Section 7113.5.

When selecting successful applicants for a local agency military base recovery area, the department shall limit the number of local agency military base recovery areas to eight, which shall be awarded by the following criteria, in addition to the criteria set forth in Section 7111:

(a) The department shall designate at least one local agency military base recovery area in each region.

(b) If the department finds that none of the applications in a competition is satisfactory in meeting the selection criteria, the department shall inform all applicants on the deficiencies in their application and shall reopen competition for a period not to exceed six months. Local governing bodies who originally applied may reapply in the new competition.

(c) If, after following the procedures specified in subdivision (b), the department determines that no applications are satisfactory, the department may not designate a local agency military base recovery area.

(d) Eligible bases shall compete for approval of a local agency military base recovery area against other eligible bases. In any event, not less than one area shall be designated from each region.

(Amended by Stats. 2005, Ch. 22, Sec. 76. Effective January 1, 2006. Repealed as of January 1, 2014, pursuant to Section 7119.)