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CHAPTER 1 - Short Title
Section 79000. - 79000. This division shall be known and may be cited...
CHAPTER 2 - Definitions
Section 79005. - 79005. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...
Section 79006. - 79006. “Bay-delta” means the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary....
Section 79007. - 79007. “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board. (Added...
Section 79008. - 79008. “CALFED” refers to the consortium of state and federal...
Section 79009. - 79009. “Clean Water Act” means the federal Clean Water Act...
Section 79010. - 79010. “Committee” means the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed...
Section 79011. - 79011. “Delta” means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta. (Added by Stats....
Section 79012. - 79012. “Department” means the Department of Water Resources. (Added by...
Section 79013. - 79013. “Fund” means the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed...
CHAPTER 3 - Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Fund
Section 79019. - 79019. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to...
CHAPTER 4 - Safe Drinking Water Program
ARTICLE 1 - Definitions
Section 79020. - 79020. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...
ARTICLE 2 - Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund
Section 79021. - 79021. The sum of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) is hereby...
ARTICLE 3 - Safe Drinking Water Program
Section 79022. - 79022. (a) The money transferred to the Safe Drinking Water...
Section 79022.5. - 79022.5. Any repayment of loans made pursuant to this article,...
Section 79022.7. - 79022.7. Notwithstanding Item 4260-115-0001 of Section 2.00 of the Budget...
Section 79023. - 79023. There is hereby created in the Safe Drinking Water...
Section 79024. - 79024. Of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79021, the...
Section 79025. - 79025. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the...
Section 79026. - 79026. Not more than 3 percent of the total amount...
CHAPTER 5 - Flood Protection Program
ARTICLE 1 - Flood Protection Account
Section 79030. - 79030. For the purposes of this chapter, “account” means the...
Section 79031. - 79031. The Flood Protection Account is hereby created in the...
ARTICLE 2 - Floodplain Mapping Program
Section 79033. - 79033. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79033.2. - 79033.2. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79033.4. - 79033.4. The money in the Floodplain Mapping Subaccount, upon appropriation...
Section 79033.6. - 79033.6. (a) The money in the Agriculture and Open Space...
ARTICLE 2.5 - Flood Protection Corridor Program
Section 79035. - 79035. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79036. - 79036. The sum of seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79037. - 79037. (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by...
Section 79038. - 79038. (a) For the purposes of this article, the department...
Section 79039. - 79039. (a) In order to ensure that property acquired under...
Section 79040. - 79040. Any acquisition pursuant to this article shall be from...
Section 79041. - 79041. Prior to acquiring an easement or other interest in...
Section 79042. - 79042. Prior to acquiring an easement or other interest in...
Section 79043. - 79043. Money in the subaccount may be used, upon appropriation...
Section 79044. - 79044. (a) (1) In expending grant money pursuant to this...
Section 79044.5. - 79044.5. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature to...
Section 79044.6. - 79044.6. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the sum...
Section 79044.7. - 79044.7. Not more than 5 percent of the total amount...
Section 79044.9. - 79044.9. The department may adopt regulations to carry out this...
ARTICLE 3 - Delta Levee Rehabilitation Program
Section 79045. - 79045. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79046. - 79046. The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79047. - 79047. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money...
Section 79048. - 79048. The expenditure of funds under this article is subject...
Section 79049. - 79049. Of the funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) or...
Section 79050. - 79050. No expenditure of funds may be made under this...
Section 79051. - 79051. For the purposes of this article, a levee project...
Section 79052. - 79052. Following the date on which a program for the...
ARTICLE 4 - Flood Control Subventions Program
Section 79055. - 79055. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79056. - 79056. The sum of forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79057. - 79057. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, or...
ARTICLE 5 - Urban Stream Restoration Program
Section 79060. - 79060. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79061. - 79061. The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79062. - 79062. The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the...
Section 79062.5. - 79062.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations set forth...
ARTICLE 6 - Capital Area Flood Protection Program
Section 79065. - 79065. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...
Section 79065.2. - 79065.2. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79065.4. - 79065.4. The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79065.6. - 79065.6. The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the...
Section 79065.8. - 79065.8. No money deposited in the subaccount may be used...
ARTICLE 7 - San Lorenzo River Flood Control Program
Section 79067. - 79067. (a)There is hereby created in the account the San...
Section 79067.2. - 79067.2. The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79067.4. - 79067.4. The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the...
ARTICLE 8 - Yuba Feather Flood Protection Program
Section 79068. - 79068. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...
Section 79068.2. - 79068.2. There is hereby created in the account the Yuba...
Section 79068.4. - 79068.4. The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79068.6. - 79068.6. Seventy million dollars ($70,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation...
Section 79068.8. - 79068.8. No expenditures of state funds may be made under...
Section 79068.10. - 79068.10. All of the following factors shall be considered by...
Section 79068.12. - 79068.12. Of the fund appropriated pursuant to Section 79068.6, two...
Section 79068.14. - 79068.14. (a) Twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) in the subaccount, upon...
Section 79068.16. - 79068.16. If all of the funds appropriated pursuant to Section...
Section 79068.18. - 79068.18. Not more than 5 percent of the total amount...
Section 79068.20. - 79068.20. The department and the Reclamation Board may adopt regulations...
ARTICLE 9 - Arroyo Pasajero Watershed Program
Section 79069. - 79069. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...
Section 79069.2. - 79069.2. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...
Section 79069.4. - 79069.4. There is hereby created in the account the Arroyo...
Section 79069.6. - 79069.6. The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the...
Section 79069.8. - 79069.8. For the purposes of carrying out projects pursuant to...
Section 79069.10. - 79069.10. Not more than 5 percent of the total amount...
Section 79069.12. - 79069.12. The department may adopt regulations to carry out this...
CHAPTER 6 - Watershed Protection Program
ARTICLE 1 - Watershed Protection Account
Section 79070. - 79070. For the purposes of this chapter, “account” means the...
Section 79071. - 79071. The Watershed Protection Account is hereby created in the...
ARTICLE 2 - Watershed Protection Program
Section 79075. - 79075. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79076. - 79076. The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79077. - 79077. The purposes of this article are to provide funds...
Section 79078. - 79078. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...
Section 79079. - 79079. The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the...
Section 79079.5. - 79079.5. The funds used for the purposes described in Section...
Section 79080. - 79080. (a) A municipality, local agency, or nonprofit organization may...
Section 79081. - 79081. A grant recipient shall obtain written permission from the...
Section 79082. - 79082. Not more than 25 percent of a grant may...
Section 79083. - 79083. A grant recipient shall submit to the board a...
Section 79084. - 79084. (a) Of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79076,...
Section 79085. - 79085. The board shall give added consideration to projects that...
Section 79085.5. - 79085.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the following...
Section 79086. - 79086. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall...
Section 79087. - 79087. Not more than 5 percent of the total amount...
Section 79088. - 79088. Where recovery plans for coho salmon, steelhead trout, or...
ARTICLE 3 - Water and Watershed Education Program
Section 79090. - 79090. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79091. - 79091. The sum of eight million dollars ($8,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79092. - 79092. Three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation...
Section 79093. - 79093. Two million dollars ($2,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation...
Section 79094. - 79094. Three million dollars ($3,000,000) in the subaccount, upon appropriation...
ARTICLE 4 - River Protection Program
Section 79100. - 79100. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79101. - 79101. The sum of ninety-five million dollars ($95,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79102. - 79102. The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the...
Section 79103. - 79103. At least 60 percent of the funds transferred pursuant...
Section 79103.2. - 79103.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of the...
Section 79103.4. - 79103.4. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of the...
Section 79104. - 79104. Not more than 3 percent of the total amount...
ARTICLE 5 - Southern California Integrated Watershed Program
Section 79104.20. - 79104.20. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...
Section 79104.22. - 79104.22. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79104.24. - 79104.24. The sum of two hundred thirty-five million dollars ($235,000,000)...
Section 79104.26. - 79104.26. The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the...
Section 79104.30. - 79104.30. It is the intent of the Legislature to urge...
Section 79104.32. - 79104.32. It is the intent of the Legislature that the...
Section 79104.34. - 79104.34. Not more than 3 percent of the total amount...
ARTICLE 6 - Lake Elsinore and San Jacinto Watershed Program
Section 79104.100. - 79104.100. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79104.102. - 79104.102. The sum of fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79104.104. - 79104.104. The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the...
Section 79104.106. - 79104.106. To the maximum extent feasible, the watershed management and...
Section 79104.108. - 79104.108. It is the intent of the Legislature to urge...
Section 79104.110. - 79104.110. The funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79104.104 shall be...
Section 79104.114. - 79104.114. Not more than 3 percent of the total amount...
ARTICLE 7 - Coastal Watershed Salmon Habitat Program
Section 79104.200. - 79104.200. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79104.202. - 79104.202. The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79104.204. - 79104.204. The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the...
Section 79104.206. - 79104.206. Not more than 3 percent of the total amount...
CHAPTER 7 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Program
ARTICLE 1 - Clean Water and Water Recycling Account
Section 79105. - 79105. For the purposes of this chapter, “account” means the...
Section 79106. - 79106. The Clean Water and Water Recycling Account is hereby...
ARTICLE 2 - Nonpoint Source Pollution Control Program
Section 79110. - 79110. The purpose of this article is to provide grant...
Section 79111. - 79111. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...
Section 79112. - 79112. There is hereby created in the account the Nonpoint...
Section 79113. - 79113. The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) is...
Section 79114. - 79114. (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by...
Section 79114.2. - 79114.2. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the sum...
Section 79114.3. - 79114.3. No project shall receive funds under this article if...
Section 79114.5. - 79114.5. (a) Sixty percent of the money in the subaccount...
Section 79115. - 79115. The board may adopt regulations to implement this article....
Section 79116. - 79116. Not more than 5 percent of the total amount...
Section 79117. - 79117. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of...
ARTICLE 3 - Clean Water Program
Section 79120. - 79120. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...
Section 79121. - 79121. There is hereby created in the account all of...
Section 79122. - 79122. The following amounts are hereby transferred from the account...
Section 79122.2. - 79122.2. The sum of thirty-five million five hundred thousand dollars...
Section 79122.4. - 79122.4. The board may transfer unallocated funds from the State...
Section 79123. - 79123. The board may adopt regulations to carry out this...
Section 79124. - 79124. The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans,...
Section 79125. - 79125. Not more than 3 percent of the total amount...
Section 79126. - 79126. Not more than 2 percent of the total amount...
Section 79127. - 79127. For the purposes of implementing subdivision (a) of Section...
Section 79128. - 79128. (a) For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 79122,...
Section 79128.5. - 79128.5. For the purposes of Section 79122.2, the board may...
Section 79129. - 79129. Any contract entered into pursuant to this article for...
Section 79130. - 79130. All contracts entered into pursuant to this article for...
Section 79131. - 79131. Any loan made pursuant to Section 79127 shall meet...
Section 79132. - 79132. All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan...
Section 79133. - 79133. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of...
ARTICLE 4 - Water Recycling Program
Section 79135. - 79135. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...
Section 79136. - 79136. There is hereby created in the account the Water...
Section 79137. - 79137. (a) The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) is...
Section 79138. - 79138. Unallocated funds remaining in the Water Recycling Subaccount in...
Section 79139. - 79139. The board may enter into an agreement with the...
Section 79140. - 79140. (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, 50...
Section 79141. - 79141. The board may enter into agreements with municipalities for...
Section 79142. - 79142. An agreement entered into pursuant to Section 79141 may...
Section 79142.2. - 79142.2. (a) A contract for a loan made pursuant to...
Section 79142.4. - 79142.4. (a) The board may establish the interest rate for...
Section 79142.6. - 79142.6. All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan...
Section 79142.8. - 79142.8. All interest earned by assets in the subaccount shall...
Section 79143. - 79143. The board may make grants to municipalities for facility...
Section 79144. - 79144. The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans,...
Section 79145. - 79145. (a) Not more than 3 percent of the total...
Section 79146. - 79146. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the money...
Section 79147. - 79147. (a) The board may adopt regulations to carry out...
ARTICLE 5 - Coastal Nonpoint Source Control Program
Section 79148. - 79148. The purpose of this article is to provide funding...
Section 79148.2. - 79148.2. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...
Section 79148.4. - 79148.4. There is hereby created in the account the Coastal...
Section 79148.6. - 79148.6. The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) is hereby...
Section 79148.7. - 79148.7. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the sum...
Section 79148.8. - 79148.8. (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by...
Section 79148.10. - 79148.10. (a) Sixty percent of the money in the subaccount...
Section 79148.12. - 79148.12. The board shall provide opportunity for public review and...
Section 79148.14. - 79148.14. No project shall receive funds under this article if...
Section 79148.15. - 79148.15. Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, three million...
Section 79148.16. - 79148.16. Not more than 5 percent of the total amount...
ARTICLE 6 - Seawater Intrusion Control
Section 79149. - 79149. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...
Section 79149.2. - 79149.2. (a) There is hereby created in the account the...
Section 79149.3. - 79149.3. Unallocated funds remaining in the Seawater Intrusion Control Subaccount...
Section 79149.4. - 79149.4. The board may enter into contracts to make loans...
Section 79149.6. - 79149.6. Any contract for a loan entered into pursuant to...
Section 79149.8. - 79149.8. (a) A contract for a loan may not provide...
Section 79149.10. - 79149.10. (a) The board shall establish the interest rate for...
Section 79149.12. - 79149.12. All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan...
Section 79149.14. - 79149.14. The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans,...
Section 79149.16. - 79149.16. Not more than 3 percent of the total amount...
CHAPTER 8 - Water Conservation Program
ARTICLE 1 - Findings and Declarations
Section 79150. - 79150. The Legislature finds and declares that: (a) Voluntary, cost-effective...
ARTICLE 2 - General Provisions
Section 79151. - 79151. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...
Section 79152. - 79152. The Water Conservation Account is hereby created in the...
Section 79153. - 79153. (a) The sum of one hundred fifty-five million dollars...
Section 79154. - 79154. (a) Any loan agreement entered into pursuant to this...
Section 79155. - 79155. (a) Any grant agreement entered into pursuant to this...
Section 79155.5. - 79155.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, regulations set forth...
Section 79156. - 79156. Not more than 3 percent of the total amount...
ARTICLE 3 - Agricultural Water Conservation Program
Section 79157. - 79157. (a) The sum of thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) in...
Section 79158. - 79158. (a) The department may make grants to local agencies,...
ARTICLE 4 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Program
Section 79161. - 79161. (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in...
Section 79161.5. - 79161.5. (a) The department may make grants to local agencies,...
ARTICLE 5 - Infrastructure Rehabilitation Program
Section 79162. - 79162. (a) The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) in...
Section 79162.2. - 79162.2. (a) The department may make grants to local agencies,...
Section 79162.4. - 79162.4. The department may adopt regulations to carry out this...
ARTICLE 6 - Urban Water Conservation Program
Section 79163. - 79163. (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in...
Section 79164. - 79164. (a) The department may make grants to local agencies,...
CHAPTER 9 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Program
ARTICLE 1 - Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Account
Section 79165. - 79165. For the purposes of this chapter, “account” means the...
Section 79166. - 79166. The Water Supply, Reliability, and Infrastructure Account is hereby...
ARTICLE 2 - Groundwater Storage Program
Section 79170. - 79170. The Legislature finds and declares that the conjunctive management...
Section 79171. - 79171. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...
Section 79172. - 79172. There is hereby created in the account the Conjunctive...
Section 79173. - 79173. The sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) is...
Section 79174. - 79174. The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the...
Section 79175. - 79175. Not more than 5 percent of the total amount...
Section 79176. - 79176. For the purpose of approving projects pursuant to this...
Section 79177. - 79177. To be eligible for funding for the construction of...
Section 79178. - 79178. No construction project may receive more than fifty million...
Section 79179. - 79179. Not more than 5 percent of the total amount...
Section 79180. - 79180. Not less than 40 percent of the total amount...
Section 79181. - 79181. (a) A project undertaken pursuant to this article shall...
Section 79182. - 79182. In carrying out this article and awarding grants, the...
Section 79183. - 79183. The department may adopt regulations to carry out this...
ARTICLE 3 - Bay-Delta Multipurpose Water Management Program
Section 79190. - 79190. Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern...
Section 79191. - 79191. This article does not affect the authority of any...
Section 79192. - 79192. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the...
Section 79193. - 79193. (a) This article does not authorize the implementation of...
Section 79194. - 79194. There is hereby created in the account the Bay-Delta...
Section 79195. - 79195. The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000)...
Section 79196. - 79196. (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by...
Section 79196.5. - 79196.5. The funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79196 shall be...
Section 79197. - 79197. No funds in the subaccount may be expended until...
Section 79198. - 79198. The state, to the greatest extent possible, shall secure...
Section 79199. - 79199. Due to the importance of issuing permits and otherwise...
Section 79200. - 79200. On or before December 15 of each year, the...
Section 79201. - 79201. The report prepared pursuant to Section 79200 shall include...
Section 79201.5. - 79201.5. Nothing in this article shall be construed to address...
Section 79202. - 79202. Not more than 5 percent of the total amount...
Section 79203. - 79203. The department may adopt regulations to carry out this...
ARTICLE 4 - Interim Water Reliable Supply and Water Quality Infrastructure and Management Program
Section 79205.2. - 79205.2. (a) “Delta export service area,” as used in this...
Section 79205.4. - 79205.4. (a) There is hereby created the Interim Water Supply...
Section 79205.6. - 79205.6. The sum of one hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000)...
Section 79205.8. - 79205.8. (a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by...
Section 79205.10. - 79205.10. For purposes of prioritizing eligible programs or projects for...
Section 79205.12. - 79205.12. The state, to the greatest extent possible, shall seek...
Section 79205.14. - 79205.14. Funds available from the subaccount shall be available for...
Section 79205.16. - 79205.16. Not more than 5 percent of the total amount...
CHAPTER 10 - Fiscal Provisions
Section 79210. - 79210. Bonds in the total amount of one billion nine...
Section 79211. - 79211. (a) The bonds authorized by this division shall be...
Section 79212. - 79212. Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and...
Section 79213. - 79213. The committee shall determine whether or not it is...
Section 79214. - 79214. There shall be collected each year and in the...
Section 79215. - 79215. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is...
Section 79216. - 79216. For the purposes of carrying out this division, the...
Section 79217. - 79217. All money deposited in the fund that is derived...
Section 79218. - 79218. The agency that administers an appropriation of the Safe...
Section 79219. - 79219. The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article...
Section 79220. - 79220. Notwithstanding any provision of this division or the State...
Section 79221. - 79221. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as...
Section 79222. - 79222. Notwithstanding any other law, thirty-four million dollars ($34,000,000) of...