(a) This chapter shall be implemented only upon appropriation of sufficient funds to the department for that purpose.

(b) Notwithstanding any other provision, all funds that are appropriated to the department pursuant to this chapter shall be encumbered within three years of the date of that appropriation and expended within eight years of the date of that appropriation.

Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 5095.6

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Department: means the Department of Parks and Recreation. See California Public Resources Code 5095.2

(c) Any grants to state or local agencies or nonprofit organizations or community groups pursuant to this chapter, on or after January 1, 2003, shall be contingent upon a future appropriation in the annual Budget Act.

(Added by Stats. 2002, Ch. 975, Sec. 5. Effective January 1, 2003.)

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