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not be altered from the allocations set forth in this subsection and subsection D due to reductions in county discretionary revenue or for any other reason. D.In each year during the term of this article,the remaining twenty-five(25)percent of revenue from this tax shall be allocated by the board of supervisors based on the demonstrated need and the county's commitment to a geographically dispersed network of providers, for any of the following purposes: 1.For critical medical services provided by community-based health care providers; 2. To partially offset uncompensated care costs for emergency care and related hospital admissions; or 3.For essential public health,mental health and substance abuse services provided. (Ord.2004-32§ 1 (part)) 2.08.242 Citizen oversight committee. A. Upon enactment of this article, the board of supervisors shall establish and appoint a citizen oversight committee. B. The citizen oversight committee shall annually review the expenditure of the essential health care services tax fund for the prior year and shall report to the board of supervisors on the conformity of such expenditures to the purposes set forth in Section 2.08.241. (Ord.2004-32 § I (part)) 2.08.243 Operative date. "Operative date"means the first day of the first calendar quarter commencing more than one hundred and ten(110)days after adoption of this article.(Ord.2004=32§ 1 (Part)) 2.08.244 Purpose of article. A.This article is adopted to achieve the following general purposes: 1. To impose a retail transactions and use tax in accordance with the provisions of Part 1.6(commencing with Section 7251)of Division 2 and of Section 7285.5 of Part 1.7 of Division 2 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code that authorize the county to adopt this article,and such tax shall be operative if a two-thirds majority of the electors voting on the measure vote to approve the imposition of the tax at an election called for that purpose; 2. To enact a retail transactions and use tax ordinance that incorporates provisions identical to those of the Sales and Use Tax Law of the state of California insofar as those provisions are not inconsistent with the requirements and limitations contained in Part 1.6 of Division 2 of the California Revenue and Taxation Code; 3