The second fraction of the rural solidarity grant is allocated to communes whose per capita financial potential, as defined in article L. 2334-4, is less than twice the average per capita financial potential of communes belonging to the same demographic group.
This fraction is distributed:
1° For 30% of its amount, according to the population weighted by the difference between the commune’s per capita financial potential and the average per capita financial potential of communes belonging to the same demographic group as well as by the tax effort capped at 1.2;
2° For 30% of its amount, in proportion to the length of the road classified in the communal public domain; for communes located in mountain areas or for island communes, the length of the road is doubled. For the application of this article, an island commune is defined as a commune in mainland France located on an island which, not being linked to the mainland by a road infrastructure, comprises a single commune or a single public establishment for inter-communal cooperation;
3° For 30% of its amount, in proportion to the number of children aged between three and sixteen domiciled in the commune, established at the time of the last census.
4° For a maximum of 10% of its amount, according to the difference between the commune’s financial potential per hectare and the average financial potential per hectare of communes with fewer than 10,000 inhabitants.
However, subject to the provisions of 4° above, each of the weighting percentages may be increased or reduced for all beneficiary communes by up to five points under conditions set by decree in the Conseil d’Etat, after consulting the local finance committee.
When a municipality has no resources in respect of council tax on second homes and other furnished premises not allocated to the principal dwelling, property tax on built-up and unbuilt properties and the additional tax on property tax on unbuilt properties, the tax effort taken into account for the application of this article and article L. 2334-22-1 is the average tax effort of municipalities belonging to the same demographic group.
From 2012, the allocation under this fraction for an eligible municipality may not be less than 90% or more than 120% of the amount received the previous year.
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