Laws and Regulations, California Codes
Water Code, Division 24

• 78500: This division shall be known and may be cited as the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act.
• 78500.2: In placing this measure before the voters, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the foll...
• 78500.4: In enacting this measure, the people of California declare all of the following to be the objectives...
• 78501: Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this div...
• 78505: The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the Safe, Clea...
• 78525: Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this chapter, "account" means the Delta Improvemen...
• 78526: The Delta Improvement Account is hereby created in the fund. The sum of one hundred ninety-three mil...
• 78530: (a) There is hereby created in the account the Central Valley Project Improvement Subaccount. (b) Fo...
• 78530.5: The sum of ninety-three million dollars ($93,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the ...
• 78531: (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby cont...
• 78535: (a) There is hereby created in the account the Bay-Delta Agreement Subaccount. (b) For the purposes ...
• 78535.5: The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subacco...
• 78536: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuo...
• 78536.5: The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall carry out this article in accordance with procedures est...
• 78537: The state shall, to the greatest extent possible, secure federal and nonfederal matching funds to im...
• 78538: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs...
• 78540: (a) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount. (b) For the pu...
• 78540.5: The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the s...
• 78541: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuo...
• 78542: The expenditure of funds under this article is subject to Chapter 1.5 (commencing with Section 12306...
• 78543: (a) No expenditure of funds may be made under this article unless the Department of Fish and Game ma...
• 78544: For the purposes of this article, a levee project includes levee improvements and related habitat im...
• 78545: The expenditure of funds under this article shall result in levee rehabilitation improvement project...
• 78550: (a) There is hereby created in the account the South Delta Barriers Subaccount. (b) For the purposes...
• 78550.5: The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccoun...
• 78551: (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby cont...
• 78552: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs...
• 78560: (a) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Recreation Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of ...
• 78560.5: The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount...
• 78562: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuo...
• 78564: The Department of Parks and Recreation may use funds in the subaccount for grants to local public ag...
• 78565: Any acquisition pursuant to this article shall be from willing sellers.
• 78566: The Department of Parks and Recreation may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
• 78568: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs...
• 78570: (a) There is hereby created in the account the CALFED Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this artic...
• 78571: The sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccou...
• 78572: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is continuously ap...
• 78601: Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this chapter, "account" means the Clean Water and ...
• 78602: The Clean Water and Water Recycling Account is hereby created in the fund. The sum of two hundred th...
• 78603: The board may adopt regulations to carry out Article 2 (commencing with Section 78610), Article 3 (c...
• 78603.5: The Department of Food and Agriculture may adopt regulations to carry out Section 78645.
• 78610: Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this art...
• 78611: There is hereby created in the account both of the following subaccounts: (a) The State Revolving Fu...
• 78612: The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studie...
• 78612.5: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the State Revolving Fund Loan Subaccount an...
• 78613: The following amounts are hereby transferred from the account to the State Revolving Fund Loan Subac...
• 78614: For purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 78613, the board may make loans to municipalities, pursua...
• 78615: For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 78613, the board may make grants to small communities so ...
• 78616: Any contract entered into pursuant to this article for loans or grants may include provisions determ...
• 78617: All contracts entered into pursuant to this article for loans or grants are also subject to both of ...
• 78618: Any loan made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 78613 shall be for a period not to exceed 20 ye...
• 78619: All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan contracts entered into pursuant to thi...
• 78620: Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this art...
• 78621: (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Water Recycling Subaccount. The sum of sixty mill...
• 78622: The board may enter into contracts to make loans to public agencies for the purposes set forth in th...
• 78623: Any contract for a loan entered into pursuant to Section 78622 may include those provisions determin...
• 78624: (a) A contract for a loan may not provide for a moratorium on the payment of the principal of, or in...
• 78625: (a) The board shall establish the interest rate for a loan made pursuant to this article at a rate e...
• 78626: Unallocated funds remaining in the subaccount on March 8, 2000, and any funds deposited into the sub...
• 78627: All interest earned by assets in the subaccount shall be deposited in the subaccount.
• 78628: The board may make grants to public agencies for facility planning studies for water reclamation pro...
• 78629: The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studie...
• 78630: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay for both ...
• 78640: Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this art...
• 78641: There is hereby created in the account the Drainage Management Subaccount. The sum of thirty million...
• 78642: (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of twenty-seven million five hundr...
• 78643: (a) The board may loan an agency up to 100 percent of the total eligible costs of design and constru...
• 78644: The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studie...
• 78645: (a) Any unallocated money remaining in the Agricultural Drainage Water Account in the 1986 Water Con...
• 78645.5: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the board may...
• 78645.7: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the Departmen...
• 78647: (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Tributary Watershed Subaccount. (2) For the...
• 78647.2: (a) The board shall administer a program under which a county, or a joint powers authority in which ...
• 78647.4: (a) "Eligible project" means a watershed rehabilitation project undertaken on lands owned or operate...
• 78647.5: An eligible project shall include one or more of the following purposes: (a) A reduction in the pres...
• 78647.6: (a) Every project funded under this article shall comply with state and federal law, regulations, an...
• 78647.7: An application submitted to the board under Section 78647.6 shall also include the following informa...
• 78647.8: The board may approve a grant for an eligible project to develop or implement a project, not to exce...
• 78647.10: (a) After providing notice and an opportunity for public comment with regard to an application submi...
• 78647.12: The board may adopt regulations to implement this article. The regulations shall include all of the ...
• 78647.14: Grant recipients shall submit a report on completion of the project to the board indicating whether ...
• 78647.16: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs...
• 78648: Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this art...
• 78648.2: (a) There is hereby created in the account the Seawater Intrusion Control Subaccount. The sum of ten...
• 78648.4: The board may enter into contracts to make loans to local agencies for the purposes set forth in thi...
• 78648.6: Any contract for a loan entered into pursuant to Section 78648.4 may include those provisions determ...
• 78648.8: (a) A contract for a loan may not provide for a moratorium on the payment of the principal of, or in...
• 78648.10: (a) The board shall establish the interest rate for a loan made pursuant to this article at a rate e...
• 78648.12: Unallocated funds remaining in the subaccount on March 8, 2000, and any funds deposited into the sub...
• 78648.14: The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studie...
• 78648.16: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay for both ...
• 78650: Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this article, "subaccount" means the Lake Tahoe Wa...
• 78650.2: (a) There is hereby created in the account the Lake Tahoe Water Quality Subaccount. The sum of ten m...
• 78650.4: Any acquisition pursuant to this article shall be from willing sellers.
• 78651: Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this chapter, "account" means the Water Supply Rel...
• 78652: The Water Supply Reliability Account is hereby created in the fund. The sum of one hundred seventeen...
• 78655: (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Feasibility Projects Subaccount. (2) For the purp...
• 78656: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuo...
• 78657: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs...
• 78670: Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this art...
• 78671: (a) There is hereby created in the account the Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Subaccoun...
• 78672: Any loan contract entered into pursuant to this article may include provisions determined to be nece...
• 78672.5: (a) Any loan contract concerning an eligible, voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conserv...
• 78673: (a) Any loan contract concerning an eligible project for groundwater recharge shall be supported by,...
• 78674: The department may make loans to local agencies, at the interest rates authorized under this article...
• 78675: Unallocated funds remaining in the subaccount on March 8, 2000, shall be transferred to, and all mon...
• 78675.5: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000) i...
• 78676: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs...
• 78680: (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Local Projects Subaccount. (2) For the purposes o...
• 78680.2: It is the intent of this article to finance a program to further the development, control, and conse...
• 78680.4: The following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) "Feasibility study" means a r...
• 78680.6: The department shall carry out this article and shall give preference to projects undertaken to deve...
• 78680.8: Applications for grants or loans for financial assistance under this article shall be made to the de...
• 78680.10: (a) The department may make grants to public agencies for feasibility studies. (b) The amount of the...
• 78680.12: (a) The department may make loans to public agencies for projects. Loans for a single project may no...
• 78680.14: (a) The department may also make loans to public agencies for the acquisition of interest in lands t...
• 78680.16: Each contract which the department enters into for a loan pursuant to Section 78680.14 shall require...
• 78680.18: Notwithstanding any provision of law, any land acquired with the use of loan funds made available pu...
• 78680.20: (a) The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article. Notwithstanding any provisions o...
• 78681: (a) There is hereby created in the account the Sacramento Valley Water Management and Habitat Protec...
• 78681.2: The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the s...
• 78681.4: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuo...
• 78681.8: The board shall provide adequate public review for proposed programs or projects and shall determine...
• 78681.9: Only the programs or projects that are not the obligation of the federal Central Valley Project or t...
• 78681.10: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the departmen...
• 78682: (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the River Parkway Subaccount. (2) For the purposes of...
• 78682.2: The money in the subaccount shall be made available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for the ...
• 78682.4: At least 50 percent of the funds in the subaccount shall be used for projects that are located in, o...
• 78682.6: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs...
• 78684: Unless the context otherwise requires, all of the following definitions govern the construction of t...
• 78684.2: The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) CALFED is in the process of prep...
• 78684.4: This chapter does not authorize implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program or any element of the...
• 78684.6: (a) The Bay-Delta Ecosystem Restoration Account is hereby created in the fund for the purpose of fun...
• 78684.8: The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall carry out this chapter in accordance with procedures est...
• 78684.10: No funds in the account may be expended until all of the following conditions have been met: (a) The...
• 78684.12: Due to the importance of issuing permits and otherwise expediting all elements of the CALFED Bay-Del...
• 78684.13: On or before December 15 of each year, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall submit an annual ...
• 78684.14: Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the account may be used to pay the costs in...
• 78686: Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this chapter, "account" means the Flood Control an...
• 78686.10: The Flood Control and Prevention Account is hereby created in the fund. The sum of sixty million dol...
• 78686.12: (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the account is hereby continu...
• 78688: Nothing in this division diminishes, or otherwise affects, the requirements of the California Enviro...
• 78690: The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the State Trea...
• 78691: Bonds in the total amount of nine hundred ninety-five million dollars ($995,000,000), not including ...
• 78692: (a) The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redee...
• 78693: Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligatio...
• 78694: The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized ...
• 78695: There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu...
• 78696: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General ...
• 78697: For the purposes of carrying out this division, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal...
• 78698: All money deposited in the fund that is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shal...
• 78699: The State Water Resources Control Board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan...
• 78700: The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 ...
• 78701: Notwithstanding any provision of this division or the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Trea...
• 78702: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth...