ARTICLE 4. Water Recycling Program [79135. - 79147.]
Article 4 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1.
§§ 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…