(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that revenues generated at Santa Monica State Beach may be expected to exceed the total costs incurred by the City of Santa Monica in caring for, maintaining, operating, administering, improving, and developing the unit and that a portion of those revenues may appropriately be made available to provide for the safety and convenience of the general public in the use and enjoyment of, and the enhancement of recreational experiences at, the Santa Monica City pier and other related shorefront facilities owned and operated by the City of Santa Monica.

(b) Accordingly, notwithstanding Section 5080.32, whenever revenues generated from all sources at Santa Monica State Beach exceed the actual costs incurred by the City of Santa Monica in caring for, maintaining, operating, administering, improving, and developing that unit and exceed any foreseeable needs for the further improvement and development of that unit, the surplus shall be available for appropriation in the Budget Act to the city, as a local assistance grant, in the succeeding fiscal year for the repair of the Santa Monica pier and the improvement and development of parking facilities providing access to the pier until that repair, improvement, and development is complete. After the repair, improvement, and development is completed, 25 percent of the excess revenues shall be available for appropriation in the Budget Act to the city as a local assistance grant for the further improvement and development of the pier and other shorefront facilities owned and operated by the City of Santa Monica that adjoin the state beach.

Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 5080.37

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • department: means the Department of Parks and Recreation and "director" means the Director of Parks and Recreation. See California Public Resources Code 5001.1
  • Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.

(c) The amount of any surplus shall be determined by the director, and the department may perform audits as may be necessary to determine this amount.

(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1358, Sec. 2.5.)

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