§ 50515.10
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(1)Subject to paragraph (2), an eligible entity that receives an allocation of program funds pursuant to Section 50515.08 shall submit a report, in the form and manner prescribed by the department, to be made publicly available on its internet website, by April 1 of the year following the receipt of those funds, and annually thereafter until those funds are expended, that includes, but is not limited to, the following information:
(A)The status of the proposed uses and expenditures listed in the eligible entity’s application for funding and the corresponding impact, including, but not limited to, housing units accelerated and reductions in per capita vehicle miles traveled.
(B)All status and impact reports shall be categorized based on the eligible uses specified in Section 50515.08.
(2)The department may request additional information, as needed, to meet other applicable reporting or audit requirements.
(b)The department shall maintain records of the following and provide that information publicly on its internet website:
(1)The name of each applicant for program funds and the status of that entity’s application.
(2)The number of applications for program funding received by the department.
(3)The information described in subdivision
(a)for each recipient of program funds.
(c)A recipient of funds under this program shall post, make available, and update, as appropriate on its internet website, land use maps and vehicle miles traveled generation maps produced in the development of its adopted sustainable communities strategy.
(d)A recipient of funds under this program shall collaborate and share progress, templates, and best practices with the department and fellow recipients in implementation of funds. To the greatest extent practicable, adjacent eligible entities shall coordinate in the development of applications, consider potential for joint activities, and seek to coordinate housing and transportation planning across regions.
(1)A recipient of funds under the program shall expend those funds no later than December 31, 2026.
(2)The final invoice submission deadline to reimburse those funds shall be June 30, 2027.
(3)No later than June 30, 2027, each eligible entity that receives an allocation of funds pursuant to Section 50515.08 shall submit a final report on the use of those funds to the department, in the form and manner prescribed by the department. The report required by this paragraph shall include an evaluation of actions taken in support of the entity’s proposed uses of those funds, as specified in the entity’s application, including, but not limited to, housing units accelerated and per capita reductions in vehicle miles traveled.
(1)If an eligible entity described in paragraphs
(1)to (6), inclusive, of subdivision
(a)of Section 50515.08 that received an allocation of funds pursuant to Section 50515.08 has unexpended funds after December 31, 2026, the department may, pursuant to procedures prescribed by the department, make those funds available to other eligible entities described in paragraphs
(1)to (6), inclusive, of subdivision
(a)of Section 50515.08 for reimbursement of other expenditures incurred prior to December 31, 2026, that were included in an application approved pursuant to paragraph
(2)of subdivision
(c)of Section 50515.08 no later than December 31, 2027.
(2)Paragraph
(1)applies to all eligible entities, including an eligible entity that received a suballocation from an eligible entity described in paragraphs
(1)to (6), inclusive, of subdivision
(a)of Section 50515.08.
(g)The department may monitor expenditures and activities of an applicant, as the department deems necessary, to ensure compliance with program requirements.
(h)The department may, as it deems appropriate or necessary, request the repayment of funds from an applicant, or pursue any other remedies available to it by law for failure to comply with program requirements.
(i)The department, in collaboration with the Office of Land Use and Climate Innovation, the Strategic Growth Council, and the State Air Resources Board, may implement the program through the issuance of forms, guidelines, application materials, funding allocation methodologies, and one or more notices of funding availability, as the department deems necessary, to exercise the powers and perform the duties conferred on it by this chapter. Any forms, guidelines, application materials, funding allocation methodologies, or notices of funding availability prepared or adopted pursuant to this section are exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(j)The department’s decision to approve or deny an application or request for funding pursuant to the program, and its determination of the amount of funding to be provided or request for repayment or other remedies for failure to comply with program requirements, shall be final.