SECTIONS 44296 - California Statutes

HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE

SECTION 44296

44296. (a) All program funds shall be encumbered prior to January
1, 2002. No grants shall be made by districts using money reserved
within the fund after that date, and no technology or infrastructure
project may be funded by the commission after that date.
(b) On January 1, 2002, all unencumbered funds reserved for
districts shall revert back to the state board, and thereafter shall
be permanently allocated by the state board to districts in
proportion to the aggregate net disbursements that the participating
districts received during the life of the grant program, to be used
in accordance with the goals and objectives of the grant program and
to be granted by the districts in accordance with the procedures and
criteria in place at the termination of the grant program or as
subsequently modified by the districts as needed to better meet the
grant program objectives and protect human health and welfare.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (b), the advisory board may
recommend that unused funds be allocated to fund a continuing
statewide program similar to the program established as part of the
advisory board recommendations for a continuing program pursuant to
Section 44297.
(d) Notwithstanding any provision in the Budget Act of 1999, funds
appropriated in that act to carry out the provisions of this act
shall only be available for encumbrance during the 1999-2000 fiscal
year.