(a) In connection with the initial establishment or the extension of a pedestrian mall, expenditures for the acquisition, construction or reconstruction (but not including expenditures for normal maintenance or repair) of streets within the proposed pedestrian mall made subsequent to such resolution or within three years prior to the adoption of such resolution from the proceeds of any tax, license, or fee imposed upon the ownership or operation of vehicles or the fuel used therein, shall be included as a cost of improvement of the mall. If the mall is subsequently established, an amount equivalent thereto shall be paid from moneys used to finance improvement of the mall into the special gas tax street improvement fund or the traffic safety fund in the case of a city, or into the special road improvement fund in the case of a county.
(b) The provisions of subdivision (a) shall not apply to any expenditure made from proceeds of the vehicle license fee imposed under Division 2, Part 5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code, nor to any expenditure made prior to June 30, 1961.
(Amended by Stats. 1961, Ch. 459.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018