§ 514. Matching Fund Requirements.

(a) Counties shall be required to provide at least 10 percent hard match plus up to 15 percent soft match of the eligible project cost, for a total of 25 percent match. However, under the provisions of Penal Code section 4485, the Legislature may waive all, or a portion of, a county's match where it determines that it is necessary to facilitate the expeditious and equitable construction of state and local corrections facilities.

(b) Expenditures eligible as hard match shall include those for:

(1) Needs assessment studies, prepared by contract consultants.

(2) Architectural programming and design, prepared by firms or individuals outside the county workforce.

(3) Construction of the approved project, including space for jail staff conference, training, administration, showers and lockers, exercise, and lounge.

(4) Fixed and movable equipment and furnishings necessary for operation of the jail.

(5) Site preparation and reasonable landscaping costs.

(6) Construction management fees paid to firms or individuals outside of the county work force. These costs may include inspection fees and expenses for the cost of construction management services to augment county staff.

(c) Expenditures eligible as soft match shall include those defined above as eligible as hard match, plus the following:

(1) Site acquisition costs. (If the site was previously acquired, soft match credit will be allowed at the current fair market value of the site).

(2) County management and administrative staff costs, limited to salary and benefits only, necessary to the jail construction project.

(3) EIR preparation costs.

(4) County management administrative and detention administrative staff costs, limited to salary and benefits, necessary to the preparation or update of a needs assessment study.

(5) Detention administrative staff costs, limited to salary and benefits, necessary for jail planning and transition activities.

(6) County professional staff costs, limited to salaries and benefits, necessary for the drafting of architectural drawings for plan review submittals to the Board of Corrections, for deferred maintenance projects or projects costing $300,000 or less.

(d) To qualify as match, local expenditures must be for the project funded by the Board.

(e) Eligible local expenditures since June 1, 1982 may be included as match.

(f) The total of (b)(6) construction management fees, and (c)(2), county management and administrative staff costs, allowable as match, may not exceed a total of four percent of the project costs excluding site acquisition and EIR preparation costs.

HISTORY

1. Amendment filed 9-29-83; effective thirtieth day thereafter (Register 83, No. 40).

2. Amendment of subsection (a) filed 3-8-85; effective upon filing pursuant to Government Code section 11346.2(d) (Register 85, No. 10).

3. Amendment filed 9-28-87; operative 9-28-87 (Register 87, No. 42).

4. Amendment of subsections (a), (b), (c) and (e) filed 7-19-90; operative 7-19-90 pursuant to Government Code section 11346.2(d) (Register 90, No. 39).

5. Amendment of subsection (c) and of NOTE and new subsection (F) filed 3-1-91; operative 4-1-91 (Register 91, No. 14).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Sections 4496.34 and 4497.06, Penal Code; Reference: Sections 4497.02, 4497.06 and 4497.12, Penal Code.