{"code":"WAT","codeName":"Water Code","section":"79756","citation":"Wat. Code, § 79756","status":"in-force","lawOn":"2026-09-28","headings":[{"name":"DIVISION 26.7. Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 [79700. - 79798.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-26.7"},{"name":"CHAPTER 8. Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness [79750. - 79760.]","url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/division-26.7/chapter-8"}],"history":"Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8.   (AB 1471)   Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.","effective":null,"html":"<p>(a) The public benefit cost share of a project funded pursuant to this chapter, other than a project described in subdivision (c) of Section <a href=\"/wat/79751\">79751</a>, shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of any project funded under this chapter.</p><p>(b) No project may be funded unless it provides ecosystem improvements as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section <a href=\"/wat/79753\">79753</a> that are at least 50 percent of total public benefits of the project funded under this chapter.</p>","text":"(a) The public benefit cost share of a project funded pursuant to this chapter, other than a project described in subdivision (c) of Section 79751, shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of any project funded under this chapter. (b) No project may be funded unless it provides ecosystem improvements as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 79753 that are at least 50 percent of total public benefits of the project funded under this chapter.","otherVersions":[],"url":"https://blackletter.si/water-code/statewide-water-system-operational-improvement-and-drought-79756","source":"California Legislative Information bulk export (pubinfo)"}