Section 2820 - Time, Format and Manner for Submitting Applications(a) The Agency will establish an annual 30-day application period in which local agencies may apply for a resale contract.(b) Local agencies will be notified by letter (with an "Application to Purchase Fire Vehicle" attached), at least 30 days prior to the beginning of the application period, of the dates of the application period, the deadlines for submitting applications and a description of the apparatus and equipment being offered for sale.(c) All applications received by the Agency must be complete and postmarked no later than the last day of the application period. Any application received by the Agency which is postmarked after the close of the application period will be held on file for the next annual application period.(d) A completed application mailed to the Agency by a local agency confers no commitment on either the local agency or the Agency to purchase or sell firefighting apparatus or equipment.(e) All completed applications received by the Agency during the application period will be evaluated by Agency staff and ranked in accordance with the following criteria: (1) Applicant's demonstrated need for primary response firefighting apparatus and equipment:(2) Applicant's ability to adequately operate and maintain the firefighting apparatus and equipment; and(3) Applicant's ability to obtain outside financing for the purchase of the firefighting apparatus and equipment.(f) All applicants will be notified of their rank by the Agency within 60 days after the close of the application period.(g) Applicants will have 14 days from the date they are notified of an offer to view and test the equipment and either accept or reject the offer made to them by the Agency. If an applicant does not accept the offer by 5:00 p.m. on the fourteenth day following receipt of notification of the offer, the offer will be deemed revoked by the Agency.(h) Should a local agency decline to accept an offer made by the Agency, the Agency will notify other local agencies by descending order of rank. This process will continue until the offer is accepted or the applicant list is exhausted.(i) The Agency will permit a local agency to participate in the resale program even if the local agency has failed to comply with this Section, if the local agency:(1) Loses its only primary response firefighting vehicle, and;(2) Lacks sufficient resources to immediately replace the vehicle, and;(3) the loss of the vehicle creates a direct threat to their life or property; and;(4) A majority of the Agency's Fire and Rescue Service Advisory Committee approves the resale contract based on the above factors.Cal. Code Regs. Tit. 19, § 2820
1. New section filed 1-6-89; operative 2-5-89 (Register 89, No. 3).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a), (c)-(e), (f)-(i) and (i)(4) and NOTE filed 5-12-2010 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2010, No. 20). Note: Authority cited: Sections 8585, 8589.19(a) and 8589.19(b)(3), Government Code. Reference: Sections 8585 and 8589.19(b)(3), Government Code.
1. New section filed 1-6-89; operative 2-5-89 (Register 89, No. 3).
2. Change without regulatory effect amending subsections (a), (c)-(e), (f)-(i) and (i)(4) and Note filed 5-12-2010 pursuant to section 100, title 1, California Code of Regulations (Register 2010, No. 20).