California Code
Water Code - WAT
DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014

CHAPTER 1 - Short Title

Section 79700. - 79700. This division shall be known, and may be cited,...

CHAPTER 2 - Findings

Section 79701. - 79701. The people of California find and declare all of...

CHAPTER 3 - Definitions

Section 79702. - 79702. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth...

CHAPTER 4 - General Provisions

Section 79703. - 79703. An amount that equals not more than 5 percent...

Section 79704. - 79704. Unless otherwise specified, up to 10 percent of funds...

Section 79705. - 79705. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1...

Section 79706. - 79706. (a) Prior to disbursing grants or loans pursuant to...

Section 79707. - 79707. It is the intent of the people that: (a)...

Section 79708. - 79708. (a) The Department of Finance shall provide for an...

Section 79708.5. - 79708.5. In addition to the information required pursuant to Section...

Section 79709. - 79709. (a) Funds expended pursuant to this division for the...

Section 79710. - 79710. (a) Funds provided by this division shall not be...

Section 79711. - 79711. (a) This division does not diminish, impair, or otherwise...

Section 79712. - 79712. (a) Eligible applicants under this division are public agencies,...

Section 79713. - 79713. The Legislature may enact legislation necessary to implement programs...

Section 79714. - 79714. (a) Unless otherwise specified, any state agency that has...

Section 79715. - 79715. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to...

Section 79716. - 79716. Each state agency that receives an appropriation of funding...

Section 79716.5. - 79716.5. Each state agency that receives an appropriation of funding...

CHAPTER 5 - Clean, Safe and Reliable Drinking Water

Section 79720. - 79720. The sum of five hundred twenty million dollars ($520,000,000)...

Section 79721. - 79721. The projects eligible for funding pursuant to this chapter...

Section 79722. - 79722. The contaminants that may be addressed with funding pursuant...

Section 79723. - 79723. Of the funds authorized by Section 79720, two hundred...

Section 79724. - 79724. (a) (1) Of the funds authorized by Section 79720,...

Section 79725. - 79725. (a) For the purposes of awarding funding under this...

Section 79726. - 79726. For the purpose of providing the state share needed...

CHAPTER 6 - Protecting Rivers, Lakes, Streams, Coastal Waters, and Watersheds

Section 79730. - 79730. The sum of one billion four hundred ninety-five million...

Section 79731. - 79731. Of the funds authorized by Section 79730, the sum...

Section 79732. - 79732. (a) In protecting and restoring California rivers, lakes, streams,...

Section 79733. - 79733. Of the funds made available by Section 79730, the...

Section 79734. - 79734. For restoration and ecosystem protection projects under this chapter,...

Section 79735. - 79735. (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79730, one...

Section 79736. - 79736. Of the funds authorized by Section 79730, four hundred...

Section 79737. - 79737. (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79730, two...

Section 79738. - 79738. (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79730, eighty-seven...

CHAPTER 7 - Regional Water Security, Climate, and Drought Preparedness

Section 79740. - 79740. The sum of eight hundred ten million dollars ($810,000,000)...

Section 79741. - 79741. In order to improve regional water self-reliance security and...

Section 79742. - 79742. (a) In selecting among proposed projects in a watershed,...

Section 79743. - 79743. Subject to the determination of regional priorities in the...

Section 79744. - 79744. (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, five...

Section 79745. - 79745. The Department of Water Resources shall expend, either directly...

Section 79746. - 79746. (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, the...

Section 79747. - 79747. (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, two...

Section 79748. - 79748. In order to receive funding authorized by this chapter...

CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness

Section 79750. - 79750. (a) Notwithstanding Section 162, the commission may make the...

Section 79751. - 79751. Projects for which the public benefits are eligible for...

Section 79752. - 79752. A project shall not be funded pursuant to this...

Section 79753. - 79753. (a) Funds allocated pursuant to this chapter may be...

Section 79754. - 79754. In consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife,...

Section 79755. - 79755. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no funds...

Section 79756. - 79756. (a) The public benefit cost share of a project...

Section 79757. - 79757. (a) A project is not eligible for funding under...

Section 79758. - 79758. Surface storage projects funded pursuant to this chapter and...

Section 79759. - 79759. (a) The funds allocated for the design, acquisition, and...

Section 79760. - 79760. (a) In approving the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure...

CHAPTER 9 - Water Recycling

Section 79765. - 79765. The sum of seven hundred twenty-five million dollars ($725,000,000)...

Section 79766. - 79766. At least a 50-percent local cost share shall be...

Section 79767. - 79767. Projects funded pursuant to this chapter shall be selected...

Section 79768. - 79768. For purposes of this chapter, competitive programs shall be...

CHAPTER 10 - Groundwater Sustainability

Section 79770. - 79770. Prevention and cleanup of groundwater contamination are critical components...

Section 79771. - 79771. (a) The sum of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000)...

Section 79772. - 79772. Of the funds authorized by Section 79771, eighty million...

Section 79772.5. - 79772.5. Notwithstanding any other law, eighty million dollars ($80,000,000) of...

Section 79773. - 79773. The contaminants that may be addressed with funding pursuant...

Section 79774. - 79774. (a) A project that receives funding pursuant to this...

Section 79775. - 79775. Of the funds authorized by Section 79771, one hundred...

CHAPTER 11 - Flood Management

Section 79780. - 79780. The sum of three hundred ninety-five million dollars ($395,000,000)...

Section 79781. - 79781. Of the funds authorized by Section 79780, two hundred...

CHAPTER 12 - Fiscal Provisions

Section 79785. - 79785. (a) Bonds in the total amount of seven billion...

Section 79786. - 79786. The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared,...

Section 79787. - 79787. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance...

Section 79788. - 79788. The committee shall determine whether or not it is...

Section 79789. - 79789. For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law,...

Section 79790. - 79790. There shall be collected each year and in the...

Section 79791. - 79791. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is...

Section 79792. - 79792. The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board...

Section 79793. - 79793. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, or of...

Section 79794. - 79794. For the purposes of carrying out this division, the...

Section 79795. - 79795. All moneys deposited in the fund that are derived...

Section 79796. - 79796. Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of...

Section 79797. - 79797. The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division...

Section 79798. - 79798. The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by...