2005 California Public Resources Code Sections 4799.13 CHAPTER 3. FOREST RESOURCES IMPROVEMENT FUND

4799.13.  (a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury, the
Forest Resources Improvement Fund.  The money in the Forest Resources
Improvement Fund may only be expended, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, for the following purposes:
   (1) Forest improvement programs and related administrative costs
pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4790).
   (2) Urban forestry programs and related administrative costs
pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing  with Section 4799.06).
   (3) Wood energy programs pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with
Section 4799.14).
   (4) Reimbursing the General Fund for the cost of operation of the
state forests administered by the director pursuant to Section 4646.
   (5) Cost of operations associated with management of lands held in
trust by the state and operated as demonstration state forests by
the department pursuant to Section 4646, if those lands are managed
so that they produce revenue that offsets, within a reasonable period
of time, any costs to the state of managing those lands.
   (6) Forest pest research and management, technical transfer, and
outreach.
   (7) State nurseries programs pursuant to Article 2 (commencing
with Section 4681) of Chapter 10 of Part 2.
   (8) Costs associated with administration of the Z'Berg-Nejedly
Forest Practice of 1973 (Chapter 8 (commencing with Section 4511) of
Part 2).
   (b) The Forest Resources Improvement Fund shall be the depository
for all revenue derived from the repayment of loans made or interest
received pursuant to Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 4790), and
the receipts from the sale of forest products, as defined in Section
4638, from the state forests.  Ten percent of the net state forest
receipts from the sale of forest products, after the General Fund is
reimbursed for costs of operating the state forests, is available,
upon appropriation by the Legislature, for urban forestry programs
pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 4799.06) of this part.
   (c) The director may accept grants and donations of equipment,
seedlings, labor, materials, or funds from any source for the purpose
of supporting or facilitating activities undertaken pursuant to this
part.  Any funds received shall be deposited by the director in the
Forest Resources Improvement Fund.  None of these funds received
prior to the effective date of the act adding paragraphs (7) and (8)
to subdivision (a) are available for the purposes of paragraph (7) or
(8) of subdivision (a).
   (d) Each proposed expenditure by the department of money from the
Forest Resources Improvement Fund shall be included as a separate
item and scheduled individually in the Budget Bill for each fiscal
year for consideration by the Legislature.  These appropriations
shall be subject to all of the limitations contained in the Budget
Bill and to all other fiscal procedures prescribed by law with
respect to the expenditure of state funds.