Cal. PRC § 5630
This is the official text of Cal. PRC § 5630, part of California’s Public Resources Code — covers environmental protection, state parks, and natural resource management.
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Official statutory text
Seventeen percent of the moneys available for grant purposes in any one fiscal year shall be available only for need basis grants to cities, counties, and districts on a project-by-project basis and on the basis of need for the acquisition or development of, or for special major maintenance of, recreational lands and facilities, or for innovative recreation programs, on the following basis:
(a) Eighty-eight percent of the moneys shall be available for grants to cities, counties, and districts in nonurbanized areas on a project-by-project basis and on the basis of need for the acquisition or development of, or for special major maintenance of, recreational lands and facilities, or for innovative recreation programs. The criteria for determining need shall include, but are not limited to, deficiencies in existing park and recreational lands and facilities, the impact of participants from outside the jurisdiction, and the overall merit of the grant proposal.
(b) Twelve percent of the moneys shall be available for grants to cities and recreation and park districts in urbanized areas on a project-by-project basis and on the basis of need for the acquisition or development of, or special major maintenance of, recreational lands and facilities, or for innovative recreation programs. The criteria for determining need shall include, but are not limited to, population density and the inability to complete park and recreation projects due to low total assessed valuation in the jurisdiction. Jurisdictions eligible for funds under subdivision (a) of Section 5629 shall not be eligible for funds under this section.
(a) Eighty-eight percent of the moneys shall be available for grants to cities, counties, and districts in nonurbanized areas on a project-by-project basis and on the basis of need for the acquisition or development of, or for special major maintenance of, recreational lands and facilities, or for innovative recreation programs. The criteria for determining need shall include, but are not limited to, deficiencies in existing park and recreational lands and facilities, the impact of participants from outside the jurisdiction, and the overall merit of the grant proposal.
(b) Twelve percent of the moneys shall be available for grants to cities and recreation and park districts in urbanized areas on a project-by-project basis and on the basis of need for the acquisition or development of, or special major maintenance of, recreational lands and facilities, or for innovative recreation programs. The criteria for determining need shall include, but are not limited to, population density and the inability to complete park and recreation projects due to low total assessed valuation in the jurisdiction. Jurisdictions eligible for funds under subdivision (a) of Section 5629 shall not be eligible for funds under this section.
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