing the issuance of the note or notes shall specify what taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts or other moneys are pledged for the payment thereof  The note or notes and the interest thereon shall be a first lien and charge against, and shall be payable from the first moneys received by the local agency from, such pledged moneys. For the purposes of this section, "revenue" includes, but is not limited to, revenue from the state and federal governments.

53856.1.  (a) The Board of Supervisors of Orange County, in the resolution authorizing the issuance of any note or notes, may provide that the board elects to guarantee payment of the note or notes in accordance with the following:      (1) If Orange County elects to participate under this section, it shall provide notice to the Controller of that election, which notice shall include a schedule for the repayment of principal and interest on the notes, and identify a note trustee appointed by Orange County for the purposes of this section.  
    (2) In the event that, for any reason, the funds made available pursuant to this article for the payment of principal and interest of the notes will not be sufficient for that purpose at the time payment on principal, interest, or both, is required as to any one or more of those notes, Orange County shall so notify the trustee. The trustee shall immediately communicate that information to the affected note holders and to the Controller.  
   (3) When the Controller receives notice from the trustee as described in paragraph (2) that the funds made available pursuant to this article for the payment of principal and interest of the notes is not sufficient for that purpose at the time payment on principal, interest, or both, is required as to any one or more of those notes, the Controller shall make an apportionment to the trustee in the amount of that required payment for the purpose of making that payment. The Controller shall make that payment only from moneys credited to the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund to which Orange County is entitled at that time under Chapter 5 (commencing with Section 11001) of Part 5 of Division 2 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and shall thereupon reduce, by the amount of the payment, the subsequent allocation or allocations to which Orange County would otherwise be entitled under that chapter. 
   (4) As an alternate to the procedure set forth in paragraphs (2) and (3), Orange County may specify in the notice provided to the Controller pursuant to paragraph (1) a schedule of payments to be made on specified dates to the trustee, and the Controller shall, subject to the limitation in the second sentence of paragraph (3), make apportionments to the trustee in the amount of the required payments on the specified dates.  
   (b) This section shall not be construed to obligate the State of California to make any payment to Orange County from the Motor Vehicle License Fee Account in the Transportation Tax Fund in any amount or pursuant to any particular allocation formula, or to make any other payment to Orange County, including, but not limited to, any payment in satisfaction of any debt or liability incurred or guaranteed by Orange County in accordance with this section.

53857.  Notwithstanding the provisions in Section 53856, any note issued pursuant to this article shall be a general obligation of the local agency, and, to the extent not paid from the taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts or other moneys of the local agency pledged for the payment thereof shall be paid with the interest thereon from any other moneys of the local agency lawfully available therefor; provided, however, that any tax levied by a county for interest on notes for borrowed money shall be in addition to all other taxes and shall not be less than sufficient to pay the interest on notes for borrowed money as is to become due before the time for making the next general tax levy.

53858.  Notes shall not be issued pursuant to this article in any fiscal year in an amount which, when added to the interest payable thereon, shall exceed 85 percent of the estimated amount of the then uncollected taxes, income, revenue, cash receipts, and other moneys of the local agency which will be available for the payment of said notes and the interest thereon; provided, however, that to the extent that any principal of or interest on such notes is secured by a pledge of the amount in any inactive or term deposit of the local agency, the term of which will terminate during said fiscal year, such principal and interest may be disregarded in computing said limit. For the purposes of this section, "revenue" includes, but is not limited to, revenue from the state and federal governments.