19378. (a) The Franchise Tax Board shall determine the amount of the contracting costs incurred under Section 19377 and notify the Controller of that amount which shall be transferred from the Personal Income Tax Fund or the Corporation Tax Fund to the Delinquent Tax Collection Fund, which is hereby created.
(b) The Controller shall transfer that amount determined pursuant to subdivision (a) from the Delinquent Tax Collection Fund to the Franchise Tax Board for reimbursement of its contracting costs. The moneys remaining in the Delinquent Tax Collection Fund after disbursements shall be transferred to the Personal Income Tax Fund or the Corporation Tax Fund by the Controller upon notification by the Franchise Tax Board. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys transferred pursuant to this section are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years.
(c) The funds generated through this section shall not be used in place of funds from other sources that are available for appropriation to the Franchise Tax Board.
(d) This section shall become operative on July 1, 1993.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 543, Sec. 14. Effective January 1, 2002.)