To support the activities of this chapter, the commission may noncompetitively obtain assistance for technical, scientific, or administrative services or expertise, including, but not limited to, through contract or interagency agreement, to help with the commission’s implementation of the Climate Innovation Program or to provide assistance to project applicants for technical, scientific, or administrative services or expertise. Up to 10 percent of programs funds shall be used for this administrative purpose.

(Added by Stats. 2022, Ch. 251, Sec. 11. (AB 209) Effective September 6, 2022.)