Section 663.7 Of Article 1. Operation And Equipment From California Harbors And Navigation Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 5. >> Article 1.
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. (a) Each county of the state is entitled to receive state
financial aid for boating safety and enforcement programs on waters
under its jurisdiction as provided in this section. A boating safety
and enforcement program, as used in this section, includes search and
rescue operations, recovery of drowned bodies, enforcement of state
and local measures for regulation of boating activities, inspection
of vessels, and supervision of organized water events.
(b) A public agency within a county and the Department of Parks
and Recreation are entitled to receive aid for boating safety and
enforcement programs on waters under their jurisdiction through the
county in which it lies, and that aid shall be counted as aid to the
county; except that aid provided under subdivision (h) for boating
safety and enforcement programs of the Department of Parks and
Recreation for waters under its jurisdiction shall not be counted as
aid to a county.
(c) (1) Of the funds appropriated for boating safety and
enforcement programs pursuant to Section 85.2, the department shall
adopt and utilize a formula that first allocates funds to counties so
that no county receives less than the amount it was allocated in the
1996-97 fiscal year, unless the county's program is reduced, or the
county does not meet the eligibility requirements of this section. If
the total amount of money in the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving
Fund is less than the amount available for the 1996-97 fiscal year,
the funds allocated to each county shall be reduced in proportion to
the reduction in the overall fund relative to the 1996-97 fiscal
year.
(2) Second, from funds remaining, the department shall allocate
funds to eligible counties which have submitted a grant application
pursuant to subdivision (i) but which do not receive an allocation
pursuant to paragraph (1).
(3) The funds allocated pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not be
greater in total amount than 50 percent of the funds appropriated for
boating safety programs, unless the department determines that an
amount greater than 50 percent is needed to meet the minimum
allocation requirements set forth in paragraph (1).
(d) The amount of aid for which a county or a public agency within
a county is eligible under this section shall not exceed the total
cost of its boating safety and enforcement program. Notwithstanding
paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), no county shall receive an amount
greater than 20 percent of the total funds appropriated to all
counties for boating safety and enforcement programs in any fiscal
year. Notwithstanding any other provision of this section, any county
that receives a boating safety and enforcement allocation during the
1997-98 fiscal year as a result of a prior appropriation shall not
receive an additional allocation for the 1997-98 fiscal year pursuant
to this section.
(e) The department shall not allocate funds to any county or a
public agency within a county unless the department receives a
resolution adopted annually by the board of supervisors authorizing
the county to participate in the program and certifying that the
county will expend for boating safety programs during that year not
less than an amount equal to 100 percent of the amount received by
the county from personal property taxes on vessels. The money
allocated to a county pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be used only
for boating safety and enforcement programs, as specified in
subdivision (a), that are conducted in that county.
(f) Any county that receives an allocation of funds pursuant to
subdivision (c) shall submit a report to the department on or before
60 days after the end of the fiscal year that provides all of the
following:
(1) The purpose for which funds received in the immediately
preceding fiscal year were spent.
(2) The total amount expended on boating safety and enforcement
programs in the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(3) All pertinent boating safety and enforcement and accident
statistics from the immediately preceding fiscal year.
(4) All other data that may be required by the department relating
to improved boating safety in California.
(g) The department shall provide in its biennial report to the
Legislature a summary of boating safety activities undertaken by the
counties receiving financial aid from the department in the
immediately preceding two fiscal years along with a summary of the
information received pursuant to subdivision (f).
(h) Aid for boating safety and enforcement programs shall be made
available to the Department of Parks and Recreation for waters under
its jurisdiction in accordance with a boat entry unit cost factor
derived by dividing the most recent annual boat entry count into the
maximum amount available and appropriated for those programs in the
1969-70 fiscal year. Budgets for those programs shall be estimated
for each fiscal year and adjustments shall be made thereto for the
previous year in accordance with the actual boat entry count as it
becomes available multiplied by the boat entry unit cost factor. The
amount thus determined shall be available to the Department of Parks
and Recreation from the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund.
(i) Entities or agencies desiring aid under this section shall
submit grant applications to the department at least six months prior
to the period for which aid is required. Grant applications shall be
in the form and contain the information that the department may
require.
(j) Within 60 days after the close of any period for which aid is
received, the entity or agency shall submit to the department a
statement of the expenditures actually incurred, in the form and
containing the information that the department may require.
(k) The department shall be responsible for the administration of
this section, and may adopt rules and regulations that may be
necessary to carry out its provisions. The department shall make
periodic evaluations of the effectiveness of programs receiving aid
under this section.