(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, for any school district that qualifies under subdivision (b), as certified by the State Allocation Board, the Controller, upon receipt of a written request to that effect from the governing board of the school district, shall reduce the tax amount that would otherwise be utilized in computing the district’s annual repayment obligation under this chapter by the amount of 50 percent.
(b) Subdivision (a) shall apply to any school district in which, on or after January 1, 1989, the voters of the district approve a local general obligation bond measure, which measure includes within its purposes the funding of school facilities construction or reconstruction. Subdivision (a) shall apply to a district that qualifies under this subdivision as of the day following the date of that voter approval.