Section 17604.

(a) All motor vehicle license fee revenues collected in the 1991–92 fiscal year that are deposited to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund shall be credited to the Vehicle License Fee Account of that fund.

(b) (1) For the 1992–93 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, from vehicle license fee proceeds from revenues deposited to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund, the Controller shall make monthly deposits to the Vehicle License Fee Account of the Local Revenue Fund until the deposits equal the amounts that were allocated to counties, cities, and cities and counties as general purpose revenues in the prior fiscal year pursuant to this chapter from the Vehicle License Fee Account in the Local Revenue Fund and the Vehicle License Fee Account and the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account in the Local Revenue Fund.

(2) Any excess vehicle fee revenues deposited into the Local Revenue Fund pursuant to Section 11001.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code shall be deposited in the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account of the Local Revenue Fund.

(3) The Controller shall calculate the difference between the total amount of vehicle license fee proceeds deposited to the credit of the Local Revenue Fund, pursuant to paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 11001.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, and deposited into the Vehicle License Fee Account for the period of July 16, 2009, to July 15, 2010, inclusive, and the amount deposited for the period of July 16, 2010, to July 15, 2011, inclusive.

(4) Of vehicle license fee proceeds deposited to the Vehicle License Fee Account after July 15, 2011, an amount equal to the difference calculated in paragraph (3) shall be deemed to have been deposited during the period of July 16, 2010, to July 15, 2011, inclusive, and allocated to cities, counties, and a city and county as if those proceeds had been received during the 2010–11 fiscal year.

(c) (1) On or before the 27th day of each month, the Controller shall allocate to each county, city, or city and county, as general purpose revenues the amounts deposited and remaining unexpended and unreserved on the 15th day of the month in the Vehicle License Fee Account of the Local Revenue Fund, in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).

(2) For the 1991–92 fiscal year, allocations shall be made in accordance with the following schedule:

Jurisdiction	Allocation Percentage
Alameda  ........................	4.5046
Alpine  ........................	0.0137
Amador  ........................	0.1512
Butte  ........................	0.8131
Calaveras  ........................	0.1367
Colusa ........................	0.1195
Contra Costa  ........................	2.2386
Del Norte  ........................	0.1340
El Dorado  ........................	0.5228
Fresno  ........................	2.3531
Glenn  ........................	0.1391
Humboldt  ........................	0.8929
Imperial  ........................	0.8237
Inyo  ........................	0.1869
Kern  ........................	1.6362
Kings  ........................	0.4084
Lake  ........................	0.1752
Lassen  ........................	0.1525
Los Angeles  ........................	37.2606
Madera  ........................	0.3656
Marin ........................	1.0785
Mariposa  ........................	0.0815
Mendocino  ........................	0.2586
Merced  ........................	0.4094
Modoc  ........................	0.0923
Mono  ........................	0.1342
Monterey  ........................	0.8975
Napa  ........................	0.4466
Nevada  ........................	0.2734
Orange  ........................	5.4304
Placer  ........................	0.2806
Plumas  ........................	0.1145
Riverside  ........................	2.7867
Sacramento  ........................	2.7497
San Benito  ........................	0.1701
San Bernardino ........................	2.4709
San Diego  ........................	4.7771
San Francisco  ........................	7.1450
San Joaquin  ........................	1.0810
San Luis Obispo  ........................	0.4811
San Mateo  ........................	1.5937
Santa Barbara  ........................	0.9418
Santa Clara  ........................	3.6238
Santa Cruz  ........................	0.6714
Shasta  ........................	0.6732
Sierra  ........................	0.0340
Siskiyou ........................	0.2246
Solano  ........................	0.9377
Sonoma  ........................	1.6687
Stanislaus  ........................	1.0509
Sutter  ........................	0.4460
Tehama  ........................	0.2986
Trinity  ........................	0.1388
Tulare  ........................	0.7485
Tuolumne  ........................	0.2357
Ventura  ........................	1.3658
Yolo  ........................	0.3522
Yuba  ........................	0.3076
Berkeley  ........................	0.0692
Long Beach  ........................	0.2918
Pasadena  ........................	0.1385

(3) For the 1992–93, 1993–94, and 1994–95 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, allocations shall be made in the same amounts as were distributed from the Vehicle License Fee Account and the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account in the prior fiscal year.

(4) For the 1995–96 fiscal year, allocations shall be made in the same amounts as distributed in the 1994–95 fiscal year from the Vehicle License Fee Account and the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account after adjusting the allocation amounts by the amounts specified for the following counties:

Alpine  ........................	$(11,296)
Amador  ........................	25,417
Calaveras  ........................	49,892
Del Norte  ........................	39,537
Glenn  ........................	(12,238)
Lassen  ........................	17,886
Mariposa  ........................	(6,950)
Modoc  ........................	(29,182)
Mono  ........................	(6,950)
San Benito  ........................	20,710
Sierra  ........................	(39,537)
Trinity  ........................	(48,009)

(5) For the 1996–97 fiscal year and fiscal years thereafter, allocations shall be made in the same amounts as were distributed from the Vehicle License Fee Account and the Vehicle License Fee Growth Account in the prior fiscal year.

Initial proceeds deposited in the Vehicle License Fee Account in the 2003–04 fiscal year in the amount that would otherwise have been transferred pursuant to Section 10754 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for the period June 20, 2003, to July 15, 2003, inclusive, shall be deemed to have been deposited during the period June 16, 2003, to July 15, 2003, inclusive, and allocated to cities, counties, and a city and county during the 2002–03 fiscal year.

(d) The Controller shall make monthly allocations from the amount deposited in the Vehicle License Collection Account of the Local Revenue Fund to each county in accordance with a schedule to be developed by the State Department of Mental Health in consultation with the California Mental Health Directors Association, which is compatible with the intent of the Legislature expressed in the act adding this subdivision.

(e) Prior to making the monthly allocations in accordance with paragraph (5) of subdivision (c) and subdivision (d), and pursuant to a schedule provided by the Department of Finance, the Controller shall adjust the monthly distributions from the Vehicle License Fee Account to reflect an equal exchange of sales and use tax funds from the Social Services Subaccount to the Health Subaccount, as required by subdivisions (d) and (e) of Section 17600.15, and of Vehicle License Fee funds from the Health Account to the Social Services Account. Adjustments made to the Vehicle License Fee distributions pursuant to this subdivision shall not be used in calculating future year allocations to the Vehicle License Fee Account.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 358, Sec. 12. Effective September 26, 2013.)