10 CCR s 5431

Cal. Admin. Code tit. 10, s 5431

CALIFORNIA CODE OF REGULATIONS
TITLE 10. INVESTMENT
CHAPTER 7.7. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE: COMPETITIVE TECHNOLOGY PROGRAM
ARTICLE 3. GRANTS
This database is current through 01/05/07, Register 2007, No. 1.
s 5431. Discretionary Grants.

(a) At the start of each fiscal year, the secretary shall establish the
maximum amount of funds that shall be available during such fiscal year
for discretionary technology transfer grants pursuant to Section 15379.10
of the Act. At any time, the secretary shall be authorized to award some
or all of the funds set aside for discretionary grants to make grants to
projects which pursue the regular application process in Article II.

(b) Applications for discretionary grants (including those for Phase 0)
shall be made in the same form as an application submitted pursuant to
Section 5410, but shall be clearly identified by the applicant as an
application for a discretionary grant. Such application shall be in the
same number of copies, and shall to the maximum extent feasible, contain
the same information as is required by Section 5410. The applicant shall
clearly identify those elements of program eligibility that are not met by
the application, and shall indicate why the applicant believes a grant
from the program is nonetheless justified.

(c) The agency staff shall process an application for a discretionary
grant in the same manner as a regular application.

(d) An application for a discretionary grant that would be determined
ineligible pursuant to Section 5425(b)(2), nevertheless shall be forwarded
to the secretary for review. The secretary shall be authorized to either:

(1) return the application to the applicant as ineligible for
funding, or

(2) direct the agency staff to continue processing the application.

(e) Nothing contained in these regulations shall prohibit the secretary
from waiving any procedural requirement hereof and making a discretionary
grant for a project, within the limits of Section 15379.10 of the Act,
without regard to any requirement of Sections 15379.3, 15379.4 or 15379.5
of the Act.

Note: Authority cited: Section 15379.9, Government Code.
Reference: Sections 15333.5, 15379.3 and 15379.10, Government Code.

HISTORY

1. Repealer by operation of Government Code section 11346.1(g) and new
section filed 8-20-89; operative 8-20-89 (Register 89, No. 31). For prior
history, see Register 89, No. 2.

2. Change without regulatory effect amending section filed 2-7-94
pursuant to
title 1, section 100, California Code of Regulations (Register 94, No.
6).

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