California Code of Regulations › Title 14 - Natural Resources › Division 4 - Division of Boating and Waterways › Chapter 1 - Division of Boating and Waterways › Article 4.5.1 - Boating Safety and Enforcement Financial Aid Program › Section 6593.7 - Financial Eligibility Formula

Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 28, July 12, 2024
The following formula shall be used for determining annual
					 maximum eligibility allocation amounts for a participating agency eligible for
					 State financial aid under the Boating Safety and Enforcement Financial Aid
					 Program. The State boating safety and enforcement program financial eligibility
					 allocation shall include total State boating safety and enforcement program
					 financial aid for all public entities within a county.
(a) A county that received an allocation in
				  fiscal year 1996-97 shall receive, at a minimum, the amount of the fiscal year
				  1996-97 allocation, unless the county's program has been reduced by the county
				  or the State. This fiscal year 1996-97 amount is defined as the baseline State
				  financial eligibility allocation. (See Exhibit 1 in Section
				  6593.11 --
Baseline State
				  Financial Eligibility Allocations
)
(b) A county that received an allocation
				  subsequent to fiscal year 1996-97 but prior to fiscal year 2003-04 shall
				  receive, at a minimum, the amount of the most recent fiscal year allocation,
				  unless the county's program has been reduced. This amount is also defined as
				  the baseline State financial eligibility allocation and is likewise shown in
				  Exhibit 1 in Section
				  6593.11.
(c) Beginning with fiscal year 2005-06 and
				  continuing with each fiscal year thereafter:
(1) A participating agency that spends less
				  than its baseline State financial eligibility allocation in both calendar year
				  2003 and calendar year 2004 shall have its eligibility allocation reduced in
				  fiscal year 2005-06. The reduced eligibility allocation amount shall equal the
				  higher amount spent in either calendar year 2003 or calendar year 2004. (See
				  Exhibit 2 in Section
				  6593.11 --
Example of
				  Program Reduction
)
(2) A
				  participating agency that spends less than its baseline State financial
				  eligibility allocation during a calendar year period, in the two most recent
				  calendar years, shall have its eligibility allocation reduced in the next
				  fiscal year. The revised eligibility allocation amount shall equal the higher
				  amount spent during one of the two most recent calendar years.
(3) Unallocated funds as a result of (1) or
				  (2) shall be reallocated on an annual one-time basis to those participating
				  agencies that incurred expenditures exceeding their baseline eligibility
				  allocations during the most recent calendar year. These unallocated funds shall
				  be allocated on a prorated basis to participating agencies based on the
				  individual participating agency's expenditures that exceeded baseline
				  eligibility allocations divided by the total statewide expenditures that
				  exceeded baseline eligibility allocations applied to the total statewide
				  unallocated funds. Under no circumstances shall a participating agency receive
				  more than 20 percent of the total funds appropriated to all participating
				  agencies for boating safety and enforcement programs. The total amount of funds
				  that are reallocated shall not exceed the amount of the total statewide
				  surplus. The reallocated funds shall be treated as a one-time reallocation of
				  unspent funds. (See Exhibit 3 in Section
				  6593.11 --
Example of
				  Reallocation of Unspent Funds
)