§ 1814. Matching Fund Requirements.

(a) Participating county matching funds for projects proposed to be funded under these regulations shall be a minimum of twenty-five percent (25%) of the total project costs pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 1976.

(b) The Authority may reduce matching fund requirements for participating counties with a general population below 200,000 upon petition by a participating county to the Authority requesting a lower level of matching funds pursuant to Welfare and Institutions Code Section 1976.

(c) Cash match must be at least 10 percent (10%) of total eligible project costs for large counties and at least 5 percent (5%) of total eligible project costs for medium and small counties.

(d) Expenditures eligible as cash match shall include those for:

(1) Costs of construction of the Authority, CDCR and Board-approved county juvenile facility or local youthful offender rehabilitative facility project;

(2) Architectural programming and design by consultants or contractors;

(3) Preparation of full or focused environmental reports by consultants or contractors; and,

(4) Construction management by consultants or contractors.

(e) In-kind match cannot exceed 15 percent (15%) of total eligible project costs for large counties and cannot exceed 20 percent (20%) of total eligible project costs for medium and small counties.

(f) Expenditures eligible as in-kind match shall include those defined above as eligible cash match expenditures, plus the following:

(1) Costs to audit the state bond financed project including staff salary/benefits of independent county auditor or services of a contracted auditor;

(2) A needs assessment study (or studies where applicable);

(3) Site acquisition cost or current fair market value supported by an independent appraisal of on-site land cost/value of new facility construction, or on-site land cost/value of a closed facility that will be renovated and reopened, and/or on-site land used for expansion of an existing facility. Costs cannot be claimed for land that is under an existing operational county juvenile facility;

(4) County administration where the staff salary/benefits are directly related to the construction project; and,

(5) Transition planning, including staff salary/benefits and consultant activities directly related to the construction project.

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

HISTORY

1. New section filed 2-2-2009 as an emergency; operative 2-2-2009 (Register 2009, No. 6). A Certificate of Compliance must be transmitted to OAL by 7-13-2009 or emergency language will be repealed by operation of law on the following day.

2. Certificate of Compliance as to 2-2-2009 order transmitted to OAL 7-8-2009 and filed 8-18-2009 (Register 2009, No. 34).

Note

Note: Authority cited: Section 6030, Penal Code; and Section 1975, Welfare and Institutions Code. Reference: Sections 1975 and 1976, Welfare and Institutions Code.