California Code of Regulations › Title 2 - Administration › Division 2 - Financial Operations › Chapter 3 - Department of General Services › Subchapter 4 - Office of Public School Construction › Group 1 - State Allocation Board › Subgroup 9 - SCHOOL HOUSING AID FOR REHABILITATION AND REPLACEMENT OF STRUCTURALLY INADEQUATE SCHOOL FACILITIES › Article 5 - PROJECT BUDGET › Section 1863.14 - Contents of Project Budget

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
(a) The project budget prescribed by the
						  Board shall be set up under major categories as follows: Sites; Plans;
						  Construction; Tests; Inspection; Furniture and Equipment; and Contingencies.
						  The initial approval of an application shall be based upon the estimated costs
						  as included in these major categories. However, final approved costs within
						  these major categories shall have the following limitations:
(1) Sites:
(A) Actual costs for the acquisition of a
						  site in excess of the estimated cost as originally approved shall be allowed
						  only after specific approval of the Board.
(B) For the purposes of this subsection
						  (1863.14(a)(1)(B)), the term "district" shall include any person or entity with
						  whom the district contracts under Section
						  7261.5,
						  Government Code, acting on behalf of the district. Relocation costs to
						  landowners or persons displaced pursuant to Sections
						  7260 et seq. of Chapter 16,
						  Division 7, Title 1 of the Government Code, hereinafter referred to as the
						  "Relocation Assistance Law," in conjunction with an acquisition of a site for
						  which an apportionment is made may be deemed to be a part of the cost of
						  acquisition subject to the following conditions:
1. The school district shall certify that it
						  has adopted regulations pursuant to the Relocation Assistance Law, as required
						  by Section
						  7267.8,
						  Government Code, or has contracted with a party or entity specified in Section
						  7261.5,
						  Government Code, for the performance of services under said law.
2. A request for payment under the Relocation
						  Assistance Law shall be accompanied by:
a. A
						  citation to the pertinent portions of the law and regulations to the extent the
						  latter are applicable.
b. A copy of
						  any such pertinent portion of the regulations, and
c. Any factual justification that may be
						  applicable in connection with the citation referred to in "a.," including,
						  where applicable, justification by the district subject to the written approval
						  of the Executive Officer, of the reasonableness of any cost of expense applied
						  for by the district under Sections
						  7262 and
						  7263,
						  Government Code, that is required to be "reasonable" by said
						  sections.
3. That any
						  offer by the district for said site as specified in Sections
						  7267.2 or
						  7267.7,
						  Government Code, shall not exceed the highest qualified appraisal of such site
						  made for the purposes of obtaining an apportionment from the Board for the
						  acquisition thereof.
4. That any
						  decision by the district under Section
						  7266,
						  Government Code, (pertaining to the reviewing of the application of an
						  aggrieved person) shall not be in contravention of this subsection
						  1863.14(a)(1)(B).
5. That any cost in conjunction with Section
						  7264.5,
						  Government Code, (relating to the actual provision of housing) shall be
						  justified in writing by the district and approved in writing by the Executive
						  Officer.
6. Nothing in this section
						  shall be deemed to impose upon a school district a fiscal burden in connection
						  with an obligation to a landowner or displaced person that did not exist prior
						  to the adoption of this section.
(C) Relocation assistance in connection with
						  the acquisition of real property shall be administered by the Board in
						  accordance with State Relocation Guidelines adopted by the California
						  Commission of Housing and Community Development.
(D) Before State funds are released for any
						  portion of the construction costs, evidence shall be presented, satisfactory to
						  the Director of General Services, that good title to the site for said project
						  is vested in the school district, or will be vested in the school district,
						  when the purchase of the site is completed. A use permit deemed by the Director
						  of General Services to be satisfactory, may be considered to be good title for
						  the purpose of this subsection.
(E)
						  No site financed in whole or part under the act shall be required or contracted
						  for without the written approval of the Director of General Services, provided
						  that any such contract may be entered into subject to such written approval.
						  Prior to obtaining such approval copies of any proposed contracts and escrow
						  instructions shall be submitted to the Director.