(a) The California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program is hereby established under the administration of the director to improve the physical security of nonprofit organizations, including schools, clinics, community centers, churches, synagogues, mosques, temples, and similar locations that are at a high risk for violent attacks or hate crimes due to ideology, beliefs, or mission.
(b) The California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program shall provide grants for the purpose of hardening soft targets that are nonprofit organizations and at a high risk for violent attacks and hate crimes, as described in subdivision (a). Grant money may be distributed to applicants for all of the following security enhancements:
(1) Security guards.
(2) Reinforced doors and gates.
(3) High-intensity lighting and alarms.
(4) Any other security enhancement consistent with the purpose of the California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program.
(c) An applicant shall not be granted an amount greater than two hundred thousand dollars ($200,000).
(d) The operation of the California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program is contingent upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act for purposes of this section.
(e) The director shall adopt, as necessary, application procedures, forms, administrative guidelines, and other requirements for purposes of implementing and administering the California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program. All application procedures, forms, administrative guidelines, and other requirements developed by the director pursuant to this subdivision shall be exempt from the rulemaking provisions of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(f) This section shall be in effect only until January 1, 2025, and as of that date is repealed.
(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 734, Sec. 1. (AB 1548) Effective October 11, 2019. Repealed as of January 1, 2025, by its own provisions.)
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