ARTICLE 5. Southern California Integrated Watershed Program

Article 5 added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1.

§§ 79104.20–79104.34 · 7 sections

• § 79104.20 The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The Santa Ana Watershed is experiencing increased water demands due to significant…
• § 79104.22 (a) There is hereby created in the account the Santa Ana River Watershed Subaccount. (b) For purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Santa Ana River…
• § 79104.24 The sum of two hundred thirty-five million dollars ($235,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount.
• § 79104.26 The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, may be used by the board for allocation to the Santa Ana Watershed Project…
• § 79104.30 It is the intent of the Legislature to urge the federal government to allocate funds for projects to improve the Santa Ana River Watershed to match the state’s…
• § 79104.32 It is the intent of the Legislature that the expenditure of the funds under this article be made through a broad-based watershed stakeholder process.
• § 79104.34 Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred by the board in connection with the administration of…