1. (a) The Department shall reject an Application that is incompatible and/or contrary to the purpose of the Grant program and determined by the Department to be noncompliant with these regulations and the established priorities.
2. (b) A panel shall score each Application deemed compliant with these regulations.
3. (c) The panel shall use the Applicant's responses to the Project-specific criteria as defined in Sections 1890.05 through 1890.08 and Section 1890.12 of these regulations to determine a Project score.
4. (d) Eligible Projects shall be ranked by score within each Grant Opportunity using a minimum of zero and a maximum of ten points for each evaluation criteria as defined in Section 1890.12 of these regulations. Funding determinations will be made as defined in Section 1890.13 of these regulations.
5. (e) If duplicate Projects are submitted, the Application with the lower score shall be rejected.
6. (f) In the event Projects have the same score, Projects will be funded in the order of request amount starting with the smallest request amount.
7. (g) In the event there is only one Application, Applicant shall meet minimum Evaluation Criteria to receive an Award.
8. (h) All Applicants shall be notified of disqualification, denial, Award, or other decision electronically by the Department.

Note: Authority cited: Section 2402, Vehicle Code; and Section 34019, Revenue and Taxation Code. Reference: Section 34019, Revenue and Taxation Code.

History

1. New section filed 8-13-2020; operative 8-13-2020 pursuant to Government Code section 11343.4(b)(3) (Register 2020, No. 33).