PRC §42023.6: (a) The department shall encourage applicants to seek participation from private financial institutions or other public agencies.

(a) The department shall encourage applicants to seek participation from private financial institutions or other public agencies. For purposes of enabling the department and local agencies to comply with Sections 40051 and 41780, the department may participate, in an amount not to exceed five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), in the Capital Access Loan Program as provided in Article 8 (commencing with Section 44559) of Chapter 1 of Division 27 of the Health and Safety Code. (b) For purposes of participating in the Capital Access Loan Program, as specified in subdivision (a), or in a program that leverages subaccount funds, the department may operate both inside and outside the recycling market development zones. (c) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (2), this section shall become inoperative on July 1, 2031, and as of January 1, 2032, is repealed, unless a later enacted statute, which becomes effective on or before January 1, 2032, deletes or extends the date on which it becomes inoperative and is repealed. (2) The repeal of this section pursuant to paragraph (1) shall not extinguish any loan obligation or the authority of the state to pursue appropriate actions for the collection of a loan.