Notwithstanding any provisions of this article to the contrary, any district which does not have sufficient matching funds for a particular project as required under this article may file an application under Section 16339, and the board may approve the project conditioned upon the district levying in the 1975–76 fiscal year the entire twenty cent ($0.20) tax rate per one hundred dollars ($100) of the assessed valuation permitted under Section 39230.1 in lieu of the tax authorized by Section 16339 and applying the entire proceeds of the levy as local matching funds for the project providing:
(a) The district has levied a tax at the rate of at least ten cents ($0.10) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of the tax permitted under Section 39230 for the 1973–74 fiscal year and of at least nine cents ($0.09) per one hundred dollars ($100) of assessed valuation of the tax permitted under Section 39230 for the 1974–75 fiscal year.
(b) The district has sold the facilities to be replaced to a county prior to June 1972, but continued to use the facilities after the sale until June 1972.
(Repealed and added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 277, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1997. Operative January 1, 1998.)