(a) Six million dollars ($6,000,000) shall be allocated to the department for the improvement of rail service, including rail freight service and tourist-related services, important to the regional economy of Humboldt County.
(b) The commission shall not approve a grant for purposes of this section unless the Board of Supervisors of the County of Humboldt makes a finding that the project proposed for funding is in the public interest and vital to the economy of the county and the commission determines that the proposed project will serve a public purpose.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a) and (b), the grant authorized by this section may be used by the Humboldt County Association of Governments, at its request, for any of the purposes specified in Section 99628.
(Added June 5, 1990, by initiative Proposition 116.)