(a) The director may authorize advance payments to a nonprofit organization, a local agency, a special district, or a Native American tribe from a grant awarded pursuant to subdivision (a), (b), (c), (d), (f), or (g) of Provision 2 of Item 3540-001-3228 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2017, including subsequent amendments to that provision. The director may also authorize advance payments to a private forest landowner from a grant awarded pursuant to subdivision (a) of Provision 2 of Item 3540-001-3228 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 2017, including subsequent amendments to that provision. No single advance payment shall exceed 25 percent of the total grant award.
(b) (1) The grantee shall expend the funds from the advance payment within six months of receipt, unless the department waives this requirement.
(2) The grantee shall file an accountability report with the department four months from the date of receiving the funds and every four months thereafter.
(c) (1) The department shall provide a report to the Legislature on or before January 1, 2023, on the outcome of the department’s use of advance payments.
(2) A report submitted pursuant to this subdivision shall be submitted in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code.
(d) This section shall remain in effect only until January 1, 2024, and as of that date is repealed, unless a later enacted statute that is enacted before January 1, 2024, deletes or extends that date.
(Added by Stats. 2018, Ch. 622, Sec. 1. (SB 1079) Effective September 21, 2018. Repealed as of January 1, 2024, by its own provisions.)