§ 26-14.026. Contracts, grants and administrative systems.

Except as otherwise provided in this chapter:

(a)

Contracts. The commission may enter into such contracts as are necessary or appropriate to carry out the provisions and purposes of this chapter and the California Children and Families First Act of 1998 (the "Act"). All such contracts shall specify and be contingent upon the continued future funding of the commission pursuant to the Act, the commission's annual exercise of its discretion to fund or participate with any contract's program for another year and the county's continued participation in the Act's program.

(b)

Grants and Gifts. The commission may accept grants, gifts and bequests of money made to or for the benefit of it from public or private sources to be used for early childhood development programs, which shall be deposited in the trust fund and expended for the specific purpose for which the grant, gift, or bequest was made.

(c)

For contracts, grants, local trust fund expenditures and other activities, the commission shall use established county procedures and may use county administrative systems to carry out the purposes of this chapter.

(Ord. 99-15 § 1).