(a) The department may implement a program for the establishment of group homes for alcohol and other drug abusers as provided for in Section 300x-4a of Title 42 of the United States Code.

(b) The department may establish the Resident-Run Housing Revolving Fund for the purpose of making loans to group resident-run homes in conformance with federal statutes and regulations. Any program for the purpose of making loans to group resident-run homes shall be a part of the Resident-Run Housing Revolving Fund. Any unexpended balances in a current program shall be transferred to the Resident-Run Housing Revolving Fund and be available for expenditure during the following fiscal year. Appropriations for subsequent fiscal years shall be provided in the annual Budget Act. All loan payments received from previous loans shall be deposited in the Resident-Run Housing Revolving Fund, as well as all future collections. The Resident-Run Housing Revolving Fund shall be invested in the Pooled Money Investment Fund. Interest earned shall accrue to the Resident-Run Housing Revolving Fund and may be made available for future group resident-run home loans.

(c) The department may adopt regulations as are necessary to implement this section.

(d) This section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2013.

(Amended by Stats. 2013, Ch. 22, Sec. 29. (AB 75) Effective June 27, 2013. Amending action operative July 1, 2013, by Stats. 2013, Ch. 22, Sec. 110. Section inoperative July 1, 2013, by its own provisions from this amendment.)