ARTICLE 2. Watershed Protection Program [79075. - 79088.]
Article 2 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1.
§§ 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…