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2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8804.

8804. “Corporation for Public Broadcasting” means the corporation established pursuant to Section 396 of Title 47 of the United States Code.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8804.5.

8804.5. “Instructional programming” means public broadcast programming which is curriculum related, whether for credit or not.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8805.

8805. “Interconnection” means the use of apparatus or equipment for the electronic transmission and distribution of public broadcast programming to public broadcasting stations.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8806.

8806. “Public broadcast programming” means programming intended for presentation on public broadcast stations, including, but not limited to, public affairs, cultural, and instructional programming.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8807.

8807. “Public broadcasting station” means a noncommercial educational broadcasting station licensed as such by the Federal Communications Commission and eligible for financial grants from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, as well as any other noncommercial educational broadcasting stations designated by the commission. The commission shall establish such criteria for the qualification of other stations as public broadcasting stations as it determines are reasonably necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8807.5.

8807.5. “Instructional committee” means the instructional broadcast advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 51.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8808.

8808. “Radio committee” means the radio advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 52.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8809.

8809. “T.V. committee” means the television advisory committee created by Article 4 (commencing with Section 8830).
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 53.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions and Definitions › Section 8809.5.

8809.5. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstances is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 2 - California Public Broadcasting Commission › Section 8810.

8810. The California Public Broadcasting Commission is hereby created in state government as an independent commission in order to encourage the growth and development of public broadcasting services to the people of this state.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 2 - California Public Broadcasting Commission › Section 8811.

8811. The commission shall consist of 11 members, as follows:
(a) Five members appointed by the Governor for terms of five years, except that the terms of the original members shall be as follows: one member shall be appointed for one year, one member for two years, one member for three years, one member for four years, and one member for five years. One such appointee shall be from a commercial broadcast station.
(b) Two members appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly for terms of four years, except that the terms of the original members shall be as follows: one member shall be appointed for one year, and one member for three years.
(c) Two members appointed by the Senate Committee on Rules for terms of four years, except that the terms of the original members shall be as follows: one member shall be appointed for two years, and one member for four years.
(d) The Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(e) The Director of the Postsecondary Education Commission.
All initial appointments shall be made on or before March 1, 1976, and all subsequent vacancies shall be filled within 30 days of their occurrence by the authority which made the original appointment to the vacant position.
At no time shall more than six members of the commission be affiliated with the same political party.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 2 - California Public Broadcasting Commission › Section 8812.

8812. Appointees to the commission shall be persons who are eminent in such fields as education, cultural affairs, public service, or the arts, including public broadcasting. They shall, as nearly as practicable, provide a broad representation of the various regions of the state, various professions and occupations, and various kinds of talent and experience appropriate to the functions and responsibilities of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 2 - California Public Broadcasting Commission › Section 8813.

8813. The appointive members of the commission shall be compensated at the rate of one hundred dollars ($100) for each day of official commission meetings they attend. Commission members shall be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their official duties.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 2 - California Public Broadcasting Commission › Section 8814.

8814. The commission shall select annually from among its membership a chairman and vice chairman.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 2 - California Public Broadcasting Commission › Section 8815.

8815. The commission shall appoint an executive secretary and employ such staff as it may deem necessary in performing the duties prescribed by this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 2 - California Public Broadcasting Commission › Section 8816.

8816. The commission shall, in carrying out its responsibility and exercising its authority, make maximum use, for the purposes of economy, efficiency, and effectiveness, of existing public broadcast facilities in California, as well as state-owned telecommunications facilities appropriate for use in interconnection.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 2 - California Public Broadcasting Commission › Section 8817.

8817. (a) The commission shall adopt and enforce reasonable standards governing the acceptance of any salary or other compensation by its employees from sources other than the commission during the course of their employment by the commission.
(b) The executive secretary, subject to general policies adopted by the commission, may appoint or remove, subject to civil service, such employees of the commission as deemed necessary to carry out the purposes of the commission.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 2 - California Public Broadcasting Commission › Section 8818.

8818. The meetings of the commission shall be open and public in accordance with Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 142, Sec. 33.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 8820.

8820. The commission shall develop and support a statewide policy to encourage the orderly growth and development of public broadcasting service responsive to the informational, cultural, and educational needs of the people of California.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 8821.

8821. The commission may make grants to public broadcasting stations in order to aid in the improvement of their broadcast operations, programming, and capital facilities and equipment.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 8822.

8822. The commission may cause to be established, managed, and operated systems of interconnection and other methods of statewide distribution of public television and radio programs. At least two audio and one video channel of such interconnection system shall be reserved at all times for priority use by public broadcast stations.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 8823.

8823. The commission may, taking into account the advice of the radio committee or the T.V. committee, as appropriate, make grants for the development, production, and acquisition of public broadcast programming.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 8824.

8824. The commission may apply for, receive, and distribute federal funds, state funds, and other public or private funds from any source for all or any purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 8825.

8825. The commission may conduct, through grants or contracts, research and demonstration activities in matters relating to public broadcasting.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 8826.

8826. The commission may enter into contracts, leases, and other arrangements, and shall do all things necessary and proper to carry out the provisions of this chapter, consistent with state and federal law, and may promulgate rules and regulations relative thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 8827.

8827. The commission shall perform its duties under this chapter in a manner that will assure the maximum freedom of the public broadcasting stations and systems from interference with or control of program content, scheduling, or other activities.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 3 - Powers and Duties › Section 8828.

8828. The commission shall submit an annual report to the Governor and the Legislature, on or before December 31 of each year, covering the commission’s activities, financial condition, and accomplishments under this chapter for the preceding fiscal year ending June 30, as well as such recommendations as the commission deems appropriate.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 4 - Advisory Committees › Section 8830.

8830. At its first meeting, the commission shall establish the radio committee, the T.V. committee, and the instructional committee. Each committee shall elect a chairman who shall convene the committee whenever the commission or one-third of the committee members so request or whenever the chairman deems a meeting appropriate. Committee members shall be compensated by the commission for their necessary and proper expenses in fulfilling their duties under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 4 - Advisory Committees › Section 8831.

8831. Each public radio station may appoint a representative to the radio committee, and each public television station may appoint a representative to the T.V. committee. The radio and T.V. committees shall advise the commission on the implementation of this chapter. In fulfilling this responsibility, the radio and T.V. committees may do all of, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(a) Periodically prepare an assessment of statewide public broadcast programming needs.
(b) Recommend appropriate actions by the commission pursuant to Section 8823 to meet the needs identified under subdivision (a).
(c) Make recommendations on grants for production or contracts for acquisition of programming.
(d) Make recommendations on the management and operation of interconnection systems.
(e) Make recommendations on grants for improvement of station facilities and equipment.
(f) Make recommendations on statewide support services, such as promotion, development, engineering, research, program information, and personnel recruitment.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 4 - Advisory Committees › Section 8832.

8832. The commission shall also establish the instructional committee composed of one member and one alternate member appointed for one-year terms by each of the following:
(a) The Regents of the University of California.
(b) The Trustees of the California State University.
(c) The Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges.
(d) The independent California colleges and universities.
(e) The vocational and private postsecondary institutions.
(f) The Superintendent of Public Instruction.
(g) The private primary and secondary schools.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 143, Sec. 185.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 4 - Advisory Committees › Section 8833.

8833. The instructional committee shall advise the commission on instructional programming. In fulfilling this responsibility, the committee may do all of, but shall not be limited to, the following:
(a) Periodically prepare an assessment of statewide instructional programming needs.
(b) Recommend appropriate actions by the commission pursuant to Section 8823 to meet the needs identified under subdivision (a).
(c) Make recommendations on grants for production or contracts for acquisition of instructional programming.
(d) Make recommendations on statewide support services, such as promotion, development, engineering, research, program information, and personnel recruitment related to instructional programming.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 5 - Funding › Section 8835.5.

8835.5. There is hereby appropriated to the California Public Broadcasting Commission the sum of two hundred fifty thousand dollars ($250,000) from the General Fund to the California Public Broadcasting Fund for direct grants in fiscal year 1983–84 to the five minority-controlled and operated public radio stations that, as of January 1, 1983, have been qualified by the commission in California to assist in their development, operation, interconnection, and programing.
(Added by Stats. 1983, Ch. 1104, Sec. 3. Effective September 27, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 5 - Funding › Section 8836.

8836. The commission shall annually distribute the total amount, less the commission’s necessary administrative expenses, available for allocation to public broadcasting stations. The commission shall reserve for distribution among the public broadcasting stations an amount not less than 25 percent of the television budget and not less than 25 percent of the radio budget for use at each station’s discretion, in activities related to its local community broadcast operations.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 37. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 5 - Funding › Section 8836.5.

8836.5. The commission shall, after consultation with the radio, television, and instructional broadcast committees, establish, and review annually, criteria and conditions regarding the distribution of amounts disbursed to the various public television and radio stations.
Amounts disbursed under this article shall be used to finance projects that will augment the ability of public broadcasting stations to serve their communities in accordance with a formula established by the commission. These amounts shall not be used to supplant funds already budgeted.
(Amended by Stats. 1983, Ch. 323, Sec. 38. Effective July 1, 1983.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 5 - Funding › Section 8837.

8837. (a) The commission shall prepare an annual financial statement showing all income and expenditures for the preceding year. The commission shall, by regulation, require each recipient of assistance by grant or contract, other than a fixed price contract awarded pursuant to competitive bidding procedures, under this chapter to keep such records as the commission determines are reasonably necessary to fully disclose the amount and the disposition by such recipient of the proceeds of such assistance, the total cost of the project or undertaking in connection with which such assistance is given or used, and the amount and nature of that portion of the cost of the project or undertaking supplied by other sources, and such other records as will facilitate an effective audit pursuant to Section 8838.
(b) The commission may prescribe forms for the compilation of the information required by this section.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1227.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 5 - Funding › Section 8838.

8838. Nothing in this chapter shall be deemed to supersede the responsibilities of a state agency or regional or local agency except as expressly provided. Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to conflict with Section 6443.5, 6444, 6444.1, 6444.2, or 6444.3 of the Education Code.
The commission succeeds to and is vested with all powers and responsibilities previously vested in the Director and Department of General Services by Section 14657 and Article 8 (commencing with Section 14716) of Chapter 2 of Part 5.5 of Division 3 of Title 2.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 466, Sec. 55.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program › Section 8840.

8840. For purposes of this article, “eligible radio station” means a radio station that, at the time of applying for a grant under this article, meets both of the following requirements:
(a) It has met all of the following requirements for a period of two years unless another time is specified:
(1) It is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a noncommercial educational station, or is operating under program test authority pending the grant of a license.
(2) It has its community of license and principal administrative offices in this state and is not owned, controlled, managed, or primarily financed by any corporation or entity outside of this state.
(3) It provides a program service that meets the requirements for a Community Service Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
(4) It provides significant locally originated programming in its community of license.
(5) It broadcasts not less than 15 hours per day, 365 days per year.
(6) It participates in statewide public broadcasting projects.
(7) It has provided, before its application for a grant under this article, an audited financial statement for the years on which the grant is based.
(8) It does either of the following:
(A) Meets the criteria for receipt of a Community Service Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that were in effect on June 30, 1995.
(B) Two months before applying for a grant, the station has a full-time staff of at least one professional paid not less than the California minimum wage, and is certified by the commission as providing a needed service to its community of license.
(b) It enters into a permanent agreement with the Office of Emergency Services to dedicate, as necessary, a broadcast channel for the provision of emergency information, to broadcast that information, and to ensure that it is presented in a format that makes it accessible to the deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non-English-speaking populations throughout its broadcast area, including rural and isolated populations.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 94, Sec. 11. (AB 1709) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program › Section 8841.

8841. For purposes of this article, “eligible television station” means a television station that, at the time of applying for a grant under this article, unless another time is specified, meets all of the following requirements:
(a) It has met all of the following requirements for a period of two years:
(1) It is licensed by the Federal Communications Commission as a noncommercial educational television station, or is operating under program test authority pending the grant of a license.
(2) It has its community of license and principal administrative offices in this state, and is not owned, controlled, managed, or primarily financed by any corporation or entity outside of this state.
(3) It provides a program service that meets the requirements for a Community Service Grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting.
(4) It provides substantial and significant locally originated programming in its community of license.
(5) It broadcasts not less than 2,500 hours per year.
(6) It participates in statewide public broadcasting projects.
(7) It meets the criteria for receipt of a Community Service Grant or base grant from the Corporation for Public Broadcasting that were in effect on June 30, 1994.
(8) It has provided, before its application for a grant under this article, an audited financial statement for the years on which the grant is based.
(b) It enters into a permanent agreement with the Office of Emergency Services to dedicate, as necessary, a broadcast channel for the provision of emergency information, to broadcast that information, and to ensure that it is presented in a format that makes it accessible to the deaf, hard-of-hearing, and non-English-speaking populations throughout its broadcast area, including rural and isolated populations.
(c) At the time of disbursement of the funds, it certifies in writing by the station manager or an officer of the licensee that it has in its public file a plan to address the needs of significant linguistic minorities in its service area.
(Amended by Stats. 2016, Ch. 94, Sec. 12. (AB 1709) Effective January 1, 2017.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program › Section 8842.

8842. For the purposes of this article, “nonfederal financial support” means the total sum of revenues from nonfederal sources derived by a licensee in a fiscal year and reported in an audited financial statement thereof, and does not include in-kind services, funds received for the purpose of constructing or remodeling a building, funds received from other public broadcasting stations or networks for the production of programming or for other services to those stations or networks, or funds provided to stations under this chapter. Interest income generated from any source may be included in “nonfederal financial support.”
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1087, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program › Section 8843.

8843. For purposes of this article, “station” or “public broadcasting station” means any eligible radio or television station.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1087, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program › Section 8844.

8844. (a) Recognizing the necessity of converting California stations to the technologies of digital broadcasting, the Legislature intends that funds may be appropriated to the Office of Emergency Services for the purchase of equipment by eligible stations, the installation of that equipment, or purchase of other materials related to that equipment, pursuant to this article.
(b) The office shall solicit applications for grant funds from eligible stations throughout the state, and shall allocate funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) as follows:
(1) Seventy-five percent of any equipment purchase funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be placed in an equipment grant pool for eligible television stations, and 25 percent shall be placed in an equipment grant pool for eligible radio stations.
(2) Fifty percent of the funds in each grant pool shall be divided equally among the stations in that grant pool.
(3) The remaining 50 percent of the funds in each grant pool shall be divided among stations in that grant pool in proportion to their nonfederal financial support.
(c) (1) Funds provided under this section shall be granted on a matching basis, with each station required to raise from other sources an amount equal to the funds provided to it under this section.
(2) If any funds remain in either grant pool because of the limitations set forth in paragraph (1), the remaining funds shall be returned to the same pool for distribution to other stations that have raised the required matching funds, in amounts proportionate to the nonfederal financial support of those stations.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 211. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 10 - Public Broadcasting Act of 1975 › ARTICLE 6 - Emergency Broadcasting Grant Program › Section 8846.

8846. It is the intent of the Legislature that any funds provided to stations under this article shall supplement, rather than supplant, funds provided from other sources. To that end, institutions that have heretofore provided funding to stations licensed to them shall certify, in applying for grants, that they have not previously and will not in the future use funds provided under this chapter to supplant institutional support of their stations.
(Added by Stats. 2000, Ch. 1087, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2001.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11 - The Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013 › Section 8847.

8847. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. (SB 425) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11 - The Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013 › Section 8847.1.

8847.1. For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings, unless expressly stated otherwise:
(a) “Administering agency” means a public agency principally tasked with administering, planning, developing, and operating a public works project.
(b) “Peer review group” means a group of persons qualified by training and experience in particular scientific or technical fields related to the public works project under review, who give expert advice on the scientific and technical aspects of the public works project.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. (SB 425) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11 - The Public Works Project Peer Review Act of 2013 › Section 8848.

8848. (a) An administering agency may establish a peer review group.
(b) If an administering agency establishes a peer review group, the administering agency shall do all of the following:
(1) Before establishing a peer review group, develop a transparent process for selecting members of the group.
(2) Draft a charter. The charter also shall be posted on the administering agency’s Internet Web site as a public document and shall contain all of the following information:
(A) The group’s official name or designation.
(B) The group’s objective and the scope of its activities.
(C) A statement of the expertise and balance of interests required of the group membership to perform its charge.
(D) The name of the administering agency and official to whom the group reports.
(E) A description of the duties for which the group is responsible.
(F) The estimated number and frequency of group meetings.
(G) The estimated annual operating costs for the group.
(H) A statement that authorizes a peer reviewer to conduct his or her duties under the charter impartially, without restriction or limitation, and in a manner the peer reviewer believes is necessary to appropriately review a proposed project.
(I) A statement that declares whether the members of the peer review group have signed a conflict of interest disclosure form that would identify real or perceived conflicts between a peer reviewer and the specified public works project.
(Added by Stats. 2013, Ch. 252, Sec. 1. (SB 425) Effective January 1, 2014.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.5 - California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission › Section 8856.

8856. In carrying out the purposes of this chapter, the commission may charge fees to the lead underwriter, the purchaser, or the lender in an amount equal to one-fortieth of 1 percent of the principal amount of the issue, but not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) for any one issue. Amounts received under this section shall be deposited in the California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission Fund, which is hereby created in the State Treasury. All money in the fund shall be available, when appropriated, for expenses of the commission and the Treasurer.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 181, Sec. 2. (AB 2274) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.5 - California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission › Section 8857.

8857. The chairperson of the commission, on its behalf, may employ an executive director and other persons necessary to perform the duties imposed upon it by this chapter. The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission and shall receive compensation as fixed by the commission. The commission may delegate to the executive director the authority to enter contracts on behalf of the commission.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 833, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 1997.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.5 - California Debt and Investment Advisory Commission › Section 8859.

8859. The commission may, upon request, advise local agencies regarding the formation of local bond pooling authorities pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 6584) of Chapter 5 of Division 7 of Title 1, and may advise the authorities regarding the planning, preparing, insuring, marketing, and selling of bonds as authorized by that article.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 868, Sec. 7. Effective September 23, 1985.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee › Section 8869.80.

8869.80. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-514) establishes a volume ceiling on the aggregate amount of private activity bonds that can be issued in each state. The volume ceiling is the product of seventy-five dollars ($75) multiplied by the state population in 1987 and fifty dollars ($50) multiplied by the state population in each succeeding calendar year.
(b) Sections 1112 and 1401 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (26 U.S.C. Secs. 54a and 1400U-1) establish an aggregate amount of bond authority that can be issued in each state. Said amount may be determined from time to time by federal law, federal notice, or both federal law and notice.
(c) The federal act requires each state to allocate its volume ceiling according to a specified formula unless a different procedure is established by Governor’s proclamation or state legislation.
(d) Therefore, it is necessary to designate a state agency and create an allocation system to administer the state volume ceiling.
(e) A substantial public benefit is served by promoting housing for lower income families and individuals.
(f) A substantial public benefit is served by preserving and rehabilitating existing governmental assisted housing for lower income families and individuals.
(g) A substantial public benefit is served by providing federal tax credits or reduced interest rate mortgages to assist teachers, principals, vice principals, assistant principals, and classified employees who are willing to serve in high priority schools to purchase a home.
(Amended by Stats. 2021, Ch. 344, Sec. 1. (AB 447) Effective January 1, 2022.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee › Section 8869.81.

8869.81. This chapter is enacted to implement the state volume limit established in Section 1301 of the Federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-514), Sections 1112 and 1401 of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (26 U.S.C. Secs. 54a and 1400U-1), and Sections 142(k) and 146 of the Internal Revenue Code.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. (AB 1195) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee › Section 8869.83.

8869.83. (a) There is in state government the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee, consisting of six members as follows:
(1) The Treasurer, or his or her designee.
(2) The Controller, or his or her designee.
(3) The Governor, or his or her designee.
(4) The Director of Housing and Community Development, who shall be a nonvoting member.
(5) The Executive Director of the California Housing Finance Agency, who shall be a nonvoting member.
(6) A representative from local government who shall be a nonvoting member, selected by two voting members of the committee.
(b) The Treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the committee and the office of the Treasurer shall provide an executive director and any administrative assistance and support staff that is needed for the committee to operate. The chairperson shall keep, or cause to be kept, minutes and other records and documents of the committee. The committee may, by resolution, delegate to one or more of its members, its executive director, or any other official or employee of the committee any powers and duties that it may deem proper, including, but not limited to, the power to enter into contracts on behalf of the committee.
(c) Members of the committee shall serve without compensation.
(d) Two voting members of the committee shall constitute a quorum. The affirmative vote of two voting members of the committee shall be necessary for any action taken by the committee. However, the committee may, by unanimous vote, delegate to its chairperson the authority to carry out any acts empowered to it under this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 2008, Ch. 211, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2009.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee › Section 8869.85.

8869.85. (a) Each state agency shall apply to the committee for allocation of a portion of the state ceiling, supplying any information which the committee may require. The application may be for a specific project, or it may be for a designated dollar amount, to be utilized for projects or programs at the discretion of the state agency. No private activity bonds issued by any state agency shall be deemed to receive the benefit of any portion of the state ceiling unless the committee has allocated or permitted the transfer of a portion of the state ceiling to the state agency. The allocation may be on any terms and conditions as the committee may determine.
(b) Any local agency may apply to the committee for an allocation of a portion of the state ceiling, supplying any information which the committee may require. Applications from local agencies may only be for specific projects or programs. No private activity bond issued by a local agency shall be deemed to receive the benefit of any portion of the state ceiling unless the committee has allocated or permitted the transfer of a portion of the state ceiling to the local agency. The allocation may be upon any terms and conditions as the committee may determine.
(c) Any allocation made pursuant to this section shall be irrevocable upon issuance of bonds pursuant thereto at least to the extent of the amount of the bonds so issued. No allocation shall permit the state agency or local agency which receives it to use all or any portion of the allocation for a carryforward pursuant to Section 146(f) or Section 142(k)(5)(B)(ii) of the Internal Revenue Code, unless the committee expressly allows use of the allocation for a carryforward.
(d) No allocation made to a state agency or a local agency pursuant to this section may be transferred by the initial recipient thereof to any other state agency or local agency unless the committee expressly permits the transfer. With the committee’s permission, any state or local agency may, by resolution, transfer to any other local agency or to any state agency or back to the committee all or any portion of the agency’s private activity bond limit. Any such transfer shall be made in writing and may be general or limited and subject to any terms and conditions as may be set forth in the resolution or under the committee’s permission, as long as the transfer is irrevocable upon issuance of bonds pursuant to the transfer, at least to the extent of the amount of the bonds so issued. Each transferee shall maintain a written record of the transfer in its records for at least the term of all private activity bonds issued pursuant to the transfer. No transfer may be made pursuant to this section in return for any payment of cash, property, or other marketable thing of value.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 277, Sec. 4. (AB 1195) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee › Section 8869.86.

8869.86. (a) Subject to any limitations on transferred private activity bond limit as may be provided in subdivision (d) of Section 8869.85, any state agency or local agency may utilize its private activity bond limit for any of the following:
(1) The issuance of private activity bonds.
(2) If permitted by the committee, to make a carryforward election pursuant to Section 142(k) or Section 146(f) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(3) If permitted by the committee, to make a transfer to any state agency, local agency, or the committee.
(b) Prior to issuing any private activity bonds, the issuer shall, in the bond resolution or other similar action giving approval for the issuance of bonds, specifically designate to the bond issue a portion of the private activity bond limit available or expected to be available to that issuer. The designation shall be irrevocable upon the issuance of the bonds to the extent of the amount thereof.
(c) Each state agency and local agency shall notify the committee in writing, as directed by the committee, after any of the following:
(1) The issuance of any private activity bonds.
(2) Any action taken pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 8869.85 to transfer any portion of its private activity bond limit.
(3) Any election to treat all or any portion of the state agency’s or local agency’s private activity bond limit as a carryforward pursuant to Section 142(k) or Section 146(f) of the Internal Revenue Code. The committee shall keep the notices in its records for a period no less than the term of all private activity bonds issued as described in the notices.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 277, Sec. 5. (AB 1195) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee › Section 8869.87.

8869.87. The committee may request local agencies and state agencies to provide the committee with information pertaining to the amount and purpose of anticipated future private activity bond issues, or any other information which may be useful to the committee in performing its duties and responsibilities under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 943, Sec. 2.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee › Section 8869.88.

8869.88. The committee may transfer any private activity bond limit directly to any joint powers authority created pursuant to Chapter 5(commencing with Section 6500) of Division 7 of Title 1. This section is specifically intended to be an expressed statement of an alternative allocation as provided in Temporary Treasury Regulations Section 1.103(n)-3T, A-14 and A-15, to the extent the regulations, or any successor thereto or similar regulations, are applicable to private activity bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 943, Sec. 2.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee › Section 8869.89.

8869.89. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the committee may, upon any terms and conditions as it determines, authorize the use of a portion of the state ceiling, as contemplated by Section 146(n) of the Internal Revenue Code, in connection with the issuance by any state agency or local agency or mortgage credit certificates under a Qualified Mortgage Credit Certificate Program, as those terms are defined in Section 25(c) of the Internal Revenue Code.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 943, Sec. 2.5.)
2023 California Code › Government Code - GOV › TITLE 2 - GOVERNMENT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA › DIVISION 1 - GENERAL › CHAPTER 11.8 - California Debt Limit Allocation Committee › Section 8869.90.

8869.90. (a) The committee may charge fees to the lead underwriter, the bond purchaser, or the bond issuer to cover the committee’s costs in carrying out the duties and responsibilities set out in this chapter. Any fees received shall be deposited in the California Debt Limit Allocation Committee Fund, which is hereby created. All money in the fund shall be available, when appropriated, for expenses of the committee and the Treasurer.
(b) Until the time that fees are received by the committee and appropriated pursuant to this chapter for the expenses of the committee, the committee may borrow any money as may be required for the purpose of meeting necessary expenses of initial organization and operation of the committee.
(c) Any moneys received by the committee from fees or deposits beginning in fiscal year 1987–88, shall also be deposited into the fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 77, Sec. 1. Effective April 14, 1988.)