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Welf. & Inst. Code, § 17601.20 · Article 2. Mental Health Allocations

Welf. & Inst. Code, § 17601.20

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(a) Notwithstanding any other law, for the 2011–12 fiscal year, except for the funds described in subdivision (c), any funds under this chapter or any other provision of Chapter 89 of the Statutes of 1991 that would have otherwise been deposited into the Mental Health Subaccount subsequent to July 15 shall instead be deposited in the CalWORKs Maintenance of Effort Subaccount.

(b) All of the funds deposited in the CalWORKs Maintenance of Effort Subaccount pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used by each county and city and county that receives an allocation of those funds to pay an increased county contribution toward the costs of CalWORKs grants. Each county’s total annual contribution pursuant to this section shall equal the total amount of funds deposited in the county’s CalWORKs Maintenance of Effort Subaccount during that fiscal year. The CalWORKs Maintenance of Effort Subaccount shall not be subject to the transferability provisions of Section 17600.20 and shall not be factored into the calculation of growth allocations pursuant to Article 7 (commencing with Section 17606.05). Each county’s contribution pursuant to this section shall be in addition to the share of cost required pursuant to Section 15200.

(c) There shall be a monthly allocation from the Mental Health Account in the Local Revenue Fund 2011 to the Mental Health Subaccount pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 30027 of the Government Code.

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History

Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 40, Sec. 31. (SB 1020) Effective June 27, 2012.

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