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DIVISION 26.5. WATER SECURITY, CLEAN DRINKING WATER, COASTAL AND BEACH PROTECTION ACT OF 2002 [79500. - 79591.]

Division 26.5 added November 5, 2002, by initiative Proposition 50, a bond act.

§§ 79500–79591 · 71 sections

  1. CHAPTER 1. General Provisions §§ 79500–79509.6 · 14 sections
    • § 79500 This division shall be known and may be cited as the Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of 2002.
    • § 79501 The people of California find and declare that it is necessary and in the public interest to do all of the following: (a) Secure and safeguard the integrity of…
    • § 79502 It is the intent of the people in enacting this division that it be administered and executed in the most expeditious manner possible, and that all state,…
    • § 79503 It is the intent of the people that water facility projects financed pursuant to this division shall be designed and constructed so as to improve the security…
    • § 79504 It is the intent of the people that investment of public funds pursuant to this division should result in public benefits.
    • § 79505 As used in this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Acquisition” means the acquisition of a fee interest or any other…
    • § 79505.5 As used in this division, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) “Disadvantaged community” means a community with an annual median…
    • § 79505.6 (a) (1) By March 15, 2004, each state agency disbursing grants or loans pursuant to this division shall develop project solicitation and evaluation guidelines.…
    • § 79506 Every proposed activity to be financed pursuant to this division shall be in compliance with the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing…
    • § 79506.7 State agencies that are authorized to award loans or grants financed by this division shall provide technical assistance with regard to the preparation of the…
    • § 79507 Watershed protection activities financed pursuant to this division shall be consistent with the applicable adopted local watershed management plan and the…
    • § 79508 Watershed protection activities in the San Gabriel and Los Angeles River watersheds shall be consistent with the San Gabriel and Los Angeles River Watershed…
    • § 79509 Except for projects financed pursuant to Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 79545) or Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 79570), to be eligible to be financed…
    • § 79509.6 (a) For the purposes of ensuring compliance with Section 79509, the California Bay-Delta Authority shall review regulations, guidelines, or criteria that are…
  2. CHAPTER 2. The Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Fund of 2002 §§ 79510–79512 · 3 sections
    • § 79510 The Water Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Fund of 2002 is hereby created.
    • § 79511 All money deposited in the fund shall be used only for the purposes and in the amounts set forth in this division and for no other purpose.
    • § 79512 Except as otherwise expressly provided in this division, upon a finding by the agency authorized to administer or expend money appropriated from the fund that…
  3. CHAPTER 3. Water Security §§ 79520–79522 · 3 sections
    • § 79520 The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund for the purpose of protecting state,…
    • § 79521 The Legislature may enact such legislation as is necessary to implement this chapter.
    • § 79522 (a) Funds made available pursuant to Section 79520 shall be appropriated to the State Department of Public Health to carry out this chapter consistent with the…
  4. CHAPTER 4. Safe Drinking Water §§ 79530–79534 · 4 sections
    • § 79530 (a) The sum of four hundred thirty-five million dollars ($435,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the State…
    • § 79531 The Legislature may enact such legislation as is necessary to implement this chapter.
    • § 79532 (a) Funds made available pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 79530 shall be administered in accordance with this section. (b) (1) Grant funds appropriated…
    • § 79534 (a) Funds made available pursuant to paragraph (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of subdivision (a) of Section 79530, and not for the purposes of subdivision (b) of…
  5. CHAPTER 5. Clean Water and Water Quality §§ 79540–79544 · 6 sections
    • § 79540 (a) The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the board for competitive…
    • § 79540.1 (a) Grants shall be awarded in accordance with Section 79540 on a statewide competitive basis. (b) To the extent funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79540…
    • § 79541 The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the secretary for the…
    • § 79542 The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the California Tahoe Conservancy for…
    • § 79543 (a) The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the board for the purpose of…
    • § 79544 The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the secretary for the purpose of…
  6. CHAPTER 6. Contaminant and Salt Removal Technologies §§ 79545–79547.2 · 4 sections
    • § 79545 The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the department for grants for…
    • § 79546 The Legislature may enact such legislation as is necessary to implement this chapter.
    • § 79547 (a) Funds made available pursuant to Section 79545 shall be administered in accordance with this section. (b) Grants shall be awarded in accordance with…
    • § 79547.2 (a)For the purposes of implementing subdivision (a) of Section 79545, eligible projects shall be selected based on demonstrated need for new or alternative…
  7. CHAPTER 7. CALFED Bay-Delta Program §§ 79550–79555 · 6 sections
    • § 79550 The sum of eight hundred twenty-five million dollars ($825,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund for the balanced…
    • § 79551 All appropriations pursuant to this chapter shall include money for independent scientific review, monitoring, and assessment of the results or effectiveness…
    • § 79552 All projects financed pursuant to this chapter shall be consistent with the CALFED Programmatic Record of Decision including its provisions regarding finance…
    • § 79553 Consistent with the CALFED Programmatic Record of Decision, priority shall be given to projects that achieve multiple benefits across CALFED program elements.…
    • § 79554 All real property acquired with money appropriated or granted pursuant to subdivision (e) or (f) of Section 79550 shall be acquired from willing sellers.
    • § 79555 For the 2004–05 fiscal year, and each fiscal year thereafter, not less than 50 percent of the funds made available pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 79550…
  8. CHAPTER 8. Integrated Regional Water Management §§ 79560–79565 · 12 sections
    • § 79560 The sum of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund for competitive grants for…
    • § 79560.1 (a) The department shall administer 50 percent of the funds, and the board shall administer the remaining 50 percent of the funds, made available to the…
    • § 79560.5 For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the department and the board shall jointly develop project solicitation and evaluation guidelines. Before…
    • § 79561 Money appropriated in Section 79560 shall be available for grants for water management projects that include one or more of the following elements: (a)…
    • § 79561.5 (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, of the funds appropriated to the department for the purposes of Sections 79560 and 79560.1, the department…
    • § 79562 An amount, not to exceed 10 percent of the money available for appropriation in Section 79560, may be appropriated by the Legislature for facilities,…
    • § 79562.5 (a) For the purposes of carrying out Section 79560, the department shall award grants to eligible projects consistent with an adopted integrated regional water…
    • § 79563 At least 50 percent of the amount available for appropriation in Section 79560 shall be appropriated to the board. The board shall establish procedures for…
    • § 79563.5 (a) The board, to the extent that funds are appropriated pursuant to Section 79563 of the Water Code for purposes that are consistent with this section, shall…
    • § 79564 To be eligible for financing pursuant to Section 79563, a project shall meet both of the following criteria: (a) The project is consistent with an adopted…
    • § 79564.1 (a) Of the funds made available by Section 79560, not less than 40 percent shall be available for eligible projects in northern California and not less than 40…
    • § 79565 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of one hundred forty million dollars ($140,000,000) is hereby continuously appropriated from the…
  9. CHAPTER 9. Colorado River §§ 79567–79568 · 2 sections
    • § 79567 The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the department for grants for canal…
    • § 79568 (a) The sum of fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the Wildlife Conservation Board for…
  10. CHAPTER 10. Coastal Watershed and Wetland Protection §§ 79570–79573 · 4 sections
    • § 79570 The sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund for expenditures and grants for the…
    • § 79571 Ten percent of the money allocated in each of the categories in Section 79570 shall be used for grants for the acquisition and development of facilities to…
    • § 79572 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of seven hundred fifty million dollars ($750,000,000) is hereby continuously appropriated…
    • § 79573 (a) The purchase price for each acquisition made pursuant to Section 79572 shall not exceed the fair market value of the property as defined in Section…
  11. CHAPTER 10.5. Reporting § 79575 · 1 section
    • § 79575 Not later than January 1, 2005, and on or before January 1 of each year thereafter, each state agency expending funds pursuant to this division for projects,…
  12. CHAPTER 11. Fiscal Provisions §§ 79580–79591 · 12 sections
    • § 79580 Bonds in the total amount of three billion four hundred forty million dollars ($3,440,000,000), not including the amount of any refunding bonds issued in…
    • § 79581 The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
    • § 79582 (a) 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,…
    • § 79583 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…
    • § 79584 There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the…
    • § 79585 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for purposes of this division, an amount that will…
    • § 79586 For the purposes of carrying out this division, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to…
    • § 79587 All money derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to…
    • § 79588 Any bonds issued or sold pursuant to this division may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section…
    • § 79589 The people of California hereby find and declare that inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not “proceeds of taxes”…
    • § 79590 Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of bond issuance shall be paid out of…
    • § 79591 Notwithstanding any other law, ninety-five million dollars ($95,000,000) of the unissued bonds authorized for the purposes of this division are reallocated for…