76219. (a) The Courthouse Construction Fund established in Los Angeles County pursuant to Section 76100 shall be known as the Courthouse Construction Fund.
(b) All courtroom construction in the County of Los Angeles which utilizes moneys from the Courthouse Construction Fund or moneys borrowed and owed against the Courthouse Construction Fund shall be within the boundaries of the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area and the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District, until the time that the County of Los Angeles has spent a total of at least forty-three million dollars ($43,000,000) on courthouse construction within the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area and at least eight million dollars ($8,000,000) within the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District for the Bellflower Courthouse.
(c) All courtroom construction in the County of Los Angeles which utilizes moneys from the Courthouse Construction Fund or moneys borrowed against the Courthouse Construction Fund shall be within the boundaries of the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area, within the boundaries of the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District, within the boundaries of the East Los Angeles Municipal Court District, within the Downey Municipal Court District, within the community of Hollywood, or within the West Los Angeles Branch of the Los Angeles Municipal Court District, until the time that the County of Los Angeles has fulfilled the requirements of subdivision (b) and has additionally spent at least sixteen million five hundred thousand dollars ($16,500,000) on courthouse construction within the East Los Angeles Municipal Court District, has spent at least ten million dollars ($10,000,000) on courthouse construction within the Downey Municipal Court District, has commenced construction on a courthouse with at least six courtrooms in the West San Fernando Valley, has commenced construction on a courthouse with at least two courtrooms in the community of Hollywood, and has commenced construction on a courthouse for the West Los Angeles Branch of the Los Angeles Municipal Court District.
(d) All courtroom construction in the County of Los Angeles which utilizes moneys from the Courthouse Construction Fund or moneys borrowed against the Courthouse Construction Fund shall be within the boundaries of the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area, within the boundaries of the Los Cerritos Municipal Court District, within the boundaries of the East Los Angeles Municipal Court District, within the Downey Municipal Court District, within the community of Hollywood, within the West Los Angeles Branch of the Los Angeles Municipal Court District, within the Pasadena Judicial District, within the Southeast Municipal Court District, within the South Bay Judicial District, within the Santa Monica Judicial District, within the Antelope Valley Judicial District, or within the Long Beach Judicial District until the time that the County of Los Angeles has fulfilled the requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c), and has commenced construction of new facilities or the expansion of existing facilities for the municipal courts in the Pasadena Judicial District, the north and south branches of the Southeast Municipal Court District, and the South Bay Judicial District, has commenced construction on a courthouse for the superior court with at least 18 courtrooms in the North Hollywood Redevelopment Project Area of the City of Los Angeles or immediately adjacent thereto, and has commenced construction of new facilities for the superior and municipal courts in the Santa Monica Judicial District, the Antelope Valley Judicial District, and the Long Beach Judicial District.
(e) For purposes of this section, the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area includes all land within the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area (as defined in subdivision (e) of Section 11093) as well as the City of San Fernando, the City of Hidden Hills, and the unincorporated areas of Los Angeles County located west of the City of Los Angeles, east and south of the Ventura County line, and north of a line extended westerly from the southern boundary of the San Fernando Valley Statistical Area (as defined in subdivision (c) of Section 11093).
(f) The moneys of the Courthouse Construction Fund together with any interest earned thereon shall be payable only for courtroom construction and land acquisition as authorized in subdivision (b) and, after the requirement of subdivision (b) has been met, shall be payable only for courtroom construction and land acquisition as authorized in subdivision (c) and, after the requirements of subdivisions (b) and (c) have been met, shall be payable only for courtroom construction and land acquisition as authorized in subdivision (d).
(g) Deposits into the fund shall continue through and including either (1) the 25th year after the initial calendar year in which the surcharge is selected or (2) whatever period of time is necessary to repay any borrowings made by the county to pay for construction provided for in this section, whichever time is longer.
(h) The resolution adopted by the Board of Supervisors of the County of Los Angeles on September 2, 1980, stating that the provisions of Chapter 578 of the Statutes of 1980 are necessary to the establishment of adequate courtroom facilities in the County of Los Angeles shall be deemed a resolution stating that the provisions of this section are necessary to the establishment of adequate courtroom facilities in the county, and shall satisfy the requirements of this section.
(Amended by Stats. 2000, Ch. 375, Sec. 10. Effective January 1, 2001.)
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