(a) The property acquired or developed pursuant to this chapter shall be used by the grant recipient only for the purpose for which the grant moneys were requested and no other use of the area shall be permitted except by the specific act of the Legislature. Any project funded with grant moneys received pursuant to this chapter shall conform to the recreation element of any applicable city or county general plan.
(b) Notwithstanding Item 271 of the Budget Act of 1976, Item 227 of the Budget Act of 1977, Item 222 of the Budget Act of 1978, Section 5627, 5628, 5629, or 5630, or any other provisions of law, jurisdictions eligible to receive need basis or block grant moneys pursuant to this chapter shall have one year from the effective date of each act appropriating grant moneys to apply for such grant moneys. Such moneys that are not applied for during the one-year period shall be allocated by the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5630 during the succeeding fiscal year as grants to cities and recreation and park districts in urbanized areas on a project-by-project basis and on the basis of need.
(c) (1) Grant moneys shall be encumbered by the recipient of such moneys within three years of the date of approval by the director of the application for such moneys. Any part of grant moneys not encumbered within the three-year period shall revert to the unallocated balance in the account and may be reallocated by the department pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 5630 not later than the end of the next succeeding fiscal year.
(2) Notwithstanding the provisions of paragraph (1) of this subdivision, grant moneys appropriated by Item 271 of the Budget Act of 1976, Item 227 of the Budget Act of 1977, Item 222 of the Budget Act of 1978, Item 235 of the Budget Act of 1979, and Section 4 of Chapter 1166 of the Statutes of 1979, if the grant application is approved by the director prior to September 17, 1980, may be encumbered within three years of the date of grant approval or by December 31, 1981, whichever date is later.
(d) The legal counsel of the grant recipient shall certify to the department that the grant recipient has met, or will meet, all federal, state, and local environmental, public health, relocation, affirmative action, and clearinghouse requirements and all other appropriate codes, laws, and regulations prior to the expenditure of the grant funds.
(Amended by Stats. 1982, Ch. 500, Sec. 3.)
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