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CHAPTER 7. Clean Water and Water Recycling Program [79105. - 79149.16.]

Chapter 7 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1.

§§ 79105–79149.16 · 68 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. Clean Water and Water Recycling Account §§ 79105–79106 · 2 sections
    • § 79105 For the purposes of this chapter, “account” means the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account created by Section 79106.
    • § 79106 The Clean Water and Water Recycling Account is hereby created in the fund. The sum of three hundred fifty-five million dollars ($355,000,000) is hereby…
  2. 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…
  3. 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…
  4. 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…
  5. 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…
  6. 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…