Rev. & Tax. Code, § 47100 · Chapter 3. Administration
Rev. & Tax. Code, § 47100
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
All revenues collected pursuant to this part, less refunds and reimbursement to the department for expenses incurred in the administration and collection of the taxes imposed by this part, shall be deposited into the Lithium Extraction Excise Tax Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, as follows:
(a) (1) Eighty percent shall be disbursed by the Controller to all counties in proportion to the amounts of the taxes, interest, penalties, and other amounts collected for lithium extraction within each county. Each county shall establish for deposit of these revenues an account or fund separate from the other accounts and funds of the county.
(2) (A) Of the amount disbursed to the County of Imperial pursuant to this subdivision, the county shall establish a method to distribute an amount not less than 30 percent of that disbursed amount to the County of Imperial communities that are most directly and indirectly impacted by the lithium extraction activities, including, but not limited to, the following communities:
(i) The directly affected communities listed below:
(I) Bombay Beach.
(II) The City of Brawley.
(III) The City of Calipatria.
(IV) Niland.
(V) The City of Westmorland.
(ii) The indirectly affected communities listed below:
(I) Bard.
(II) The City of Calexico.
(III) Desert Shores.
(IV) The City of El Centro.
(V) Heber.
(VI) The City of Holtville.
(VII) The City of Imperial.
(VIII) Ocotillo.
(IX) Palo Verde.
(X) Salton City.
(XI) Salton Sea Beach.
(XII) Seeley.
(XIII) Winterhaven.
(XIV) Vista Del Mar.
(B) The County of Imperial shall annually, on a date and in a manner determined by the department, report to the department the communities to which funding was distributed pursuant to this paragraph.
(b) Twenty percent shall be disbursed as follows:
(1) Twenty percent of the revenues collected in the County of Imperial shall be deposited into the Salton Sea Lithium Fund created in Section 2951 of the Fish and Game Code.
(2) Twenty percent of the revenues collected in a county other than the County of Imperial shall be disbursed to that county for distribution to communities in that county that are the most impacted by the lithium extraction activities.
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History
Amended by Stats. 2024, Ch. 596, Sec. 1. (SB 974) Effective January 1, 2025.
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