8879.61. (a) (1) Entities described in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 8879.57 receiving an allocation of funds pursuant to this article shall expend those funds within three fiscal years of the fiscal year in which the funds were allocated. Funds remaining unexpended thereafter shall revert to the Office of Emergency Services for reallocation under this article in subsequent fiscal years.
(2) Notwithstanding paragraph (1), for an allocation of funds made prior to June 30, 2011, to an entity described in subdivision (b) of Section 8879.57, that entity shall have four fiscal years from the last day of the fiscal year in which the funds were received by that entity to expend those funds.
(b) Entities that receive grant awards from funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 8879.57 are not eligible to receive awards from the funds allocated pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 8879.57.
(c) Funds appropriated for the program established by this article in the Budget Act of 2007 shall be allocated consistent with the allocation schedule established in Section 8879.57.
(d) On or before May 1 of each year, the Office of Emergency Services shall report to the Senate Committee on Budget and Fiscal Review, the Assembly Committee on Budget, the Senate Committee on Transportation and Housing, the Assembly Committee on Transportation, and the Legislative Analyst’s Office on its activities under this article. The report shall include a summary of the projects selected for funding during the fiscal year in which awards were made, the status of projects selected for funding in prior fiscal years, and a list of all transit entities that have not used funds allocated to the transit entities pursuant to Section 8879.57.
(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 352, Sec. 231. (AB 1317) Effective September 26, 2013. Operative July 1, 2013, by Sec. 543 of Ch. 352.)