CHAPTER 7.7. Environmental Water Act of 1989

Chapter 7.7 added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.

§§ 12929–12929.46 · 26 sections

1. ARTICLE 1. General Provisions §§ 12929–12929.2 · 3 sections

   • § 12929 This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Environmental Water Act of 1989.
   • § 12929.1 It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to prescribe the purposes of the Environmental Water Fund, and to create, and prescribe the…
   • § 12929.2 As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources. (b) “Board” means the State…
2. ARTICLE 2. Environmental Water Fund §§ 12929.10–12929.15 · 6 sections

   • § 12929.10 The Environmental Water Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. There shall be deposited in the fund all moneys transferred or appropriated to the fund…
   • § 12929.11 The department shall expend the money appropriated to it from the Environmental Water Fund for projects or programs concerning the water resources of the state…
   • § 12929.12 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000) of the funds that may be transferred, pursuant to paragraph (3) of…
   • § 12929.13 It is further the intent of the Legislature that the reductions and transfers described in Sections 11913, 12303, and 12929.12 shall continue until the…
   • § 12929.14 It is the intent of the Legislature that nine million dollars ($9,000,000) per year be appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the 1994–95 to 1997–98 fiscal…
   • § 12929.15 From the funds appropriated to the department from the Environmental Water Fund, it is the intent of the Legislature that the department allocate at least one…
3. ARTICLE 3. Environmental Water Program §§ 12929.20–12929.27 · 8 sections

   • § 12929.20 The Legislature hereby finds and declares that diversions of water out of the Mono Lake Basin by the City of Los Angeles have lowered the water level of Mono…
   • § 12929.21 The City of Los Angeles, jointly with the Mono Lake Committee, may submit one or more grant applications to the department to protect and preserve the Mono…
   • § 12929.22 Funds expended for purposes of Section 12929.20 shall be expended only for an eligible project which is consistent with a grant application pursuant to Section…
   • § 12929.23 Until June 30, 1994, 60 percent of the funds that have been appropriated to the Environmental Water Program shall be reserved exclusively for the funding of…
   • § 12929.24 The state shall not accept any application for funds pursuant to Section 12929.21 that would expend any state money to replace water or power supplies lost by…
   • § 12929.25 This chapter does not affect the rights or obligations of any party involved in litigation regarding the Mono Lake Basin.
   • § 12929.26 Other purposes eligible for funding under this chapter, subject to approval by the Legislature in the annual budget process, include all of the following: (a)…
   • § 12929.27 (a) The City of Los Angeles shall submit a grant application to the department pursuant to Section 12929.21 for the purpose of implementing a voluntary water…
4. ARTICLE 4. Water Quality Program §§ 12929.30–12929.31 · 2 sections

   • § 12929.30 The Water Quality Program includes projects or programs of public agencies throughout the state that will either (1) reduce the amounts of agricultural…
   • § 12929.31 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided to the department from the Water Quality Program be used for studies to investigate…
5. ARTICLE 5. Administrative Provisions §§ 12929.40–12929.46 · 7 sections

   • § 12929.40 In developing its recommendations for the appropriation of funds pursuant to this chapter, the department shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game…
   • § 12929.41 (a) Programs and projects pursuant to this chapter may be undertaken by means of any of the following: (1) Direct expenditure by the department. (2) Loans to…
   • § 12929.42 The department may seek participation by, or a sharing of costs with, the beneficiaries of programs and projects undertaken pursuant to this chapter,…
   • § 12929.43 Money may be expended pursuant to this chapter for, among other purposes, acquisition of interests in real property.
   • § 12929.44 The department may adopt rules and regulations as it determines to be necessary to carry out this chapter.
   • § 12929.45 Any contract for a grant or loan entered into pursuant to this chapter shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following provisions: (a) An estimate…
   • § 12929.46 All loan repayments received pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the fund from which the loan was made.