Public Resources Code § 5912

5912.

The funds authorized in paragraph (4) of subdivision (a) of Section 5907 shall be available as grants on a competitive basis to cities, counties, cities and counties, districts, and nonprofit organizations and shall be encumbered by the recipient within three years of the date when the appropriation became effective. The Director of Parks and Recreation, through the Office of Historic Preservation, shall prepare and adopt criteria and procedures for evaluating those competitive grants. An individual jurisdiction may enter into an agreement with a nonprofit organization for the purpose of carrying out a grant, subject to the requirements of Section 5917.