Section 6594.7 - Equipment Grant Requirements(a) Each grantee must use grant funds to procure equipment consistent with all applicable federal, state and local procurement requirements.(b) The Department shall be the legal owner of patrol boats and trailers purchased with grant funds and grantee shall be the registered owner. (1) The Department shall be the legal owner of all equipment purchased with grant funds.(c) Each grantee shall operate and maintain all equipment purchased with grant funds in accordance with the following: (1) Each grantee shall use equipment purchased with grant funds only for the purposes of boating safety and boating law enforcement. (A) Each grantee shall ensure that any patrol boat purchased with grant funds is operated solely by qualified Boating Safety and Boating Law Enforcement Officers.(2) Each grantee is responsible for all costs associated with operating and maintaining all equipment purchased with grant funds and shall maintain the equipment in good repair. Each grantee shall report to the Department loss or damage to any equipment purchased with grant funds within 30 days of occurrence.(3) Each grantee shall replace, at the grantee's expense, and pursuant to the terms and conditions of the contract, any equipment purchased with grant funds if such equipment is destroyed or rendered useless prior to the expiration of the contract.(4) Each grantee shall keep complete and accurate records of all expenditures pertaining to the operation and maintenance of any equipment purchased with grant funds.(d) Each grantee shall not sell or transfer ownership of any equipment purchased with grant funds to another party without prior written authorization from the Department. (1) In the event that a grantee contributed funds other than grant funds to cover the purchase of a patrol boat and/or trailer, the sale proceeds shall be prorated between the Department and the grantee based on the percentage that the Department and the grantee contributed towards the initial patrol boat and/or trailer purchase.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 14, § 6594.7
1. New section filed 10-20-2009; operative 11-19-2009 (Register 2009, No. 43). Note: Authority cited: Sections 61.4 and 61.6, Harbors and Navigation Code. Reference: Sections 61.4, 61.6 and 650, Harbors and Navigation Code; and Title 49 Code of Federal Regulations Part 18.
1. New section filed 10-20-2009; operative 11-19-2009 (Register 2009, No. 43).