Section 19999 Of Article 2. Program Provisions From California Education Code >> Division 1. >> Title 1. >> Part 11. >> Chapter 12. >> Article 2.
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. (a) A facility, or the part thereof, acquired, constructed,
or remodeled, or rehabilitated with grants received pursuant to this
chapter shall be dedicated to public library direct service use for a
period of not less than 20 years following completion of the
project.
(b) The interest of the state in land or a facility, or both,
pursuant to the funding of a project under this chapter, as described
in subdivision (a), may be transferred by the State Librarian from
the land or facility, or both, for which that funding was granted to
a replacement site and facility acquired or constructed for the
purpose of providing public library direct service.
(c) If the facility, or any part thereof, acquired, constructed,
remodeled, or habilitated with grants received pursuant to this
chapter ceases to be used for public library direct service prior to
the expiration of the period specified in subdivision (a), the board
is entitled to recover, from the grant recipient or the recipient's
successor in the maintenance of the facility, an amount that bears
the same ratio to the value of the facility, or the appropriate part
thereof, at the time it ceased to be used for public library direct
service as the amount of the grant bore to the cost of the facility
or the appropriate part thereof. For purposes of this subdivision,
the value of the facility, or the appropriate part thereof, is
determined by the mutual agreement of the board and the grant
recipient or successor, or through an action brought for that purpose
in the superior court.
(d) Notwithstanding subdivision (f) of Section 16724 of the
Government Code, any money recovered pursuant to subdivision (c)
shall be deposited in the fund, and shall be available for the
purpose of awarding grants for other projects.