Gov. Code, § 16111

(a) Out of the amount appropriated to the Controller from the General Fund, the Controller shall allocate to each city, multicounty special district, and redevelopment agency an amount in accordance with the terms and conditions set forth in this section.

(b) For each city the Controller shall determine the amount of personal property tax subvention payments which would have been received by the city in the 1983–84 fiscal year, but for the operation of Section 100.7 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(1) For the 1984–85 fiscal year, the Controller shall allocate to each city an amount which is 50 percent of the amount determined pursuant to this subdivision.

(2) For the 1985–86 fiscal year, the Controller shall allocate to each city an amount which is 40 percent of the amount determined pursuant to this subdivision.

(3) For the 1986–87 fiscal year, the Controller shall allocate to each city an amount which is 30 percent of the amount determined pursuant to this subdivision.

(4) For the 1987–88 fiscal year, the Controller shall allocate to each city an amount which is 20 percent of the amount determined pursuant to this subdivision.

(5) For the 1988–89 fiscal year, the Controller shall allocate to each city an amount which is 10 percent of the amount determined pursuant to this subdivision.

(6) For the 1989–90 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, the Controller shall not allocate any funds to a city pursuant to this subdivision.

(c) Upon, and only upon, application by a multicounty special district or redevelopment agency, the Controller shall determine the loss occasioned by the repeal of the former personal property tax subvention program, as follows:

(1) The Controller shall determine the amount of personal property tax subventions which would have been received by the district or redevelopment agency in the 1983–84 fiscal year, but for the operation of Section 100.7 of the Revenue and Taxation Code.

(2) The Controller shall determine the amount of revenue received by the district or redevelopment agency pursuant to Section 75.70 of the Revenue and Taxation Code for the current fiscal year.

(3) If the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (2) is less than the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (1), then the Controller shall allocate to the district or redevelopment agency an amount equal to the difference between the amounts determined pursuant to paragraphs (1) and (2).

(4) The Controller shall make no allocation to a district for that fiscal year in which the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (2) is greater than or equal to the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (1).

(5) The Controller shall make no allocation to a redevelopment agency for that fiscal year in which the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (2) is greater than or equal to the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (1) or for any fiscal year thereafter, except as provided in this paragraph. In any fiscal year after a fiscal year in which the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (2) is greater than or equal to the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (1), the Controller shall allocate to the redevelopment agency the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (3) less any amount by which the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (2) is greater than the amount determined pursuant to paragraph (1) in any previous fiscal year.