ARTICLE 3. Bay-Delta Multipurpose Water Management Program [79190. - 79203.]

Article 3 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1.

§§ 79190–79203 · 16 sections

• § 79190 Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “CALFED Bay-Delta Program” or “program” means the…
• § 79191 This article does not affect the authority of any agency pursuant to any other provision of law to expend funds for the purposes described in this article.
• § 79192 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) CALFED is in the process of preparing a programmatic EIS/EIR for a long-term comprehensive…
• § 79193 (a) This article does not authorize the implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program or any element of that program. The implementation of the CALFED…
• § 79194 There is hereby created in the account the Bay-Delta Multipurpose Water Management Subaccount.
• § 79195 The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount.
• § 79196 (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department to carry out eligible projects and for…
• § 79196.5 The funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79196 shall be allocated as follows: (a) Seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000) for the purposes of the project…
• § 79197 No funds in the subaccount may be expended until all of the following conditions have been met: (a) The CALFED EIS/EIR has been certified by the state lead…
• § 79198 The state, to the greatest extent possible, shall secure federal and nonfederal funds to implement this article.
• § 79199 Due to the importance of issuing permits and otherwise expediting all elements of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program in a timely and balanced manner, the following…
• § 79200 On or before December 15 of each year, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall submit an annual report to the Legislature that describes the status of the…
• § 79201 The report prepared pursuant to Section 79200 shall include both of the following: (a) A summary of the results achieved by the projects funded under this…
• § 79201.5 Nothing in this article shall be construed to address the allocation of benefits from projects or programs funded by this article. It is anticipated that this…
• § 79202 Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this…
• § 79203 The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article.