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California Public Resources Code Section 25751

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(a) The Renewable Resource Trust Fund is hereby created in
the State Treasury.
   (b) The following accounts are hereby established within the
Renewable Resource Trust Fund:
   (1) Existing Renewable Resources Account.
   (2) Emerging Renewable Resources Account.
   (3) Renewable Resources Consumer Education Account.
   (c) The money in the fund may be expended, only upon appropriation
by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for the following
purposes:
   (1) The administration of this article by the state.
   (2) The state's expenditures associated with the accounting system
established by the commission pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section
399.13 of the Public Utilities Code.
   (d) That portion of revenues collected by electrical corporations
for the benefit of in-state operation and development of existing and
new and emerging renewable resource technologies, pursuant to
Section 399.8 of the Public Utilities Code, shall be transmitted to
the commission at least quarterly for deposit in the Renewable
Resource Trust Fund pursuant to Section 25740.5. After setting aside
in the fund money that may be needed for expenditures authorized by
the annual Budget Act in accordance with subdivision (c), the
Treasurer shall immediately deposit money received pursuant to this
section into the accounts created pursuant to subdivision (b) in
proportions designated by the commission for the current calendar
year. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money
in the fund and the accounts within the fund are hereby continuously
appropriated to the commission without regard to fiscal year for the
purposes enumerated in this chapter.
   (e) Upon notification by the commission, the Controller shall pay
all awards of the money in the accounts created pursuant to
subdivision (b) for purposes enumerated in this chapter. The
eligibility of each award shall be determined solely by the
commission based on the procedures it adopts under this chapter.
Based on the eligibility of each award, the commission shall also
establish the need for a multiyear commitment to any particular award
and so advise the Department of Finance. Eligible awards submitted
by the commission to the Controller shall be accompanied by
information specifying the account from which payment should be made
and the amount of each payment; a summary description of how payment
of the award furthers the purposes enumerated in this chapter; and an
accounting of future costs associated with any award or group of
awards known to the commission to represent a portion of a multiyear
funding commitment.
   (f) The commission may transfer funds between accounts for
cashflow purposes, provided that the balance due each account is
restored and the transfer does not adversely affect any of the
accounts.
   (g) The Department of Finance shall conduct an independent audit
of the Renewable Resource Trust Fund and its related accounts
annually, and provide an audit report to the Legislature not later
than March 1 of each year for which this article is operative. The
Department of Finance's report shall include information regarding
revenues, payment of awards, reserves held for future commitments,
unencumbered cash balances, and other matters that the Director of
Finance determines may be of importance to the Legislature.

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