(a) At the time of issuance of a marriage license pursuant to § 26840 of the Government Code, twenty-three dollars ($23) of each fee paid shall be collected by the county clerk for deposit into the county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund. The fees collected in this special fund shall be disbursed to approved domestic violence shelter-based programs on a yearly or more frequent basis commencing July 1, 1980. The funds shall be disbursed using a request for qualification (RFQ) process.

(b) The board of supervisors shall direct the county clerk to deposit twenty-three dollars ($23) of each fee into the county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund. The county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund shall fund domestic violence shelter-based programs established pursuant to Section 18304. Four dollars ($4) of each twenty-three dollars ($23) deposited into the county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund shall be used, to the extent feasible, to support or expand domestic violence shelter-based programs to target underserved areas and populations. No more than 8 percent of the funds shall be expended for the administrative costs associated with the collection and segregation of the additional marriage license fees, administration of the county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund, monitoring of the domestic violence shelter-based programs, and meeting the other administrative requirements imposed by this chapter. Counties that do not participate in the establishing or funding of domestic violence shelter-based programs pursuant to this chapter shall be entitled to retain up to 4 percent of the funds for the administrative costs associated with the collection and segregation of the additional marriage license fees and the deposit of these fees in the county domestic violence shelter-based programs special fund.

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(c) The board of supervisors of a county may request, on not more than a quarterly basis, an accounting of the special fund, which shall include all of the following:

(1) The balance of the special fund at the beginning of the request period.

(2) Deposits into the special fund in the request period, including a clear breakdown of funds deposited as a result of marriage license fees, funds deposited as a result of the collection of domestic violence probation fees, and funds deposited from other sources.

(3) Disbursements from the fund during the request period.

(4) The fund balance at the end of the request period.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 144, Sec. 3. (AB 139) Effective January 1, 2014.)