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California Constitution Article XIX Motor Vehicle Revenues Section 4

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SEC. 4.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the statutory
formulas in effect on June 30, 2009, which allocate the revenues
described in Section 2 to cities, counties, and areas of the State
shall remain in effect. 
  (b) The Legislature shall not modify the statutory allocations in
effect on June 30, 2009, unless and until both of the following have
occurred: 
  (1) The Legislature determines in accordance with this subdivision
that another basis for an equitable, geographical, and
jurisdictional distribution exists. Any future statutory revisions
shall (A) provide for the allocation of these revenues, together with
other similar revenues, in a manner which gives equal consideration
to the transportation needs of all areas of the State and all
segments of the population; and (B) be consistent with the orderly
achievement of the adopted local, regional, and statewide goals for
ground transportation in local general plans, regional transportation
plans, and the California Transportation Plan; 
  (2) The process described in subdivision (c) has been completed. 
  (c) The Legislature shall not modify the statutory allocation
pursuant to subdivision (b) until all of the following have occurred: 
  (1) The California Transportation Commission has held no less than
four public hearings in different parts of the State to receive
public input about the local and regional goals for ground
transportation in that part of the State; 
  (2) The California Transportation Commission has published a
report describing the input received at the public hearings and how
the modification to the statutory allocation is consistent with the
orderly achievement of local, regional, and statewide goals for
ground transportation in local general plans, regional transportation
plans, and the California Transportation Plan; and 
  (3) Ninety days have passed since the publication of the report by
the California Transportation Commission. 
  (d) A statute enacted by the Legislature modifying the statutory
allocations must be by a bill passed in each house of the Legislature
by rollcall vote entered in the journal, two-thirds of the
membership concurring, provided that the bill does not contain any
other unrelated provision. 
  (e) The revenues allocated by statute to cities, counties, and
areas of the State pursuant to this article may be used solely by the
entity to which they are allocated, and solely for the purposes
described in Sections 2, 5, or 6 of this article. 
  (f) The Legislature may not take any action which permanently or
temporarily does any of the following: (1) changes the status of the
Highway Users Tax Account as a trust fund; (2) borrows, diverts, or
appropriates these revenues for purposes other than those described
in subdivision (e); or (3) delays, defers, suspends, or otherwise
interrupts the payment, allocation, distribution, disbursal, or
transfer of revenues from taxes described in Section 2 to cities,
counties, and areas of the State pursuant to the procedures in effect
on June 30, 2009.

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