(a) Grants shall be distributed commensurate with the amount of Fees collected from the owners of Habitable Structures within the SRA. Proportional distribution of funds shall be measured over the following spatial and temporal scales.
(1) The CAL FIRE Unit/Contract County shall act as the geographic boundaries when accounting for Fees received and Project expenditures.
(2) Expenditures over a rolling seven (7) year period (current year plus six (6) prior years) from this Grant program in any CAL FIRE Unit/Contract County shall be proportional to the amount of Fees collected from that CAL FIRE Unit/Contract County, and the amount appropriated by the Legislature for these purposes.
(3) Funding shall be determined to have been distributed proportionally if it is within 10% of the calculated benefit amount determined in paragraph (2) above.
(b) To accomplish the goal of proportional distribution of funds by CAL FIRE Unit/Contract County, the following shall occur:
(1) The amount of Fees appropriated to the SRAFPF Grant Program by the legislature for the current fiscal year, minus any administrative fees required by CAL FIRE to implement the program, shall be made available for grants.
(2) The percentage of total Fees collected by each CAL FIRE Unit/Contract County from the prior fiscal year shall be calculated to the nearest tenth of a percent.
(3) The percentage of Fees collected, calculated in paragraph (2), shall be applied to the total funds available, calculated in paragraph (1), to determine the grant funding available for projects in each CAL FIRE Unit/Contract County.
(4) The grant funds available for Projects in each CAL FIRE Unit/Contract County shall be made available on the SRAFPF Grant website concurrently with the advertisement of the SRAFPF Grant Program annual application window.
(c) To meet the proportional distribution of funds described above, any individual SRAFPF Grant request in any funding year shall be capped at $250,000.
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Note: Authority cited: Sections 4111, 4212 and 4214, Public Resources Code. Reference: Sections 4102, 4112, 4113, 4114, 4214, 4740 and 4741, Public Resources Code.
1. New section filed 8-15-2016; operative 10-1-2016 (Register 2016, No. 34).
This database is current through 4/26/24 Register 2024, No. 17.
Cal. Admin. Code tit. 14, § 1666.2, 14 CA ADC § 1666.2
