(a) Notwithstanding Section 13340, there is hereby continuously appropriated from the Fiscal Recovery Fund established pursuant to Section 99008 an amount that will equal the total of the following:

(1) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued and sold as described in Section 99070, as the principal and interest become due and payable, together with any amount necessary to satisfy any reserve and coverage requirements in the resolution.

(2) The sum necessary to pay any ancillary obligations entered into in connection with the bonds.

(3) Any trustee and other administrative costs incurred in connection with servicing the bonds and ancillary obligations.

(4) Redemption, retirement, defeasance or purchase of any bonds as authorized by the committee prior to their stated maturity dates.

(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340, if the funds appropriated by subdivision (a) are estimated to be insufficient to meet the requirement specified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a), as approved pursuant to Section 99071, there is hereby continuously appropriated from the General Fund, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that will provide sufficient revenues to meet whatever requirements specified in paragraphs (1) to (4), inclusive, of subdivision (a) cannot be met from revenues appropriated from the Fiscal Recovery Fund.

(c) The sales and use tax revenues received pursuant to Sections 6051.5 and 6201.5 of the Revenue and Taxation Code and deposited into the Fiscal Recovery Fund are hereby irrevocably pledged to the payment of principal and interest on the bonds issued pursuant to this title, to payment of any ancillary obligations, and to costs necessary for servicing and administering the bonds and ancillary obligations. The Legislature may elect to deposit additional revenues in the Fiscal Recovery Fund. The pledge of this subdivision shall vest automatically upon execution and delivery of any resolution or agreement relating to ancillary obligations, without the need for any notice or filing in any office or location.

(Added by Stats. 2003, 5th Ex. Sess., Ch. 2, Sec. 3. Approved in Proposition 57 at the March 2, 2004, election.)