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CHAPTER 5. Clean Water and Water Recycling Program [78601. - 78650.4.]

Chapter 5 added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, Sec. 1.

§§ 78601–78650.4 · 57 sections

  1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 78601–78603.5 · 4 sections
    • § 78601 Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this chapter, “account” means the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account created by Section 78602.
    • § 78602 The Clean Water and Water Recycling Account is hereby created in the fund. The sum of two hundred thirty-five million dollars ($235,000,000) is hereby…
    • § 78603 The board may adopt regulations to carry out Article 2 (commencing with Section 78610), Article 3 (commencing with Section 78620), Sections 78640 to 78644,…
    • § 78603.5 The Department of Food and Agriculture may adopt regulations to carry out Section 78645.
  2. ARTICLE 2. Clean Water Loans and Grants §§ 78610–78619 · 11 sections
    • § 78610 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Eligible project” means a project or activity…
    • § 78611 There is hereby created in the account both of the following subaccounts: (a) The State Revolving Fund Loan Subaccount. (b) The Small Communities Grant…
    • § 78612 The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary or desirable to carry out this article, and may…
    • § 78612.5 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the State Revolving Fund Loan Subaccount and the Small Communities Grant Subaccount may be used for…
    • § 78613 The following amounts are hereby transferred from the account to the State Revolving Fund Loan Subaccount and the Small Communities Grant Subaccount and,…
    • § 78614 For purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 78613, the board may make loans to municipalities, pursuant to contract, to aid in the construction or…
    • § 78615 For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 78613, the board may make grants to small communities so that any combined federal and state grant does not exceed…
    • § 78616 Any contract entered into pursuant to this article for loans or grants may include provisions determined by the board, and shall include all of the following…
    • § 78617 All contracts entered into pursuant to this article for loans or grants are also subject to both of the following requirements: (a) Public entities seeking…
    • § 78618 Any loan made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 78613 shall be for a period not to exceed 20 years, with an interest rate set in accordance with Section…
    • § 78619 All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan contracts entered into pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Revolving Fund…
  3. ARTICLE 3. Water Recycling Program §§ 78620–78630 · 11 sections
    • § 78620 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Eligible recycling project” means a water…
    • § 78621 (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Water Recycling Subaccount. The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) is hereby transferred from the…
    • § 78622 The board may enter into contracts to make loans to public agencies for the purposes set forth in this article. Factors to be considered by the board in…
    • § 78623 Any contract for a loan entered into pursuant to Section 78622 may include those provisions determined by the board to be necessary for purposes of this…
    • § 78624 (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…
    • § 78625 (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…
    • § 78626 Unallocated funds remaining in the subaccount on March 8, 2000, and any funds deposited into the subaccount after that date, shall be transferred to, and all…
    • § 78627 All interest earned by assets in the subaccount shall be deposited in the subaccount.
    • § 78628 The board may make grants to public agencies for facility planning studies for water reclamation projects. The amount of the grants may not exceed seventy-five…
    • § 78629 The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the…
    • § 78630 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay for both of the following purposes: (a) To pay the costs incurred in…
  4. ARTICLE 4. Drainage Management §§ 78640–78645.7 · 8 sections
    • § 78640 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) (1) “Drainage water management units” means land…
    • § 78641 There is hereby created in the account the Drainage Management Subaccount. The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is hereby transferred from the…
    • § 78642 (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of twenty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($27,500,000) in the subaccount is…
    • § 78643 (a) The board may loan an agency up to 100 percent of the total eligible costs of design and construction of an eligible project. (b) Any contract for an…
    • § 78644 The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out…
    • § 78645 (a) Any unallocated money remaining in the Agricultural Drainage Water Account in the 1986 Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Fund on November 6, 1996,…
    • § 78645.5 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the board may be used to pay for both of the following purposes: (a) To…
    • § 78645.7 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the Department of Food and Agriculture may be used to pay the costs…
  5. ARTICLE 5. Delta Tributary Watershed Program §§ 78647–78647.16 · 11 sections
    • § 78647 (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Tributary Watershed Subaccount. (2) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Delta…
    • § 78647.2 (a) The board shall administer a program under which a county, or a joint powers authority in which a county is a participant, may submit an application to the…
    • § 78647.4 (a) “Eligible project” means a watershed rehabilitation project undertaken on lands owned or operated by the federal, state, or a local government, or a…
    • § 78647.5 An eligible project shall include one or more of the following purposes: (a) A reduction in the presence of contaminants in drinking water by addressing the…
    • § 78647.6 (a) Every project funded under this article shall comply with state and federal law, regulations, and policies, and shall not degrade the quality of any waters…
    • § 78647.7 An application submitted to the board under Section 78647.6 shall also include the following information: (a) A delineation of the watershed area or areas…
    • § 78647.8 The board may approve a grant for an eligible project to develop or implement a project, not to exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) per project. A grant…
    • § 78647.10 (a) After providing notice and an opportunity for public comment with regard to an application submitted under Section 78647.6, the board shall approve or…
    • § 78647.12 The board may adopt regulations to implement this article. The regulations shall include all of the following: (a) Criteria for the assessment of watershed…
    • § 78647.14 Grant recipients shall submit a report on completion of the project to the board indicating whether the purposes of the project have been met. The board shall…
    • § 78647.16 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…
  6. ARTICLE 6. Seawater Intrusion Control §§ 78648–78648.16 · 9 sections
    • § 78648 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) (1) “Eligible seawater intrusion control project”…
    • § 78648.2 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Seawater Intrusion Control Subaccount. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby transferred from…
    • § 78648.4 The board may enter into contracts to make loans to local agencies for the purposes set forth in this article.
    • § 78648.6 Any contract for a loan entered into pursuant to Section 78648.4 may include those provisions determined by the board to be necessary for purposes of this…
    • § 78648.8 (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…
    • § 78648.10 (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…
    • § 78648.12 Unallocated funds remaining in the subaccount on March 8, 2000, and any funds deposited into the subaccount after that date, shall be transferred to, and all…
    • § 78648.14 The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the…
    • § 78648.16 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…
  7. ARTICLE 7. Lake Tahoe Water Quality §§ 78650–78650.4 · 3 sections
    • § 78650 Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this article, “subaccount” means the Lake Tahoe Water Quality Subaccount created by Section 78650.2.
    • § 78650.2 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Lake Tahoe Water Quality Subaccount. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby transferred from the…
    • § 78650.4 Any acquisition pursuant to this article shall be from willing sellers.