10214.6.
(a) The panel shall develop and publish guidelines for the purpose of supporting and implementing one or more alternative fund programs to reimburse the cost of training consistent with the purposes of this part, using funds from a source other than the employment training tax. The alternative funds may be from any federal, state, or local governmental entity, as appropriated in statute or other means. The guidelines shall include adequate fiscal and accounting controls, as prescribed in subdivision (f) of Section 10205. may allocate up to ten million dollars ($10,000,000) to fund special employment training agreements with any entity described in subdivision (c) of Section 10205 or any public entities, including federal, state, and local agencies, that are related to and in response to the establishment of a federal Defense Finance and Accounting Services (DFAS) facility at the existing site of Norton Air Force Base in San Bernardino, California for the purpose of contributing to the economic stability of the geographic area in which the facility is located. (b) The panel shall adopt minimum standards for the consideration of proposals to be funded pursuant to this section.
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter:
(1) Public agency employers need not meet the criteria outlined in subdivision (a) of Section 10201.
(2) Participants in projects funded pursuant to this section shall either meet the eligibility criteria outlined in subdivision (b) of Section 10201 or be determined by the panel to have been displaced or likely to be displaced due to the closure of the Norton Air Force Base facility.
(3) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 10205, the panel may approve employment training contracts with any public employer pursuant to this section for periods exceeding 24 months.
(b) (4) The panel may adopt any regulations necessary to implement this section, but any regulations so adopted are exempt from Contracts approved by the panel pursuant to this section need not meet the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code. paragraph (5) of subdivision (b) of Section 10205.
(5) The panel may approve contracts pursuant to this section with termination dates not to extend beyond December 31, 1997.
(d) The panel may not delegate its authority to approve contracts pursuant to this section.
(e) This section shall become operative only if Norton Air Force Base located in the County of San Bernardino is selected as the site for a federal Defense Finance and Accounting Services facility on or before February 1, 1995.
(c) (f) The panel may solicit proposals and enter into contracts or other agreements to secure funding for the purposes of this section, but those proposals, contracts, and agreements shall be exempt from any competitive bidding requirements otherwise prescribed in statute. It is the intent of the Legislature in providing the authority for this special public entity project that the panel allocate these funds in a manner consistent with the objectives of this chapter as provided in Section 10200.