(a) The board shall utilize the provisions of this article, insofar as they may be made applicable, to establish a claim and reward procedure to reward persons providing information leading to the location of any child listed in the missing children registry compiled pursuant to former Section 11114 of the Penal Code or maintained pursuant to the system maintained pursuant to Sections 14201 and 14202 of the Penal Code.
(b) Awards shall be made upon recommendation of the Department of Justice in an amount of not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500) to any one individual. However, as a condition to an award, in any particular case, an amount equal to or greater in nonstate funds shall have been first offered as a reward for information leading to the location of that missing child.
(c) The Missing Children Reward Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury and is continuously appropriated to the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board to make awards pursuant to this section.