Section 207 - Money attributable to administrative fines, civil fines, and criminal penalties, or cost recovery and case settlements; continuous appropriation(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the money in any fund described in Section 205 that is attributable to administrative fines, civil penalties, and criminal penalties imposed by a regulating entity, or cost recovery by a regulating entity from enforcement actions and case settlements, shall not be continuously appropriated. The money in each fund that is not continuously appropriated shall be available for expenditure as provided in this code only upon appropriation by the Legislature.(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the annual Budget Act may appropriate, in a single budget item for each individual fund described in subdivision (a) of Section 205, the entire amount available for expenditure in the budget year for that fund. That appropriation may include funds that are continuously appropriated and funds that are not continuously appropriated.Ca. Bus. and Prof'l. Code § 207
Amended by Stats 2015 ch 428 (AB 177),s 3, eff. 1/1/2016.Added by Stats 2002 ch 682 (SB 2018), s 1, eff. 1/1/2003.