California Boating Law

TITLE 14

6594.26

DEPARTMENT OF BOATING AND WATERWAYS

(k) ‘‘Training costs’’ and ‘‘program costs’’ means those costs incurred by the grantee in providing training. 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. 6594.23. Use of Grant Funds. Grant funds awarded by the Department pursuant to this article must be used to provide Department approved and P.O.S.T. certified boating safety and boating law enforcement training. 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. 6594.24. Application and Award of Training Grants. (a) An agency applying for a training grant must submit a course outline and cost proposal for a proposed training program and obtain Department approval prior to conducting the training. (b) The cost proposal must identify the number of hours and hourly pay rate (including fringe benefits) for the estimated personnel costs to be incurred in providing training. The cost proposal must identify whether the personnel hours are to be reimbursed as overtime or regular time. (1) No more than 30 percent of the estimated personnel costs are to be reimbursed as overtime. Cost proposals that include personnel costs with more than 30 percent of the total personnel costs reimbursed at an overtime hourly rate will be not be approved by the Department. 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. 6594.25. Training Grant Contracts. Each grantee shall enter into a written contract with the Department prior to conducting the training. The contract shall include, at a minimum, the grant amount, the date by which the training program must be completed, the term of the contract, and the required resolution from the local governing board authorizing the agency to enter into a contract with the Department for boating safety and boating law enforcement training pursuant to this article. 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. 6594.26. Training Grant Reimbursement Procedures. (a) Each grantee shall be reimbursed up to the actual allowable costs of conducting Department approved training provided such costs do not exceed the total grant amount and no more than 30 percent of the personnel costs are reimbursed at an overtime hourly pay rate. Under no circumstances will a grantee be reimbursed more than the total amount of the grant. (b) Upon completion of the training, the grantee shall submit a reimburse- ment packet to the Department that includes the invoice(s) and/or other

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