DIVISION 26. SAFE DRINKING WATER, CLEAN WATER, WATERSHED PROTECTION, AND FLOOD PROTECTION ACT [79000. - 79222.]
Division 26 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1.
§§ 79000–79222 · 267 sections
CHAPTER 1. Short Title § 79000 · 1 section
- § 79000 This division shall be known and may be cited as the Costa-Machado Water Act of 2000.
CHAPTER 2. Definitions §§ 79005–79013 · 9 sections
- § 79005 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this chapter govern the construction of this division.
- § 79006 “Bay-delta” means the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary.
- § 79007 “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
- § 79008 “CALFED” refers to the consortium of state and federal agencies with management and regulatory responsibilities in the bay-delta that are developing a…
- § 79009 “Clean Water Act” means the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.), and includes any amendments thereto.
- § 79010 “Committee” means the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Finance Committee created by Section 79212.
- § 79011 “Delta” means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta.
- § 79012 “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
- § 79013 “Fund” means the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Fund created by Section 79019.
CHAPTER 3. Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Fund § 79019 · 1 section
- § 79019 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood…
CHAPTER 4. Safe Drinking Water Program §§ 79020–79026 · 9 sections
ARTICLE 1. Definitions § 79020 · 1 section
- § 79020 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter. (a) “Federal act” means the federal Safe Drinking…
ARTICLE 2. Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund § 79021 · 1 section
- § 79021 The sum of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) is hereby transferred from the fund to the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund created by Section…
ARTICLE 3. Safe Drinking Water Program §§ 79022–79026 · 7 sections
- § 79022 (a) The money transferred to the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 79021, except as otherwise provided in Sections 79022.7 and…
- § 79022.5 Any repayment of loans made pursuant to this article, including interest payments, and all interest earnings on or accruing to, any money resulting from the…
- § 79022.7 Notwithstanding Item 4260-115-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget Act of 1999 (Chapter 50, Statutes of 1999), no money transferred to the Safe Drinking Water…
- § 79023 There is hereby created in the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund the Technical Assistance Account.
- § 79024 Of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79021, the sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) is hereby transferred from the Safe Drinking Water State…
- § 79025 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the Technical Assistance Account is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to…
- § 79026 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the account may be used to pay costs incurred in connection with the administration of this chapter.
CHAPTER 5. Flood Protection Program §§ 79030–79069.12 · 61 sections
ARTICLE 1. Flood Protection Account §§ 79030–79031 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Floodplain Mapping Program §§ 79033–79033.6 · 4 sections
- § 79033 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Floodplain Mapping Subaccount. (b) The sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) is hereby…
- § 79033.2 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Agriculture and Open Space Mapping Subaccount. (b) The sum of two million five hundred thousand dollars…
- § 79033.4 The money in the Floodplain Mapping Subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for the purpose of…
- § 79033.6 (a) The money in the Agriculture and Open Space Mapping Subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the Department of Conservation, may be used by the…
ARTICLE 2.5. Flood Protection Corridor Program §§ 79035–79044.9 · 14 sections
- § 79035 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Flood Protection Corridor Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Flood…
- § 79036 The sum of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79037 (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for flood control projects through…
- § 79038 (a) For the purposes of this article, the department shall give highest priority to projects that include either of the following: (1) Projects that have been…
- § 79039 (a) In order to ensure that property acquired under paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 79037 remains on the county tax rolls and in agricultural use…
- § 79040 Any acquisition pursuant to this article shall be from a willing seller.
- § 79041 Prior to acquiring an easement or other interest in land pursuant to this article, the project shall include a plan to minimize the impact on adjacent…
- § 79042 Prior to acquiring an easement or other interest in land pursuant to this article, a public hearing in the local community shall be held. Notification shall be…
- § 79043 Money in the subaccount may be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to repair breaches in the flood control system developed pursuant to this article…
- § 79044 (a) (1) In expending grant money pursuant to this article to acquire an interest in any particular parcel of land, a local public agency or nonprofit…
- § 79044.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to address the problem of soaring federal flood insurance rates by assisting local governments to meet technical…
- § 79044.6 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to…
- § 79044.7 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
- § 79044.9 The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
ARTICLE 3. Delta Levee Rehabilitation Program §§ 79045–79052 · 8 sections
- § 79045 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Delta Levee…
- § 79046 The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article pursuant…
- § 79047 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the…
- § 79048 The expenditure of funds under this article is subject to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 12306) of Part 4.8 of Division 6.
- § 79049 Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) or (b) of Section 79047, not more than 5 percent may be expended by the department to repair levee road…
- § 79050 No expenditure of funds may be made under this article unless the Department of Fish and Game makes a written determination as part of its review and approval…
- § 79051 For the purposes of this article, a levee project includes levee improvements and related habitat improvements undertaken in the delta at a location other than…
- § 79052 Following the date on which a program for the bay-delta is adopted by CALFED, the remaining funds in the subaccount shall be used for levee rehabilitation…
ARTICLE 4. Flood Control Subventions Program §§ 79055–79057 · 3 sections
- § 79055 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Flood Control Subventions Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Flood Control…
- § 79056 The sum of forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) is hereby transferred from the fund to the subaccount.
- § 79057 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, or any other provision of law, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated,…
ARTICLE 5. Urban Stream Restoration Program §§ 79060–79062.5 · 4 sections
- § 79060 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Urban Stream Restoration Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Urban Stream…
- § 79061 The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79062 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for both of the following: (a) Grants to…
- § 79062.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations set forth in Chapter 2.4 (commencing with Section 451.1) of Division 2 of Title 23 of the California…
ARTICLE 6. Capital Area Flood Protection Program §§ 79065–79065.8 · 5 sections
- § 79065 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) Since Sacramento, the state capital, was founded over 150 years ago, it has suffered from…
- § 79065.2 (a) There is hereby created in the account the State Capital Protection Subaccount. (b) For purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the State Capital…
- § 79065.4 The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of this article.
- § 79065.6 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency, may be used by the Sacramento Area Flood…
- § 79065.8 No money deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
ARTICLE 7. San Lorenzo River Flood Control Program §§ 79067–79067.4 · 3 sections
- § 79067 (a)There is hereby created in the account the San Lorenzo River Flood Control Subaccount. (b) For purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the San Lorenzo…
- § 79067.2 The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of this article.
- § 79067.4 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be allocated by the department to the City of Santa Cruz to pay for…
ARTICLE 8. Yuba Feather Flood Protection Program §§ 79068–79068.20 · 11 sections
- § 79068 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this article. (a) “Nonstructural improvements” are…
- § 79068.2 There is hereby created in the account the Yuba Feather Flood Protection Subaccount.
- § 79068.4 The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79068.6 Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department or Reclamation Board, shall be used by the…
- § 79068.8 No expenditures of state funds may be made under this article until the department or the Reclamation Board determines that all of the following requirements…
- § 79068.10 All of the following factors shall be considered by the department and the Reclamation Board for prioritizing projects: (a) Potential loss of life from…
- § 79068.12 Of the fund appropriated pursuant to Section 79068.6, two million six hundred thousand dollars ($2,600,000) in the subaccount shall be used for the local share…
- § 79068.14 (a) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation to the Department of Fish and Game, may be used by that department, if it…
- § 79068.16 If all of the funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79068.6 are encumbered, and any funds described in Section 79068.14 are not needed for the purposes of…
- § 79068.18 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
- § 79068.20 The department and the Reclamation Board may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
ARTICLE 9. Arroyo Pasajero Watershed Program §§ 79069–79069.12 · 7 sections
- § 79069 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Arroyo Pasajero Watershed incurred unprecedented flooding in 1995 that resulted in a…
- § 79069.2 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern construction of this article. (a) “Subaccount” means the Arroyo…
- § 79069.4 There is hereby created in the account the Arroyo Pasajero Watershed Subaccount. The sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby transferred from the…
- § 79069.6 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for projects that improve flood…
- § 79069.8 For the purposes of carrying out projects pursuant to this article, the department is encouraged to utilize the services of the California Conservation Corps…
- § 79069.10 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
- § 79069.12 The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
CHAPTER 6. Watershed Protection Program §§ 79070–79104.206 · 48 sections
ARTICLE 1. Watershed Protection Account §§ 79070–79071 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Watershed Protection Program §§ 79075–79088 · 16 sections
- § 79075 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Watershed Protection Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Watershed…
- § 79076 The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79077 The purposes of this article are to provide funds to assist in implementing watershed plans to reduce flooding, control erosion, improve water quality, and…
- § 79078 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Local agency” means any city, county, city and…
- § 79079 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, may be used by the board for grants to municipalities, local agencies, or…
- § 79079.5 The funds used for the purposes described in Section 79079 shall be allocated as follows: (a) Sixty percent to projects in the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange,…
- § 79080 (a) A municipality, local agency, or nonprofit organization may only receive a grant under this article if the board determines that both of the following…
- § 79081 A grant recipient shall obtain written permission from the landowners of the parcel of land upon which the project is proposed to be carried out. The written…
- § 79082 Not more than 25 percent of a grant may be awarded in advance of actual expenditures.
- § 79083 A grant recipient shall submit to the board a report upon the completion of the project or activity funded under this article. The report shall summarize the…
- § 79084 (a) Of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79076, at least thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) shall be for grants to small communities. (b) For…
- § 79085 The board shall give added consideration to projects that utilize the services of the California Conservation Corps, community conservation corps, or other…
- § 79085.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the following amounts from the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be allocated as…
- § 79086 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall terminate any grant where it is determined that the project is not providing the proposed watershed…
- § 79087 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
- § 79088 Where recovery plans for coho salmon, steelhead trout, or other threatened or endangered aquatic species exist, projects funded under this article shall be…
ARTICLE 3. Water and Watershed Education Program §§ 79090–79094 · 5 sections
- § 79090 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Water and Watershed Education Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Water and…
- § 79091 The sum of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79092 Three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for allocation to…
- § 79093 Two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for the…
- § 79094 Three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the University of California, may be used for the purpose of…
ARTICLE 4. River Protection Program §§ 79100–79104 · 7 sections
- § 79100 (a) There is hereby created in the account the River Protection Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the River Protection…
- § 79101 The sum of ninety-five million dollars ($95,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79102 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature, may be used to meet the requirements of Article 6 (commencing with Section 78682) of…
- § 79103 At least 60 percent of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79101 shall be used for projects that are located in, or in close proximity to, major…
- § 79103.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79101, ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall, upon…
- § 79103.4 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79101, two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000)…
- § 79104 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
ARTICLE 5. Southern California Integrated Watershed Program §§ 79104.20–79104.34 · 7 sections
- § 79104.20 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Santa Ana Watershed is experiencing increased water demands due to significant…
- § 79104.22 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Santa Ana River Watershed Subaccount. (b) For purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Santa Ana River…
- § 79104.24 The sum of two hundred thirty-five million dollars ($235,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount.
- § 79104.26 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, may be used by the board for allocation to the Santa Ana Watershed Project…
- § 79104.30 It is the intent of the Legislature to urge the federal government to allocate funds for projects to improve the Santa Ana River Watershed to match the state’s…
- § 79104.32 It is the intent of the Legislature that the expenditure of the funds under this article be made through a broad-based watershed stakeholder process.
- § 79104.34 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred by the board in connection with the administration of…
ARTICLE 6. Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto Watershed Program §§ 79104.100–79104.114 · 7 sections
- § 79104.100 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto Watershed Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the…
- § 79104.102 The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount.
- § 79104.104 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, may be used by the board to rehabilitate and improve the Lake Elsinore…
- § 79104.106 To the maximum extent feasible, the watershed management and flood control projects described in Section 79104.104 shall do one or more of the following: (a)…
- § 79104.108 It is the intent of the Legislature to urge the federal government to allocate funds for projects to improve the Lake Elsinore Watershed and San Jacinto…
- § 79104.110 The funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79104.104 shall be allocated to a joint powers agency consisting of the City of Lake Elsinore, the Santa Ana…
- § 79104.114 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
ARTICLE 7. Coastal Watershed Salmon Habitat Program §§ 79104.200–79104.206 · 4 sections
- § 79104.200 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Coastal Watershed Salmon Habitat Subaccount. (b) For the purpose of this article, “subaccount” means the Coastal…
- § 79104.202 The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79104.204 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the Department of Fish and Game, shall be used by the Department of Fish and Game for…
- § 79104.206 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
CHAPTER 7. Clean Water and Water Recycling Program §§ 79105–79149.16 · 68 sections
ARTICLE 1. Clean Water and Water Recycling Account §§ 79105–79106 · 2 sections
ARTICLE 2. Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program §§ 79110–79117 · 11 sections
- § 79110 The purpose of this article is to provide grant funding for projects that protect the beneficial uses of water throughout the state through the control of…
- § 79111 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Best management practices” means those practices…
- § 79112 There is hereby created in the account the Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Subaccount.
- § 79113 The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79114 (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, may be used by the board to award grants, not to exceed five million…
- § 79114.2 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) is hereby appropriated from the subaccount, to the board to…
- § 79114.3 No project shall receive funds under this article if it receives funds pursuant to Article 5 (commencing with Section 79148).
- § 79114.5 (a) Sixty percent of the money in the subaccount shall be allocated to projects in the Counties of Riverside, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, or San…
- § 79115 The board may adopt regulations to implement this article.
- § 79116 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
- § 79117 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79113, the sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000), upon…
ARTICLE 3. Clean Water Program §§ 79120–79133 · 17 sections
- § 79120 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Eligible project” means a project or activity…
- § 79121 There is hereby created in the account all of the following subaccounts: (a) The State Revolving Fund Loan Subaccount. (b) The Small Communities Grant…
- § 79122 The following amounts are hereby transferred from the account to the following subaccounts and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, are…
- § 79122.2 The sum of thirty-five million five hundred thousand dollars ($35,500,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the Wastewater Construction Grant…
- § 79122.4 The board may transfer unallocated funds from the State Revolving Fund Loan Subaccount to the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund created pursuant to…
- § 79123 The board may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
- § 79124 The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary or desirable to carry out this article, and may…
- § 79125 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in each subaccount created pursuant to this article may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection…
- § 79126 Not more than 2 percent of the total amount deposited in each subaccount under this article may be used for the purposes of Section 79124.
- § 79127 For the purposes of implementing subdivision (a) of Section 79122, the board may make loans to municipalities, pursuant to contract, to aid in the construction…
- § 79128 (a) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 79122, the board may make grants to small communities so that any state grant does not exceed 971/2 percent of…
- § 79128.5 For the purposes of Section 79122.2, the board may make grants for the cost of planning, design, and construction of treatment works necessary to comply with…
- § 79129 Any contract entered into pursuant to this article for a loan or grant may include provisions determined by the board, and shall include all of the following…
- § 79130 All contracts entered into pursuant to this article for loans or grants are subject to both of the following requirements: (a) Municipalities seeking…
- § 79131 Any loan made pursuant to Section 79127 shall meet the requirements of paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 13480.
- § 79132 All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan contracts entered into pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Revolving Fund…
- § 79133 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of the continuously appropriated funds described in subdivision (a) of Section 79122, the sum of seven…
ARTICLE 4. Water Recycling Program §§ 79135–79147 · 17 sections
- § 79135 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Municipality” has the same meaning as that set…
- § 79136 There is hereby created in the account the Water Recycling Subaccount.
- § 79137 (a) The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of this article. (b) (1) Sixty…
- § 79138 Unallocated funds remaining in the Water Recycling Subaccount in the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account in the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Fund on…
- § 79139 The board may enter into an agreement with the federal government for federal contributions to the subaccount if all of the following conditions have been met:…
- § 79140 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, 50 percent of the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to…
- § 79141 The board may enter into agreements with municipalities for loans and grants for projects to recycle water in accordance with this article. Criteria to be…
- § 79142 An agreement entered into pursuant to Section 79141 may include those provisions determined by the board to be necessary for the purposes of this article.
- § 79142.2 (a) A contract for a loan made pursuant to this article may not provide for a moratorium on, or the deferment of, the payment of the principal of, or interest…
- § 79142.4 (a) The board may establish the interest rate for a loan made pursuant to this article at a rate equal to 50 percent of the interest rate paid by the state on…
- § 79142.6 All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan contracts executed pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the subaccount for the purposes…
- § 79142.8 All interest earned by assets in the subaccount shall be deposited in the subaccount.
- § 79143 The board may make grants to municipalities for facility planning studies for water recycling projects. The amount of the grants may not exceed seventy-five…
- § 79144 The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary or desirable to carry out this article, and may…
- § 79145 (a) Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
- § 79146 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the money in the subaccount may not be used to provide financial assistance to any water recycling project…
- § 79147 (a) The board may adopt regulations to carry out this article. (b) The board is encouraged to expedite the review and processing of agreements to carry out the…
ARTICLE 5. Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Program §§ 79148–79148.16 · 11 sections
- § 79148 The purpose of this article is to provide funding for projects that restore and protect the water quality and environment of coastal waters, estuaries, bays,…
- § 79148.2 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Educational institution” means community…
- § 79148.4 There is hereby created in the account the Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Subaccount.
- § 79148.6 The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79148.7 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the sum of four million dollars ($4,000,000), upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, shall be…
- § 79148.8 (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, may be used by the board, in consultation with the California Coastal…
- § 79148.10 (a) Sixty percent of the money in the subaccount shall be allocated to projects in the Counties of Riverside, Ventura, Los Angeles, San Diego, Orange, or San…
- § 79148.12 The board shall provide opportunity for public review and comment in awarding funds pursuant to this article, and may, in consultation with the California…
- § 79148.14 No project shall receive funds under this article if it receives funds pursuant to Article 2 (commencing with Section 79110).
- § 79148.15 Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, three million dollars ($3,000,000), upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, shall be allocated…
- § 79148.16 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
ARTICLE 6. Seawater Intrusion Control §§ 79149–79149.16 · 10 sections
- § 79149 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) (1) “Eligible seawater intrusion control project”…
- § 79149.2 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Seawater Intrusion Control Subaccount. The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby…
- § 79149.3 Unallocated funds remaining in the Seawater Intrusion Control Subaccount in the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account in the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water…
- § 79149.4 The board may enter into contracts to make loans to local agencies for the purposes set forth in this article.
- § 79149.6 Any contract for a loan entered into pursuant to Section 79149.4 may include those provisions determined by the board to be necessary for the purposes of this…
- § 79149.8 (a) A contract for a loan may not provide for a moratorium on the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the loan. (b) Any loan made pursuant to Section…
- § 79149.10 (a) The board shall establish the interest rate for a loan made pursuant to this article at a rate equal to 50 percent of the interest rate paid by the state…
- § 79149.12 All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan contracts entered into pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the subaccount.
- § 79149.14 The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the…
- § 79149.16 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay for both of the following: (a) To pay the costs incurred in…
CHAPTER 8. Water Conservation Program §§ 79150–79164 · 17 sections
ARTICLE 1. Findings and Declarations § 79150 · 1 section
- § 79150 The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conservation programs can help meet the growing demand for clean…
ARTICLE 2. General Provisions §§ 79151–79156 · 7 sections
- § 79151 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Account” means the Water Conservation Account…
- § 79152 The Water Conservation Account is hereby created in the fund.
- § 79153 (a) The sum of one hundred fifty-five million dollars ($155,000,000) is hereby transferred from the fund to the account for the purposes of this chapter. (b)…
- § 79154 (a) Any loan agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter may include provisions determined to be necessary by the department. (b) Any loan agreement…
- § 79155 (a) Any grant agreement entered into pursuant to this chapter may include provisions determined to be necessary by the department. (b) Any grant agreement…
- § 79155.5 Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations set forth in Chapter 2.3 (commencing with Section 450.1) of Division 2 of Title 23 of the California…
- § 79156 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used by the department to pay the costs incurred in connection with the…
ARTICLE 3. Agricultural Water Conservation Program §§ 79157–79158 · 2 sections
- § 79157 (a) The sum of thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the…
- § 79158 (a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions that may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of…
ARTICLE 4. Groundwater Recharge Facilities Program §§ 79161–79161.5 · 2 sections
- § 79161 (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in the account is hereby appropriated to the department, without regard to fiscal years, for use by the…
- § 79161.5 (a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions that may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of…
ARTICLE 5. Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program §§ 79162–79162.4 · 3 sections
- § 79162 (a) The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for…
- § 79162.2 (a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions as may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of…
- § 79162.4 The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
ARTICLE 6. Urban Water Conservation Program §§ 79163–79164 · 2 sections
- § 79163 (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department…
- § 79164 (a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions that may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of…
CHAPTER 9. Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program §§ 79165–79205.16 · 40 sections
ARTICLE 1. Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Account §§ 79165–79166 · 2 sections
- § 79165 For the purposes of this chapter, “account” means the Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Account created by Section 79166.
- § 79166 The Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Account is hereby created in the fund. The sum of six hundred thirty million dollars ($630,000,000) is hereby…
ARTICLE 2. Groundwater Storage Program §§ 79170–79183 · 14 sections
- § 79170 The Legislature finds and declares that the conjunctive management of surface water and groundwater is an effective way to improve the reliability of water…
- § 79171 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Conjunctive use” means the temporary storage of…
- § 79172 There is hereby created in the account the Conjunctive Use Subaccount.
- § 79173 The sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
- § 79174 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department for grants for feasibility studies, project…
- § 79175 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be expended for purposes of financing feasibility studies.
- § 79176 For the purpose of approving projects pursuant to this article, the department shall give priority to those projects for which there is available third-party…
- § 79177 To be eligible for funding for the construction of a conjunctive use project under this article, an applicant that is other than a local agency shall be…
- § 79178 No construction project may receive more than fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) from the subaccount.
- § 79179 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
- § 79180 Not less than 40 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount shall be expended for studies, projects, and facilities within watersheds of the…
- § 79181 (a) A project undertaken pursuant to this article shall fully protect and preserve the groundwater rights of the overlying landowners and shall fully protect…
- § 79182 In carrying out this article and awarding grants, the department shall convene and consult with an advisory committee comprised of technically qualified…
- § 79183 The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
ARTICLE 3. Bay-Delta Multipurpose Water Management Program §§ 79190–79203 · 16 sections
- § 79190 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “CALFED Bay-Delta Program” or “program” means the…
- § 79191 This article does not affect the authority of any agency pursuant to any other provision of law to expend funds for the purposes described in this article.
- § 79192 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) CALFED is in the process of preparing a programmatic EIS/EIR for a long-term comprehensive…
- § 79193 (a) This article does not authorize the implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program or any element of that program. The implementation of the CALFED…
- § 79194 There is hereby created in the account the Bay-Delta Multipurpose Water Management Subaccount.
- § 79195 The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount.
- § 79196 (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department to carry out eligible projects and for…
- § 79196.5 The funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79196 shall be allocated as follows: (a) Seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000) for the purposes of the project…
- § 79197 No funds in the subaccount may be expended until all of the following conditions have been met: (a) The CALFED EIS/EIR has been certified by the state lead…
- § 79198 The state, to the greatest extent possible, shall secure federal and nonfederal funds to implement this article.
- § 79199 Due to the importance of issuing permits and otherwise expediting all elements of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program in a timely and balanced manner, the following…
- § 79200 On or before December 15 of each year, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall submit an annual report to the Legislature that describes the status of the…
- § 79201 The report prepared pursuant to Section 79200 shall include both of the following: (a) A summary of the results achieved by the projects funded under this…
- § 79201.5 Nothing in this article shall be construed to address the allocation of benefits from projects or programs funded by this article. It is anticipated that this…
- § 79202 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
- § 79203 The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
ARTICLE 4. Interim Water Reliable Supply and Water Quality Infrastructure and Management Program §§ 79205.2–79205.16 · 8 sections
- § 79205.2 (a) “Delta export service area,” as used in this article, means both of the following: (1) The counties included within the Association of Bay Area…
- § 79205.4 (a) There is hereby created the Interim Water Supply and Water Quality Infrastructure and Management Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article,…
- § 79205.6 The sum of one hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of this article.
- § 79205.8 (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department to provide grants or loans, or any…
- § 79205.10 For purposes of prioritizing eligible programs or projects for funding under this article, the department shall give priority to programs or projects that meet…
- § 79205.12 The state, to the greatest extent possible, shall seek matching federal funds to implement this article.
- § 79205.14 Funds available from the subaccount shall be available for all phases of project development including, but not limited to, project administration, permitting…
- § 79205.16 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
CHAPTER 10. Fiscal Provisions §§ 79210–79222 · 13 sections
- § 79210 Bonds in the total amount of one billion nine hundred seventy million dollars ($1,970,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in…
- § 79211 (a) The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
- § 79212 Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this division, the…
- § 79213 The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this division in order to carry out the actions…
- § 79214 There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
- § 79215 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
- § 79216 For the purposes of carrying out this division, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount not to exceed the…
- § 79217 All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for…
- § 79218 The agency that administers an appropriation of the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Fund may request the…
- § 79219 The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code,…
- § 79220 Notwithstanding any provision of this division or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this division that include a…
- § 79221 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not “proceeds of taxes” as that…
- § 79222 Notwithstanding any other law, thirty-four million dollars ($34,000,000) of the unissued bonds authorized for the purposes of Section 79157, and fifty-two…