(a)  The Urban Predevelopment Loan Fund is hereby renamed the Predevelopment Loan Fund.

(b)  Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, all money in the fund, including any interest on loans made from the fund, is hereby continuously appropriated to the department for carrying out the purposes of this chapter, together with interest as provided in that section. The fund shall be a revolving loan fund that shall be used to make predevelopment loans and land purchase loans to eligible sponsors for assisted housing for occupancy primarily by persons of low income.

(c)  All interest, dividends, and pecuniary gains from investments or deposits of moneys in the fund shall accrue to the fund, notwithstanding Section 16305.7 of the Government Code. There shall be paid into the fund all of the following:

(1)  Any moneys appropriated and made available by the Legislature for the purposes of the fund.

(2)  Any moneys that the department receives in repayment of loans made from the fund, including any interest on loans made from the fund.

(3)  Any other moneys that may be made available to the department for the purposes of this chapter from any other source.

(d)  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on the effective date of this subdivision, or as otherwise specified in this section, the following fund balances, as well as any subsequent income derived from loans, including principal and interest, or grants made for the programs identified below, shall be transferred from the funds in which they are currently deposited into the Predevelopment Loan Fund:

(1)  Any funds remaining in the Rural Predevelopment Loan Fund established by Section 50516 and any repayments of these funds.

(2)  Any unencumbered funds remaining for the preservation predevelopment loans authorized by and subject to Item 2240-101-0001 of the Budget Act of 1999 and Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000 and deposited in the Rental Housing Construction Fund established by Section 50740 and any repayments of these loaned funds.

(3)  All funds appropriated by and subject to Item 2240-106-0001 of the Budget Act of 2001.

(4)  Any unencumbered funds remaining and any income and repayments from these loaned funds made for the jobs-housing predevelopment loans authorized by Item 2240-114-0001 of the Budget Act of 2000 to the extent that those funds remain unencumbered in the Rental Housing Construction Fund established by Section 50740.

(5)  Any unencumbered funds, or any loan repayments, of the former Urban Predevelopment Loan Program that may have been received on or after June 30, 1999, and transferred or deposited into the Rental Housing Construction Fund established by Section 50740.

(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 395, Sec. 7. Effective October 1, 2001.)