California Code of Regulations
Title 3 - Food and Agriculture
Division 1 - Administration
Chapter 5 - Grant Administration
Section 320.1 - Use of Contractors; Recipient Responsibilities
Current through Register 2024 Notice Reg. No. 38, September 20, 2024
(a) Recipients may contract for services that cannot be provided by staff employed by the Recipient, with prior written approval from the Department. The prior approval requirement may be waived in accordance with section 311.
(b) Contractor services must be for the purpose of achieving the grant award objectives.
(c) Recipients are responsible for ensuring their contractors comply with grant program requirements.
(d) Contracting out shall not affect the Recipient's overall responsibility for the management of the project, and the Recipient shall reserve sufficient rights and control to enable it to fulfill its responsibilities for the grant award.
(e) Contracts shall be awarded in accordance with section 319.
1. New section filed 9-21-2016; operative 1-1-2017. Exempt from Administrative Procedure Act pursuant to Food and Agricultural Code Section 485(d), which provides "Procedures, forms, and guidelines established for these grant programs, including the application process, are exempt from Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code." (Register 2016, No. 39).
Note: Authority cited: Sections 407 and 485, Food and Agricultural Code. Reference: Sections 201, 401, 401.5, 404 and 485, Food and Agricultural Code; and Section 18901.2, Revenue and Taxation Code.
