(a) Costs incurred by the Student Aid Commission for issuing and processing awards shall be reimbursed through an interagency agreement from appropriations in the annual Budget Act to the Military Department for purposes of this article.
(b) The Student Aid Commission may enter into contracts with a public agency or a private entity to improve the processing and distribution of awards through the use of electronic networks and unified databases.
(Added by Stats. 2009, 4th Ex. Sess., Ch. 12, Sec. 4. Effective July 28, 2009. Article conditionally operative as provided in Section 69999.28.)