Section 62569.

Any money which is collected by the director pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in a bank or other depository which is approved by the director. Funds which are so collected are exempt from Sections 11270 and 11272 of the Government Code and shall be deposited and disbursed only to pay for milk produced and delivered within this state, which has not been otherwise paid for, including pool equalization fund obligations, attorney's fees and other costs incurred in litigation involving the fund, expenses generated by the auditing requirement imposed by Section 62570, expenses generated by the use of alternative financial instruments pursuant to Section 62560, and for the costs set forth in Section 62573. The expenditure of those funds is exempt from Section 925.6 of the Government Code.

Nothing in this section prevents the director from using the increment received from investment, reinvestment, or deposit of money specified in Section 62573, in the manner provided by Section 62574.

(Amended by Stats. 2002, Ch. 524, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2003.)