Gov. Code, § 7902.1 · Division 9. EXPENDITURE LIMITATIONS
Gov. Code, § 7902.1
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
(a) (1) If, beginning with the 1980–81 fiscal year or any fiscal year thereafter, the proceeds of taxes of a school district, community college district, or county superintendent of schools, exceed its appropriations limit determined pursuant to Section 7902 for that fiscal year, the governing body of the school district or community college district, or the county superintendent of schools, shall increase its appropriations limit to an amount equal to its proceeds of taxes.
(2) Any increase in a local jurisdiction’s appropriations limit pursuant to this section shall, in the fiscal year in which the change is made, reduce the appropriations limit of the state by an equal amount.
(b) (1) If, in the 2021–22 fiscal year or any fiscal year thereafter, the appropriations limit determined pursuant to Section 7902 for that fiscal year of a school district, community college district, or county superintendent of schools exceeds its proceeds of taxes, the governing board of the school district or community college district, or the county superintendent of schools, shall decrease its appropriations limit to an amount equal to its proceeds of taxes.
(2) Any decrease in a local jurisdiction’s appropriations limit pursuant to this section shall increase the appropriations limit of the state by an equal amount.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 44, Sec. 108. (AB 130) Effective July 9, 2021.
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