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HomeEducation CodeCh. 6Art. 1§ 16082 District Tax Revenue Adjustment

§ 16082 District Tax Revenue Adjustment

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§ 16082 District Tax Revenue Adjustment

This law tells the state Controller how to recalculate school district tax payments when the county holds back (impounds) tax money because the district’s property values dropped.

Key Takeaways

  • •The district must ask for a new calculation before Aug 1 1955 for taxes from the 1954‑55 year.
  • •Only the part of the valuation drop that is bigger than the set percent (2 % before 1981‑82, 0.5 % after) is used in the new tax math.
  • •If the county later releases the held‑back money, the Controller adds that amount back into the district’s next year’s payment.
  • •The adjusted payment amount is the one used for all related school‑fund formulas in sections 16080, 16089, and 16090.

Example

A school district notices that its property values fell, so the county held back some of its tax money for the 1954‑55 school year. The district asks the Controller to redo the payment amount.

The Controller looks at how much the total property value is, finds the part of the drop that is bigger than 2 % (or 0.5 % after 1981‑82), and uses that extra amount to figure out the new tax payment the district must make.

How to Calculate

Excess Amount = (Total Assessed Valuation – Assessed Valuation) – (Percent × Total Assessed Valuation)

  1. Find the total assessed value of all property in the district (the number on the current equalized roll).
  2. Find the assessed value that the district is actually using for its tax calculation (the lower number on the roll).
  3. Subtract the lower value from the total value to get the difference.
  4. Multiply the total assessed value by the allowed percent (2 % for years before 1981‑82, 0.5 % for later years).
  5. Subtract the percent amount from the difference found in Step 3. The result is the “excess” that the Controller must use to compute the 40‑cent, 30‑cent, and 10‑cent tax amounts.

District’s total assessed value = $10,000,000. The value used for tax purposes = $9,800,000. The request is for a year after 1981‑82, so the percent is 0.5 %.

Result: Difference = T – A = $200,000 Percent amount = P × T = 0.005 × $10,000,000 = $50,000 Excess Amount = $200,000 – $50,000 = $150,000 The Controller will use the $150,000 excess to recalculate the district’s 40‑cent, 30‑cent, and 10‑cent tax payments.

AI-generated — May contain errors. Not legal advice. Always verify source.

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§ 16082 District Tax Revenue Adjustment

(a) Upon request of the district, the Controller shall use in computing the “40-cent, 30-cent, and 10-cent tax amounts” under Section 16070 the difference between the total assessed valuation of property in a district as shown on the equalized assessment roll for the current fiscal year and the assessed valuation of property as shown on the equalized assessment roll for the current fiscal year, in excess of 2 percent of such total assessed valuation, with respect to which revenues of the district taxes levied in the 1954–1955 fiscal year, or thereafter, have been impounded by the county auditor pursuant to Section 14240. Beginning with the 1981–82 fiscal year, the difference in excess of 0.50 percent of the total assessed value shall be used in the computation. If the request is received prior to August 1, 1955, with respect to the impounding of revenues of taxes levied during the 1954–1955 fiscal year, the Controller shall recompute the annual repayment of the district due during the 1955–1956 fiscal year on the basis of the reduced assessed valuation, and, on or before September 1, 1955, notify the officers and board referred to in Section 16089 of the recomputed annual repayment for the 1955–1956 fiscal year, and of the recomputed amount to be deducted from the State School Fund apportionment to the district during the 1955–1956 fiscal year. (b) Whenever, after July 1, 1955, the county auditor notifies the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Controller of the release of impounded tax revenues to the school district, the Controller shall add to the annual repayment of the district for the first fiscal year or second fiscal year next succeeding that in which the notification of release was made, that amount by which the annual repayment of the district for a previous fiscal year was reduced by reason of the exclusion of assessed valuation with respect to tax revenues impounded and thereafter released. (c) The amount of annual repayment and deduction, increased or reduced as required by this section, shall be the amount deducted by the Controller for the purposes of Sections 16080, 16089, and 16090 for the fiscal year in which the increase or reduction occurs. (d) If a request is received from a school district and an annual repayment reduced pursuant to subdivision (a) hereof, Section 16081 shall not apply with respect to any tax revenues to which subdivision (a) applies. (Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)

Last verified: January 10, 2026

Key Terms

valuationrepaymentschoolpropertyportreleasedifferenceassessment

Related Statutes

  • § 16071 Unified School District Apportionments
  • § 16084 School District Repayment Deferral
  • § 16086 School District Apportionment Repayment
  • § 16161 District Valuation Continuation Rules
  • § 48905 School Employee Injury Claims

References

  • Official text at leginfo.legislature.ca.gov
  • California Legislature. Education Code. Section 16082.
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