§ 453. State General Funded Subvention Programs; Audits and Fund Allocations.

(a) The Department shall perform year-round audits of selected counties to authenticate each county's reported workload activities.

(b) By November 15 of each year, the Department shall calculate and publish the current fiscal year statewide annual county subvention allocations of available state general fund moneys using the audit findings of the previous fiscal year.

(1) Each county's annual subvention allocation pursuant to Military and Veterans Code, Section 972, shall not exceed 50 percent of the county's current fiscal year budgeted expenditures and the allocation of available funds shall be subdivided into the following components:

(A) An administration component of $5,000 for each county that has established a CVSO.

(B) Effective January 1, 1995, a CVSO component of $2,500 for each county that has appointed a veteran to perform the duties of a CVSO. This $2,500 is allocated to offset the cost of the appointed CVSOs' (or designees') attendance at Department sanctioned administrative training sessions. A proportional percentage reduction of this allocation, as determined by the Department, shall be taken for each training session that is not attended. The funds saved through this reduction shall be distributed as described in Section 453(b)(5).

(C) A performance component for each county that is based on the authenticated workload activities of each county as verified by the Department's annual audit. The amount of this component shall be established by prorating the number of each county's workload activities against the statewide county total.

(D) Effective January 1, 1995, two or more counties may jointly establish a single veterans service office. However, any veterans service office jointly established under this provision shall only receive funding at the same rate as a single county.

(2) The Department shall disburse the allocated annually available funds semi-annually, after December 31 and June 30, upon receipt of each county's Claim for Subvention Funds on which the county certifies its expenditures. Each payment shall not exceed either 50 percent of the county's expenditure or 50 percent of the annual allocation, whichever is less.

(3) Each county's annual subvention allocation pursuant to Military and Veterans Code Section 972.1 shall not exceed the increase of the current fiscal year budgeted expenditures over the Fiscal Year 1988-89 actual expenditures for CVSO operational costs. The allocation of available funds is based on the workload activities allowed by the Department's annual audit and the amount shall be established by prorating the number of each county's workload activities against the statewide county total.

(4) The Department shall disburse the allocated annually available funds semi-annually, after December 31 and June 30, upon receipt of each county's Claim for Subvention Funds on which the county certifies its expenditures. The first payment shall not exceed 50 percent of each county's total annual allocation. The second payment shall be either:

(A) the unpaid balance of the total annual allocation, or

(B) a lesser amount, being the difference between the first payment and the total amount the current fiscal year expenditure exceeds the Fiscal Year 1988-89 expenditure. This payment adjustment shall occur when a county's actual fiscal year expenditure is less than originally budgeted, but still exceeds the base Fiscal Year 1988-89 expenditure. If, however, a county's total current fiscal year expenditure is less than the sum of the Fiscal Year 1988-89 actual expenditure and the first semi-annual payment, as determined by a departmental audit of county expenditures or the county's certification of expenditure, that amount shall be considered an overpayment and shall be credited as a paid reimbursement to the county under the annual subvention allocation pursuant to Military and Veterans Code Section 972.

(5) In the event expenditures of one or more counties are inadequate for a county to receive the total annual allocation available under Sections 453(b)(1) and 453(b)(3), the total amount of undisbursed funds shall be prorated to the remaining eligible counties as per Section 453(b)(3).

HISTORY

1. New section filed 6-18-92; operative 7-20-92 (Register 92, No. 25). For prior history, see Register 88, No. 6.

2. Amendment of subsections (a), (b)(1)(B) and (b)(3), Note and History and new subsection (b)(1)(D) filed 6-16-94; operative 7-18-94 (Register 94, No. 24).

Note

Note: Authority cited: The Statutes of 1990, Chapter 535, Section 2;The Statutes of 1993, Chapter 138, Section 4; and Section 700, Military and Veterans Code. Reference: Sections 970, 972 and 972.1, Military and Veterans Code.