CA Pub Res Code § 42023.1 (2021)
2021 California Code|Public Resources Code - PRC|DIVISION 30 - WASTE MANAGEMENT|PART 3 - STATE PROGRAMS|CHAPTER 1 - Market Development Programs|ARTICLE 3 - Market Development Zone Program|Section 42023.1.

42023.1.  (a) The Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Subaccount is hereby created in the account for the purpose of providing loans for purposes of the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Program established pursuant to this article and for making payments pursuant to subdivision (g).(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the moneys deposited into the subaccount are hereby continuously appropriated to the department without regard to fiscal year for making loans pursuant to this article and for making payments pursuant to subdivision (g).(c) The department may expend interest earnings on moneys in the subaccount for administrative expenses incurred in carrying out the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Program, upon the appropriation of moneys in the subaccount for that purpose in the annual Budget Act.(d) The moneys from loan repayments and fees, including, but not limited to, principal and interest repayments, fees and points, recovery of collection costs, income earned on an asset recovered pursuant to a loan default, and funds collected through foreclosure actions shall be deposited into the subaccount.(e) All interest accruing on interest payments from loan applicants shall be deposited into the subaccount.(f) The department may expend the moneys in the subaccount to make loans to local governing bodies, private businesses, and nonprofit entities within recycling market development zones, or in areas outside zones where making the loan will benefit a local jurisdiction or assist a local jurisdiction in complying with Section 40051.(g) The department may expend the moneys in the subaccount to make payments to local governing bodies within a recycling market zone for services related to the promotion of the zone. The services may include, but are not limited to, training, outreach, development of written promotional materials, and technical analyses of feedstock availability.(h) The department shall not fund a loan until it determines that the applicant has obtained all significant applicable federal, state, and local permits. The department shall determine which applicable federal, state, and local permits are significant.(i) The department shall establish and collect fees for applications for loans authorized by this section. The application fee shall be set at a level that is sufficient to fund the department’s cost of processing applications for loans. In addition, the department shall establish a schedule of fees or points for loans that are entered into by the department, to fund the department’s administration of the revolving loan program.(j) The department may expend moneys in the subaccount for the administration of the Recycling Market Development Revolving Loan Program, upon the appropriation of moneys in the subaccount for that purpose in the annual Budget Act. In addition, the department may expend moneys in the account to administer the revolving loan program, upon the appropriation of moneys in the account for that purpose in the annual Budget Act. However, funding for the administration of the revolving loan program from the account shall be provided only if there are not sufficient moneys in the subaccount to fully fund the administration of the program.(k) The department, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 47901, may set aside moneys for the purposes of paying costs necessary to protect the state’s position as a lender-creditor. These costs shall be broadly construed to include, but not be limited to, foreclosure expenses, auction fees, title searches, appraisals, real estate brokerage fees, attorney’s fees, mortgage payments, insurance payments, utility costs, repair costs, removal and storage costs for repossessed equipment and inventory, and additional expenditures to purchase a senior lien in foreclosure or bankruptcy proceedings.(l) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2031, and as of January 1, 2032, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which becomes effective on or before January 1, 2032, deletes or extends the date on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed.(2) The repeal of this section pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not extinguish any loan obligation or the authority of the state to pursue appropriate actions for the collection of a loan.(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 258, Sec. 37. (SB 155) Effective September 23, 2021. Inoperative July 1, 2031. Repealed as of January 1, 2032, by its own provisions.)