Of the total amount of fines and forfeitures received by the city under Section
1463 of the State Penal Code, that proportion which is represented by fines and forfeitures collected from any person charged with a misdemeanor under the
State Vehicle Code following arrest by an officer employed by the city, shall be paid into the treasury of the city and deposited in a special fund to be known as the "traffic safety fund," and shall be used exclusively for official traffic-control devices, the maintenance thereof, equipment and supplies for traffic law enforcement and traffic accident prevention, and for the maintenance, improvement, or construction of public streets, bridges, and culverts within the city, but the fund shall not be used to pay the compensation of traffic or other Police Officers. The fund may be used to pay the compensation of school crossing guards who are not regular full-time members of the Police Department of the city.
(Rev. Code 1954 § 3158)