(a) (1) The Secretary of State shall use the funds appropriated to the Secretary of State in the Budget Act of 2018 and the Budget Act of 2019 for voting system replacement for counties by awarding reimbursement contracts to counties using the funding allocation described in subdivision (b). (2) To receive reimbursement for the eligible expenditures described in subdivision (d) made before July 1, 2020, or on or after July 1, 2021, a county shall provide matching funds that are at least equivalent to one-quarter of the state funds received for the eligible expenditures described in subdivision (d). (3) Notwithstanding paragraph (2), counties that operated 50 or fewer precincts in the November 8, 2016, statewide general election are not required to provide matching funds to receive an allocation from the state. (4) To receive reimbursement for the eligible expenditures described in subdivision (d) made on or after July 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2021, a county shall not be required to provide matching funds. (b) The Secretary of State shall allocate funding for a contract described in subdivision (a) based on the size of the county, the number of voters registered in the county, and the Secretary of Stateâs estimate of need for county voting equipment. (c) A contract described in subdivision (a) shall permit a county to apply to the Secretary of State for reimbursement costs incurred in connection with the activities described in subdivision (d) in a manner consistent with all of the following: (1) The county may seek reimbursement for payments made pursuant to a purchase agreement, lease agreement, or other contract made after April 29, 2015. (2) The funded activities described in subparagraph (A) of paragraph (1) of subdivision (d) shall be for new voting systems that have been certified pursuant to the California Voting System Standards. (3) The county shall provide the Secretary of State with documentation of the payment for which reimbursement is sought, and of the purchase agreement, lease agreement, or other contract pursuant to which the reimbursed payment was made. (4) The Secretary of State shall verify that payment for which reimbursement is sought meets the criteria set forth in the contract described in subdivision (a) before reimbursing the county. (5) (A) For the eligible expenditures described in subdivision (d) made before July 1, 2020, or on or after July 1, 2021, the Secretary of State shall reimburse the county by matching county funds spent on voting system replacement activities described in subdivision (d) on a three-to-one basis, up to the maximum amount of funds allocated for the contract pursuant to subdivision (b). (B) Notwithstanding subparagraph (A), the Secretary of State shall reimburse counties that operated 50 or fewer precincts in the November 8, 2016, statewide general election without requiring those counties to provide matching funds. (C) For the eligible expenditures described in subdivision (d) made on or after July 1, 2020, and before July 1, 2021, the Secretary of State shall reimburse the county for eligible expenditures, up to the maximum amount of funds allocated for the contract pursuant to subdivision (b), without requiring the county to provide matching funds. (d) For purposes of this chapter, reimbursable voting system replacement activities include all of the following: (1) The purchase or lease of any of the following: (A) A voting system certified or conditionally approved by the Secretary of State that does not use prescored punch card ballots. (B) Electronic poll books certified by the Secretary of State. (C) Ballot on demand systems certified by the Secretary of State. (D) Vote by mail ballot drop boxes that comply with any applicable regulations adopted by the Secretary of State pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 3025. (E) Remote accessible vote by mail systems certified or conditionally approved by the Secretary of State. (F) Telecommunication technologies to facili
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