California Harbors and Navigation Code

§ 663.7

HNC § 663.7 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 3 · Ch. 5 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)Each county of the state is entitled to receive state financial aid for boating safety and enforcement programs on waters under its jurisdiction as provided in this section. A boating safety and enforcement program, as used in this section, includes search and rescue operations, recovery of drowned bodies, enforcement of state and local measures for regulation of boating activities, inspection of vessels, and supervision of organized water events.

(b)A public agency within a county and the Department of Parks and Recreation are entitled to receive aid for boating safety and enforcement programs on waters under their jurisdiction through the county in which it lies, and that aid shall be counted as aid to the county; except that aid provided under subdivision (h) for boating safety and enforcement programs of the Department of Parks and Recreation for waters under its jurisdiction shall not be counted as aid to a county.

(c)(1) Of the funds appropriated for boating safety and enforcement programs pursuant to Section 85.2, the department shall adopt and utilize a formula that first allocates funds to counties so that no county receives less than the amount it was allocated in the 1996–97 fiscal year, unless the county’s program is reduced, or the county does not meet the eligibility requirements of this section. If the total amount of money in the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund is less than the amount available for the 1996–97 fiscal year, the funds allocated to each county shall be reduced in proportion to the reduction in the overall fund relative to the 1996–97 fiscal year.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 971, Sec. 2.5. Effective January 1, 1997.