DIVISION 26.7. Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014 [79700. - 79798.]

Division 26.7 added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8.

§§ 79700–79798 · 82 sections

1. CHAPTER 1. Short Title § 79700 · 1 section

   • § 79700 This division shall be known, and may be cited, as the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014.
2. CHAPTER 2. Findings § 79701 · 1 section

   • § 79701 The people of California find and declare all of the following: (a) Safeguarding California’s supply of clean and safe water for homes, businesses, and farms…
3. CHAPTER 3. Definitions § 79702 · 1 section

   • § 79702 Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construction of this division, as follows: (a) “Acquisition” means…
4. CHAPTER 4. General Provisions §§ 79703–79716.5 · 16 sections

   • § 79703 An amount that equals not more than 5 percent of the funds allocated for a grant program pursuant to this division may be used to pay the administrative costs…
   • § 79704 Unless otherwise specified, up to 10 percent of funds allocated for each program funded by this division may be expended for planning and monitoring necessary…
   • § 79705 Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to the development or implementation of…
   • § 79706 (a) Prior to disbursing grants or loans pursuant to this division, each state agency that receives an appropriation from the funding made available by this…
   • § 79707 It is the intent of the people that: (a) The investment of public funds pursuant to this division will result in public benefits that address the most critical…
   • § 79708 (a) The Department of Finance shall provide for an independent audit of expenditures pursuant to this division. The secretary shall publish a list of all…
   • § 79708.5 In addition to the information required pursuant to Section 79708, in order to facilitate oversight of funding and projects, the secretary shall post on the…
   • § 79709 (a) Funds expended pursuant to this division for the acquisition of a permanent dedication of water shall be in accordance with Section 1707 where the state…
   • § 79710 (a) Funds provided by this division shall not be expended to pay the costs of the design, construction, operation, mitigation, or maintenance of Delta…
   • § 79711 (a) This division does not diminish, impair, or otherwise affect in any manner whatsoever any area of origin, watershed of origin, county of origin, or any…
   • § 79712 (a) Eligible applicants under this division are public agencies, nonprofit organizations, public utilities, federally recognized Indian tribes, state Indian…
   • § 79713 The Legislature may enact legislation necessary to implement programs funded by this division, except as otherwise provided in Section 79760.
   • § 79714 (a) Unless otherwise specified, any state agency that has the statutory authority to implement one or more of the purposes specified in this bond may be…
   • § 79715 The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Fund of 2014,…
   • § 79716 Each state agency that receives an appropriation of funding made available by this division shall be responsible for establishing metrics of success and…
   • § 79716.5 Each state agency that receives an appropriation of funding made available by this division shall do the following: (a) Evaluate the outcomes of projects…
5. CHAPTER 5. Clean, Safe and Reliable Drinking Water §§ 79720–79726 · 7 sections

   • § 79720 The sum of five hundred twenty million dollars ($520,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, for expenditures,…
   • § 79721 The projects eligible for funding pursuant to this chapter shall help improve water quality for a beneficial use. The purposes of this chapter are to: (a)…
   • § 79722 The contaminants that may be addressed with funding pursuant to this chapter may include, but shall not be limited to, nitrates, perchlorate, MTBE (methyl…
   • § 79723 Of the funds authorized by Section 79720, two hundred sixty million dollars ($260,000,000) shall be available for deposit in the State Water Pollution Control…
   • § 79724 (a) (1) Of the funds authorized by Section 79720, two hundred sixty million dollars ($260,000,000) shall be available for grants and loans for public water…
   • § 79725 (a) For the purposes of awarding funding under this chapter, a local cost share of not less than 50 percent of the total costs of the project shall be…
   • § 79726 For the purpose of providing the state share needed to leverage federal funds to assist communities in providing safe drinking water, any funds appropriated…
6. CHAPTER 6. Protecting Rivers, Lakes, Streams, Coastal Waters, and Watersheds §§ 79730–79738 · 9 sections

   • § 79730 The sum of one billion four hundred ninety-five million dollars ($1,495,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, in…
   • § 79731 Of the funds authorized by Section 79730, the sum of three hundred twenty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($327,500,000) shall be allocated for…
   • § 79732 (a) In protecting and restoring California rivers, lakes, streams, and watersheds, the purposes of this chapter are to: (1) Protect and increase the economic…
   • § 79733 Of the funds made available by Section 79730, the sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be administered by the Wildlife Conservation Board…
   • § 79734 For restoration and ecosystem protection projects under this chapter, the services of the California Conservation Corps or a local conservation corps certified…
   • § 79735 (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79730, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for…
   • § 79736 Of the funds authorized by Section 79730, four hundred seventy-five million dollars ($475,000,000) shall be available to the Natural Resources Agency to…
   • § 79737 (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79730, two hundred eighty-five million dollars ($285,000,000) shall be available to the Department of Fish and Wildlife…
   • § 79738 (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79730, eighty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($87,500,000) shall be available to the Department of Fish and…
7. CHAPTER 7. Regional Water Security, Climate, and Drought Preparedness §§ 79740–79748 · 9 sections

   • § 79740 The sum of eight hundred ten million dollars ($810,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, for expenditures on, and…
   • § 79741 In order to improve regional water self-reliance security and adapt to the effects on water supply arising out of climate change, the purposes of this chapter…
   • § 79742 (a) In selecting among proposed projects in a watershed, the scope of the adopted integrated regional water management plan may be considered by the…
   • § 79743 Subject to the determination of regional priorities in the regional water management group, eligible projects may include, but are not limited to, projects…
   • § 79744 (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, five hundred ten million dollars ($510,000,000) shall be allocated to the hydrologic regions as identified in the…
   • § 79745 The Department of Water Resources shall expend, either directly or for noncompetitive grants, no less than 10 percent of the funds from the regional…
   • § 79746 (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, the sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) may be used for direct expenditures, and for grants and…
   • § 79747 (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available for grants for multibenefit stormwater management…
   • § 79748 In order to receive funding authorized by this chapter to address groundwater quality or supply in an aquifer, the applicant shall demonstrate that a public…
8. CHAPTER 8. Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness §§ 79750–79760 · 11 sections

   • § 79750 (a) Notwithstanding Section 162, the commission may make the determinations, findings, and recommendations required of it by this chapter independent of the…
   • § 79751 Projects for which the public benefits are eligible for funding under this chapter consist of only the following: (a) Surface storage projects identified in…
   • § 79752 A project shall not be funded pursuant to this chapter unless it provides measurable improvements to the Delta ecosystem or to the tributaries to the Delta.
   • § 79753 (a) Funds allocated pursuant to this chapter may be expended solely for the following public benefits associated with water storage projects: (1) Ecosystem…
   • § 79754 In consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the state board, and the Department of Water Resources, the commission shall develop and adopt, by…
   • § 79755 (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no funds allocated pursuant to this chapter may be allocated for a project before December 15, 2016, and until the…
   • § 79756 (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…
   • § 79757 (a) A project is not eligible for funding under this chapter unless, by January 1, 2022, all of the following conditions are met: (1) All feasibility studies…
   • § 79758 Surface storage projects funded pursuant to this chapter and described in subdivision (a) of Section 79751 may be made a unit of the Central Valley Project as…
   • § 79759 (a) The funds allocated for the design, acquisition, and construction of surface storage projects identified in the CALFED Bay-Delta Record of Decision, dated…
   • § 79760 (a) In approving the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014, the people were informed and hereby declare that the provisions of this…
9. CHAPTER 9. Water Recycling §§ 79765–79768 · 4 sections

   • § 79765 The sum of seven hundred twenty-five million dollars ($725,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, for grants or…
   • § 79766 At least a 50-percent local cost share shall be required for projects funded pursuant to this chapter. That cost share may be suspended or reduced for…
   • § 79767 Projects funded pursuant to this chapter shall be selected on a competitive basis, considering all of the following criteria: (a) Water supply reliability…
   • § 79768 For purposes of this chapter, competitive programs shall be implemented consistent with water recycling programs administered pursuant to Sections 79140 and…
10. CHAPTER 10. Groundwater Sustainability §§ 79770–79775 · 7 sections

    • § 79770 Prevention and cleanup of groundwater contamination are critical components of successful groundwater management. Groundwater quality becomes especially…
    • § 79771 (a) The sum of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, for expenditures on, and…
    • § 79772 Of the funds authorized by Section 79771, eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) shall be available for grants for treatment and remediation activities that…
    • § 79772.5 Notwithstanding any other law, eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) of the unissued bonds authorized for the purposes of Section 79772 are reallocated to…
    • § 79773 The contaminants that may be addressed with funding pursuant to this chapter may include, but shall not be limited to, nitrates, perchlorate, MTBE (methyl…
    • § 79774 (a) A project that receives funding pursuant to this chapter shall be selected by a competitive grant or loan process with added consideration for those…
    • § 79775 Of the funds authorized by Section 79771, one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be made available for competitive grants for projects that develop…
11. CHAPTER 11. Flood Management §§ 79780–79781 · 2 sections

    • § 79780 The sum of three hundred ninety-five million dollars ($395,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, to the Department…
    • § 79781 Of the funds authorized by Section 79780, two hundred ninety-five million dollars ($295,000,000) shall be available to reduce the risk of levee failure and…
12. CHAPTER 12. Fiscal Provisions §§ 79785–79798 · 14 sections

    • § 79785 (a) Bonds in the total amount of seven billion one hundred twenty million dollars ($7,120,000,000), and any additional bonds authorized, issued, and…
    • § 79786 The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State General Obligation Bond Law…
    • § 79787 (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of…
    • § 79788 The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized by this division in order to carry out the actions…
    • § 79789 For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, “board,” as defined in Section 16722 of the Government Code, means the secretary.
    • § 79790 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…
    • § 79791 Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this…
    • § 79792 The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance with Section 16312 of the…
    • § 79793 Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells bonds that include a bond counsel…
    • § 79794 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…
    • § 79795 All moneys deposited in the fund that are derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this division shall be reserved in the fund and…
    • § 79796 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…
    • § 79797 The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of…
    • § 79798 The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this division are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIIIB of the California…