(a) (1) No later than 60 days after the department notifies an applicant that the department has approved the applicant’s application for funds pursuant to this chapter, the department shall provide a grant agreement to the applicant. The 60 days’ notice requirement shall not apply if the federal government or the Legislature makes significant changes to the Community Development Block Grant Program.

(2) When the department enters into a grant agreement with an applicant, the department shall provide the applicant with a complete and final list of all of the activities the applicant must complete in order to receive a disbursement of funds pursuant to the agreement. The department may make appropriate and corresponding changes to the complete and final list of activities if the applicant makes changes to the original application or the federal government or the Legislature requires changes.

(b) No later than 30 days after the department receives a request for the disbursement of funds from a grantee, the department shall take either of the following actions:

(1) Notify the grantee that the department has approved disbursement of the funds.

(2) Provide the applicant with a complete and final list of all of the remaining activities the applicant must complete in order for the department to approve disbursement of the funds.

(Added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 397, Sec. 1. (AB 325) Effective January 1, 2016.)