116 STAT. 1864 PUBLIC LAW 107-273—NOV. 2, 2002 "(2) WAIVER.—I f a State submits to the Attorney General an application for waiver that demonstrates and certifies to the Attorney General that— "(A) the State's juvenile justice expenditures in the fiscal year preceding the date in which an application is submitted under this part (the 'State percentage') is more than 25 percent of the aggregate amount of juvenile justice expenditures by the State and its eligible units of local government; and "(B) the State has consulted with as many units of local government in such State, or organizations representing such units, as practicable regarding the State's calculation of expenditures under subparagraph (A), the State's application for waiver under this paragraph, and the State's proposed uses of funds. "(3) ALLOCATION.—In making the distribution under paragraph (1), the State shall allocate to such units of local government an amount which bears the same ratio to the aggregate amount of such funds as— "(A) the sum of— "(i) the product of— " (I) three-quarters; multiplied by "(II) the average juvenile justice expenditure for such unit of local government for the 3 most recent calendar years for which such data is available; plus "(ii) the product of— "(I) one-quarter; multiplied by "(II) the average annual number of part 1 violent crimes in such unit of local government for the 3 most recent calendar years for which such data is available, bears to— "(B) the sum of the products determined under subparagraph (A) for all such units of local government in the State. "(4) EXPENDITURES.—The allocation any unit of local government shall receive under paragraph (3) for a payment period shall not exceed 100 percent of juvenile justice expenditures of the unit for such payment period. "(5) REALLOCATION.—The amount of any unit of local government's allocation that is not available to such unit by operation of paragraph (4) shall be available to other units of local government that are not affected by such operation in accordance with this subsection. "(c) UNAVAILABILITY OF DATA FOR UNITS OF LOCAL GOVERN- MENT.— If the State has reason to believe that the reported rate of part 1 violent crimes or juvenile justice expenditures for a unit of local government is insufficient or inaccurate, the State shall— "(1) investigate the methodology used by the unit to determine the accuracy of the submitted data; and "(2) if necessary, use the best available comparable data regarding the number of violent crimes or juvenile justice expenditures for the relevant years for the unit of local government. "(d) LOCAL GOVERNMENT WITH ALLOCATIONS LESS THAN $10,000. —If under this section a unit of local government is allocated less than $10,000 for a payment period, the amount allotted
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