{"code":"EDC","codeName":"Education Code","section":"19996","citation":"Ed. Code, § 19996","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"TITLE 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS [1. - 32527.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-1"},{"name":"DIVISION 1. GENERAL EDUCATION CODE PROVISIONS [1. - 32527.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-1/division-1"},{"name":"PART 11. LIBRARIES [18010. - 20092.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-1/division-1/part-11"},{"name":"CHAPTER 12. California Reading and Literacy Improvement and Public Library Construction and Renovation Bond Act of 2000 [19985. - 20011.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-1/division-1/part-11/chapter-12"},{"name":"ARTICLE 2. Program Provisions [19987. - 19999.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/title-1/division-1/part-11/chapter-12/article-2"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 726, Sec. 1.   Approved in Proposition 14 at the March 7, 2000, election.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) The estimated costs of a project for which an application is submitted shall be consistent with normal public construction costs in the applicant’s area.</p><p>(b) An applicant wishing to construct a project having costs that exceed normal public construction costs in the area may apply for a grant in an amount not to exceed 65 percent of the normal costs up to a maximum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) per project if the applicant certifies that it is capable of financing the remainder of the project costs from other sources.</p>","text":"(a) The estimated costs of a project for which an application is submitted shall be consistent with normal public construction costs in the applicant’s area. (b) An applicant wishing to construct a project having costs that exceed normal public construction costs in the area may apply for a grant in an amount not to exceed 65 percent of the normal costs up to a maximum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) per project if the applicant certifies that it is capable of financing the remainder of the project costs from other sources.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/education-code/program-provisions-19996","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}