(a) (1) No later than February 15, 2020, each applicant shall submit to the agency its program allocation application.

(2) No later than April 1, 2020, the agency shall make award determinations for the program allocations based on the point-in-time count numbers.

(3) If, after the first round of awards pursuant to this section, not all funds have been awarded by the agency, the agency shall set aside any remaining funds for a second round of awards.

(4) (A) (i) On or before May 31, 2023, a recipient shall contractually obligate not less than 50 percent of program allocations.

(ii) Recipients that are counties shall contractually obligate the full allocation awarded to them by the agency at this time. Any funds that are not contractually obligated by this date shall be reverted to the continuum of care that serves the county.

(B) If less than 50 percent is obligated after May 31, 2023, recipients that are continuums of care and cities shall not expend any remaining portion of the 50 percent of program allocations required to have been obligated pursuant to subparagraph (A) unless and until both of the following occur:

(i) On or before June 30, 2023, the recipient submits an alternative disbursement plan that includes an explanation for the delay.

(ii) The agency approves the alternative disbursement plan.

(C) On or before December 31, 2023, recipients that are continuums of care and cities shall return to the agency any funds that have not been expended pursuant to an alternative disbursement plan approved pursuant to subparagraph (B) for a subsequent round of awards by the agency.

(b) The agency may request additional information, as needed, to meet other applicable reporting or audit requirements.

(c) In addition to requirements in Section 50221, the agency may monitor the expenditures and activities of an applicant, as the agency deems necessary, to ensure compliance with program requirements.

(d) The agency may, as it deems appropriate or necessary, request the repayment of funds from an applicant, or pursue any other remedies available to it by law for failure to comply with program requirements.

(e) Any remaining amounts of program allocation funds not expended by June 30, 2025, shall revert to, and be paid and deposited in, the General Fund.

(Added by Stats. 2019, Ch. 159, Sec. 10. (AB 101) Effective July 31, 2019.)