Laws and Regulations, California Codes
Water Code, Division 7

• 13000: The Legislature finds and declares that the people of the state have a primary interest in the conse...
• 13001: It is the intent of the Legislature that the state board and each regional board shall be the princi...
• 13002: No provision of this division or any ruling of the state board or a regional board is a limitation: ...
• 13020: This division shall be known and may be cited as the Porter-Cologne Water Quality Control Act.
• 13050: As used in this division: (a) "State board" means the State Water Resources Control Board. (b) "Regi...
• 13051: As used in this division, "injection well" means any bored, drilled, or driven shaft, dug pit, or ho...
• 13100: There is in the Resources Agency the State Water Resources Control Board and the California regional...
• 13140: The state board shall formulate and adopt state policy for water quality control. Such policy shall ...
• 13141: State policy for water quality control adopted or revised in accordance with the provisions of this ...
• 13142: State policy for water quality control shall consist of all or any of the following: (a) Water quali...
• 13142.5: In addition to any other policies established pursuant to this division, the policies of the state w...
• 13143: State policy for water quality control shall be periodically reviewed and may be revised.
• 13144: During the process of formulating or revising state policy for water quality control the state board...
• 13145: The state board shall take into consideration the effect of its actions pursuant to this chapter on ...
• 13146: State offices, departments and boards, in carrying out activities which affect water quality, shall ...
• 13147: The state board shall not adopt state policy for water quality control unless a public hearing is fi...
• 13148: (a) This section applies to the following hydrologic regions as identified in the California Water P...
• 13160: The state board is designated as the state water pollution control agency for all purposes stated in...
• 13160.1: (a) The state board may establish a reasonable fee schedule to cover the costs incurred by the state...
• 13161: The state board shall annually determine state needs for water quality research and recommend projec...
• 13162: The state board shall administer any statewide program of research in the technical phases of water ...
• 13163: (a) The state board shall coordinate water-quality-related investigations of state agencies, recogni...
• 13164: The state board shall formulate, adopt and revise general procedures for the formulation, adoption a...
• 13165: The state board may require any state or local agency to investigate and report on any technical fac...
• 13166: The state board, with the assistance of the regional boards, shall prepare and implement a statewide...
• 13167: (a) The state board shall implement, with the assistance of the regional boards, a public informatio...
• 13167.5: (a) The state board or the regional board, as applicable, shall provide notice and a period of at le...
• 13168: The state board shall allocate to the regional boards from funds appropriated to the state board suc...
• 13169: (a) The state board is authorized to develop and implement a groundwater protection program as provi...
• 13170: The state board may adopt water quality control plans in accordance with the provisions of Sections ...
• 13170.1: The state board shall consider all relevant management agency agreements, which are intended to prot...
• 13170.2: (a) The state board shall formulate and adopt a water quality control plan for ocean waters of the s...
• 13170.3: On or before January 1, 2013, the state board shall either amend the California Ocean Plan, or adopt...
• 13170.5: Notwithstanding any provision of law, any plan provided in Section 13170, 13240, or 13245, and any a...
• 13171: The state board may establish a Water Quality Coordinating Committee, consisting of at least one mem...
• 13172: To ensure adequate protection of water quality and statewide uniformity in the siting, operation, an...
• 13173: "Designated waste" means either of the following: (a) Hazardous waste that has been granted a varian...
• 13173.2: The state board, after consultation with the California Integrated Waste Management Board and the De...
• 13176: (a) The analysis of any material required by this division shall be performed by a laboratory that h...
• 13177: (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state board continue to implement the California St...
• 13177.5: (a) The state board, in consultation with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment, shal...
• 13177.6: To the extent funding is appropriated for this purpose, the state board, in consultation with the De...
• 13177.7: (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 12439 of the Government Code, the Controller may not eliminate any d...
• 13178: (a) (1) On or before June 30, 2001, the state board, in conjunction with the State Department of Hea...
• 13181: (a) (1) On or before December 1, 2007, the California Environmental Protection Agency and the Resour...
• 13191: The state board shall convene an advisory group or groups to assist in the evaluation of program str...
• 13191.3: (a) The state board, on or before July 1, 2003, shall prepare guidelines to be used by the state boa...
• 13193: (a) As used in this section, the following terms have the following meanings: (1) "Collection system...
• 13193.9: (a) The state board, to the extent permitted by law, shall take all of the following actions for the...
• 13195: For purposes of this article, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Public domain" m...
• 13196: (a) The state board may require a person submitting a report to the state board, a regional board, o...
• 13197.5: (a) The state board shall adopt, not later than March 1, 2001, emergency regulations in accordance w...
• 13200: The state is divided, for the purpose of this division, into nine regions: (a) North Coast region, w...
• 13201: (a) There is a regional board for each of the regions described in Section 13200. Each board shall c...
• 13202: (a) Each member of a regional board shall be appointed for a term of four years. Vacancies shall be ...
• 13203: The official designation of each regional board shall be: California Regional Water Quality Control ...
• 13204: Each regional board shall hold at least six regular meetings each calendar year and the additional s...
• 13205: Each member of a regional board shall receive one hundred dollars ($100) for each day during which t...
• 13206: Public officers associated with any area of government, including planning or water, and whether ele...
• 13207: (a) A member of a regional board shall not participate in any board action pursuant to Article 4 (co...
• 13208: (a) No regional board executive officer may make, participate in making, or use his or her official ...
• 13220: Each regional board shall do all of the following: (a) Establish an office. (b) Select one of its me...
• 13221: Members of the regional board shall be empowered to administer oaths and issue subpoenas for the att...
• 13222: Pursuant to such guidelines as the state board may establish, each regional board shall adopt regula...
• 13223: (a) Each regional board may delegate any of its powers and duties vested in it by this division to i...
• 13224: Each regional board may issue policy statements relating to any water quality matter within its juri...
• 13225: Each regional board, with respect to its region, shall do all of the following: (a) Coordinate with ...
• 13226: Consistent with classifications adopted by the state board pursuant to Section 13172, each regional ...
• 13227: (a) Each regional board, with respect to its region, shall review the facility closure and postclosu...
• 13228: (a) Concerning any matter that may be submitted to a regional board by a person or entity that is su...
• 13228.14: (a) Any hearing or investigation by a regional board relating to investigating the quality of waters...
• 13228.15: The members of a regional board, or their designees, with respect to matters within the regional boa...
• 13240: Each regional board shall formulate and adopt water quality control plans for all areas within the r...
• 13241: Each regional board shall establish such water quality objectives in water quality control plans as ...
• 13242: The program of implementation for achieving water quality objectives shall include, but not be limit...
• 13243: A regional board, in a water quality control plan or in waste discharge requirements, may specify ce...
• 13244: The regional boards shall not adopt any water quality control plan unless a public hearing is first ...
• 13245: A water quality control plan, or a revision thereof adopted by a regional board, shall not become ef...
• 13245.5: Guidelines adopted by a regional board shall not become effective unless and until approved by the s...
• 13246: (a) The state board shall act upon any water quality control plan not later than 60 days from the da...
• 13247: State offices, departments, and boards, in carrying out activities which may affect water quality, s...
• 13248: (a) At any time, the state board may, on its own motion, review the regional board's failure to act ...
• 13260: (a) Each of the following persons shall file with the appropriate regional board a report of the dis...
• 13260.2: (a) The state board shall establish a fee in an amount sufficient to recover its costs in reviewing,...
• 13260.3: On or before January 1 of each year, the state board shall report to the Governor and the Legislatur...
• 13261: (a) A person who fails to furnish a report or pay a fee under Section 13260 when so requested by a r...
• 13262: The Attorney General, at the request of the regional board or the state board, shall petition the su...
• 13263: (a) The regional board, after any necessary hearing, shall prescribe requirements as to the nature o...
• 13263.1: Before a regional board issues or revises waste discharge requirements pursuant to Section 13263 for...
• 13263.2: The owner or operator of a facility that treats groundwater which qualifies as a hazardous waste pur...
• 13263.3: (a) The Legislature finds and declares that pollution prevention should be the first step in a hiera...
• 13263.3: (a) The Legislature finds and declares that pollution prevention should be the first step in a hiera...
• 13263.5: (a) When the regional board issues waste discharge requirements pursuant to Section 13263, or revise...
• 13263.6: (a) A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) may require pollution prevention plans as described in S...
• 13263.6: (a) The regional board shall prescribe effluent limitations as part of the waste discharge requireme...
• 13264: (a) No person shall initiate any new discharge of waste or make any material changes in any discharg...
• 13265: (a) Any person discharging waste in violation of Section 13264, after such violation has been called...
• 13266: Pursuant to such regulations as the regional board may prescribe, each city, county, or city and cou...
• 13267: (a) A regional board, in establishing or reviewing any water quality control plan or waste discharge...
• 13268: (a) (1) Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as require...
• 13269: (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2000, the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 13260, s...
• 13270: Where a public agency as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 13400 leases land for waste disposal ...
• 13271: (a) (1) Except as provided by subdivision (b), any person who, without regard to intent or negligenc...
• 13272: (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, c...
• 13272.1: Each regional board shall publish and distribute on a quarterly basis to all public water system ope...
• 13272.1: Each regional board shall publish and distribute on a quarterly basis to all public water system ope...
• 13273: (a) The state board shall, on or before January 1, 1986, rank all solid waste disposal sites, as def...
• 13273.1: (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an operator of a solid waste disposal site may submit a s...
• 13273.2: Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 13273.1, a regional board may reevaluate the status of an...
• 13273.3: As used in Sections 13273, 13273.1, and 13273.2, "operator" means a person who operates or manages, ...
• 13273.5: Notwithstanding Section 13273, a small city which operates a Class III solid waste disposal site is ...
• 13274: (a) (1) The state board or a regional board, upon receipt of applications for waste discharge requir...
• 13275: (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a public water system regulated by the State Department of Public...
• 13280: A determination that discharge of waste from existing or new individual disposal systems or from com...
• 13281: (a) In making a determination pursuant to Section 13280, except as specified in subdivision (b), the...
• 13282: (a) If it appears that adequate protection of water quality, protection of beneficial uses of water,...
• 13283: In reviewing any determination that discharge of waste from existing or new individual disposal syst...
• 13284: The state board may adopt guidelines, regulations, or policies necessary to implement the provisions...
• 13285: (a) A discharge from a storage tank, pipeline, or other container of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MT...
• 13286: (a) On and after January 1, 2012, the appropriate regional board shall prohibit the discharge of was...
• 13286.9: On and after the date determined by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, or January 1...
• 13290: For the purposes of this chapter: (a) "Local agency" means any of the following entities: (1) A city...
• 13291: (a) On or before January 1, 2004, the state board, in consultation with the State Department of Publ...
• 13291.5: It is the intent of the Legislature to assist private property owners with existing systems who incu...
• 13291.7: Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the land use authority of any city, county, or c...
• 13292: (a) It is the responsibility of the state board to provide guidance to the regional boards in matter...
• 13300: Whenever a regional board finds that a discharge of waste is taking place or threatening to take pla...
• 13301: When a regional board finds that a discharge of waste is taking place, or threatening to take place,...
• 13301.1: The regional board shall render to persons against whom a cease and desist order is issued pursuant ...
• 13303: Cease and desist orders of the board shall become effective and final upon issuance thereof. Copies ...
• 13304: (a) Any person who has discharged or discharges waste into the waters of this state in violation of ...
• 13304.1: (a) A groundwater cleanup system that commences operation on or after January 1, 2002, and that is r...
• 13304.2: (a) For purposes of this section, "brownfield site" means a real estate parcel or improvements locat...
• 13305: (a) Upon determining that a condition of pollution or nuisance exists that has resulted from a nonop...
• 13306: A majority vote of the entire membership of a regional board shall be required to adopt, rescind, or...
• 13307: (a) The state board and the Department of Toxic Substances Control shall concurrently establish poli...
• 13307.1: (a) The state board and the regional boards shall not consider cleanup or site closure proposals fro...
• 13307.5: (a) The regional board shall take all of the following actions when reviewing or approving a cleanup...
• 13307.6: (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 13307.5, the regional board may develop and use any o...
• 13308: (a) If the regional board determines there is a threatened or continuing violation of any cleanup or...
• 13320: (a) Within 30 days of any action or failure to act by a regional board under subdivision (c) of Sect...
• 13321: (a) In the case of a review by the state board under Section 13320, the state board, upon notice and...
• 13323: (a) Any executive officer of a regional board may issue a complaint to any person on whom administra...
• 13326: No person shall be subject to both civil liability imposed under this article and civil liability im...
• 13327: In determining the amount of civil liability, the regional board, and the state board upon review of...
• 13328: After the time for judicial review under Section 13330 has expired, the state board may apply to the...
• 13330: (a) Not later than 30 days from the date of service of a copy of a decision or order issued by the s...
• 13331: (a) Upon the failure of any person or persons to comply with any cease and desist order issued by a ...
• 13331.2: The provisions of Assembly Bill 3036 of the 1995-96 Regular Session, which, among other things, amen...
• 13340: Whenever a regional board finds that a discharge of waste within its region is taking place or threa...
• 13350: (a) A person who (1) violates a cease and desist order or cleanup and abatement order hereafter issu...
• 13351: In determining the amount of civil liability to be imposed pursuant to this chapter, the superior co...
• 13360: (a) No waste discharge requirement or other order of a regional board or the state board or decree o...
• 13361: (a) Every civil action brought under the provisions of this division at the request of a regional bo...
• 13362: A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) with an approved pretreatment program may conduct inspection...
• 13362: (a) A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) with an approved pretreatment program may conduct inspec...
• 13365: (a) (1) For purposes of this article, unless the context otherwise requires, "agency" means the stat...
• 13367: (a) For purposes of this chapter, "preproduction plastic" includes plastic resin pellets and powder...
• 13369: (a) (1) The state board, in consultation with the regional boards, the California Coastal Commission...
• 13370: The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C...
• 13370.5: (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, since the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C...
• 13372: (a) This chapter shall be construed to ensure consistency with the requirements for state programs i...
• 13373: The terms "navigable waters," "administrator," "pollutants," "biological monitoring," "discharge" an...
• 13374: The term "waste discharge requirements" as referred to in this division is the equivalent of the ter...
• 13375: The discharge of any radiological, chemical, or biological warfare agent into the waters of the stat...
• 13376: A person who discharges pollutants or proposes to discharge pollutants to the navigable waters of th...
• 13377: Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the state board or the regional boards shall, ...
• 13378: Waste discharge requirements and dredged or fill material permits shall be adopted only after notice...
• 13380: Any waste discharge requirements or dredged or fill material permits adopted under this chapter shal...
• 13381: Waste discharge requirements or dredged or fill material permits may be terminated or modified for c...
• 13382: Waste discharge requirements shall be adopted to control the disposal of pollutants into wells or in...
• 13382.5: Waste discharge requirements shall be adopted to permit the discharge of a specific pollutant or pol...
• 13383: (a) The state board or a regional board may establish monitoring, inspection, entry, reporting, and ...
• 13383.5: (a) As used in this section, "regulated municipalities and industries" means the municipalities and ...
• 13383.6: On and after January 1, 2007, if a regional board or the state board issues a municipal stormwater p...
• 13383.7: (a) No later than July 1, 2009, and after holding public workshops and soliciting public comments, t...
• 13383.8: (a) The state board shall appoint a stormwater management task force comprised of public agencies, r...
• 13384: The state board or the regional boards shall ensure that the public, and that any other state, the w...
• 13385: (a) A person who violates any of the following shall be liable civilly in accordance with this secti...
• 13385.1: (a) (1) For the purposes of subdivision (h) of Section 13385, a "serious violation" also means a fai...
• 13385.2: (a) Prior to the state board or regional board making its findings pursuant to subdivision (k) of Se...
• 13385.3: (a) The amendments made to subdivision (k) of Section 13385 of the Water Code by Senate Bill 1733 of...
• 13386: Upon any threatened or continuing violation of any of the requirements listed in paragraphs (1) to (...
• 13387: (a) Any person who knowingly or negligently does any of the following is subject to criminal penalti...
• 13388: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division or Section 175, and except as provided in s...
• 13389: Neither the state board nor the regional boards shall be required to comply with the provisions of C...
• 13390: It is the intent of the Legislature that the state board and the regional boards establish programs ...
• 13391: (a) The state board shall formulate and adopt a water quality control plan for enclosed bays and est...
• 13391.5: The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter. (a) "Enclosed bays" means i...
• 13392: The state board and the regional boards, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health ...
• 13392.5: (a) Each regional board that has regulatory authority for one or more enclosed bays or estuaries sha...
• 13392.6: (a) On or before July 1, 1991, the state board shall adopt and submit to the Legislature a workplan ...
• 13393: (a) The state board shall adopt sediment quality objectives pursuant to the workplan submitted pursu...
• 13393.5: On or before January 30, 1994, the state board, in consultation with the State Department of Health ...
• 13394: On or before January 1, 1998, each regional board shall complete and submit to the state board a tox...
• 13394.5: The state board, as part of the annual budget process, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature a...
• 13394.6: (a) The state board shall establish an advisory committee to assist in the implementation of this ch...
• 13395: Each regional board shall, within 120 days from the ranking of a toxic hot spot, initiate a reevalua...
• 13395.5: The state board may enter into contracts and other agreements for the purpose of evaluating or demon...
• 13396: No person shall dredge or otherwise disturb a toxic hot spot site that has been identified and ranke...
• 13396.6: No fees may be imposed pursuant to Section 13396.5 on dischargers who discharge into enclosed bays, ...
• 13396.7: (a) The state board, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall contract with...
• 13396.9: (a) The California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board shall...
• 13397: (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Thousands of abandoned mines have b...
• 13397.5: Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this cha...
• 13398: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a remediating agency that has implemented an approve...
• 13398.3: The remediation plan to be submitted by a remediating agency to the oversight agency shall include a...
• 13398.5: The oversight agency shall do all of the following: (a) Comply with the requirements of the Californ...
• 13398.7: (a) The oversight agency may approve the remediation plan if the oversight agency finds that there i...
• 13398.9: (a) This chapter has no effect on the tort liability of a remediating agency for personal injury or ...
• 13399: (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the purpose of this chapter is to establish an en...
• 13399.1: For purposes of this chapter, "notice to comply" means a written method of alleging a minor violatio...
• 13399.2: (a) An authorized representative of the state board or regional board, who, in the course of conduct...
• 13399.3: On or before January 1, 2000, the state board shall report to the Legislature on actions taken by th...
• 13399.25: This chapter supplements, and does not supplant, other laws relating to the discharge of storm water...
• 13399.27: On or before February 1, 2000, and on each February 1 thereafter, the state board, after any necessa...
• 13399.30: (a) (1) Each year the regional boards shall undertake reasonable efforts to identify dischargers of ...
• 13399.31: (a) Each year the regional board shall conduct a review of the annual reports and construction certi...
• 13399.33: Except as provided in Section 13399.35, the regional board shall do all of the following with regard...
• 13399.35: (a) The regional board may allow a person to reduce the penalties described in subdivisions (a), (b)...
• 13399.37: (a) The money generated from the imposition of liability and cost recovery pursuant to Section 13399...
• 13399.41: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropriate state agencies, as requested by the executiv...
• 13399.43: For the purposes of this chapter, "NPDES permit" means a permit issued under the national pollutant ...
• 13400: As used in this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context: (a) "Facilities" means any of t...
• 13401: (a) The State Water Quality Control Fund is continued in existence. The following moneys in the fund...
• 13410: Applications for construction loans under this chapter shall include: (a) A description of the propo...
• 13411: Upon a determination by the state board, after consultation with the State Department of Health, tha...
• 13412: No loan shall be made to a public agency unless it executes an agreement with the state board under ...
• 13413: It is the policy of this state that, in making construction loans under this article, the state boar...
• 13414: All money received in repayment of loans under this chapter shall be paid to the State Treasurer and...
• 13415: (a) Loans may be made by the state board to public agencies to pay not more than one-half of the cos...
• 13416: Before a public agency may enter into a contract with the state board for a construction loan under ...
• 13417: The election shall be held in accordance with the following provisions: (a) The procedure for holdin...
• 13418: Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other provision of law, including, but not limi...
• 13425: Applications for guarantees for local agency bonds under this chapter shall include: (a) A descripti...
• 13426: The state board, subject to approval by the Director of Finance, may agree to provide a guarantee pu...
• 13427: No guarantee shall be extended to any applicant unless it executes an agreement with the state board...
• 13428: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fu...
• 13429: Money in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund not needed for making payments on guaranteed bonds purs...
• 13430: The state board's authorization to guarantee bonds under this article shall be limited to bonds with...
• 13431: Under no circumstances shall the amount paid out as a result of bond guarantees extended pursuant to...
• 13432: The state board may charge an annual fee not to exceed one-tenth of 1 percent of the principal amoun...
• 13433: The state board shall, by regulation, prescribe rules and procedures for all of the following: (a) T...
• 13440: There is in the State Water Quality Control Fund the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Acc...
• 13441: There is to be paid into the account all moneys from the following sources: (a) All moneys appropria...
• 13441.5: The State Treasurer, when requested by the state board and approved by the Director of Finance, shal...
• 13442: (a) Upon application by a public agency, a tribal government that is on the California Tribal Consul...
• 13443: Upon application by a regional board that is attempting to remedy a significant unforeseen water pol...
• 13450: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of...
• 13451: The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) An abundant supply of clean water is es...
• 13452: As used in this chapter, and for purposes of this chapter, as used in the State General Obligation B...
• 13453: There is hereby created the 1986 Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Fund in the State Treasur...
• 13454: (a) There is a Water Conservation and Water Quality Finance Committee consisting of the Governor or ...
• 13455: (a) The committee may create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California i...
• 13456: All bonds which have been duly sold and delivered constitute valid and legally binding general oblig...
• 13457: The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repaymen...
• 13458: (a) The sum of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposite...
• 13459: (a) The sum of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposite...
• 13459.5: Unallocated money remaining in the Agricultural Drainage Water Account in the 1986 Water Conservatio...
• 13460: Money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state for a...
• 13461: There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for the purpose of this chapter, an amount equal...
• 13462: For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, autho...
• 13462.5: Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C...
• 13463: Upon request of the department or the board, the committee shall determine whether or not it is nece...
• 13464: The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all, or any part, of the bonds at times fixed by t...
• 13465: Notwithstanding Sections 13458 and 13459, the committee may prescribe further terms and conditions f...
• 13466: For the 1987-88 fiscal year and each year thereafter, a loan may be made by the department only upon...
• 13468: It is the intent of language in Section 13998.8(i)(3), Section 13999.10(d), and Section 13999.11(d) ...
• 13469: If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held in...
• 13475: (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that since the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec....
• 13476: Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this cha...
• 13477: The State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury, and, notwi...
• 13477.5: (a) The State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Administration Fund is hereby created in the St...
• 13477.6: (a) The State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund Small Community Grant Fund is hereby created in...
• 13478: The board may undertake any of the following: (a) Enter into agreements with the federal government ...
• 13479: (a) The board may enter into an agreement with the federal government for federal contributions to t...
• 13480: (a) Moneys in the fund shall be used only for the permissible purposes allowed by the federal act or...
• 13481: The fund shall be used to provide financial assistance only for projects which are (a) consistent wi...
• 13481.5: The board, for the purposes of administering the fund, shall give favorable consideration to the fol...
• 13481.7: Subject to all applicable constitutional restrictions, a municipality may borrow money and incur ind...
• 13482: (a) In accordance with the Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 (Chapter 13 (commencing with Section 13999))...
• 13483: (a) To the extent permitted by federal and state law, moneys in the fund may be used to rebate to th...
• 13485: The board may adopt rules and regulations necessary or convenient to implement this chapter and to m...
• 13500: This chapter shall be known as and may be cited as the Water Recycling Law.
• 13510: It is hereby declared that the people of the state have a primary interest in the development of fac...
• 13511: The Legislature finds and declares that a substantial portion of the future water requirements of th...
• 13512: It is the intention of the Legislature that the state undertake all possible steps to encourage deve...
• 13515: In order to implement the policy declarations of this chapter, the state board is authorized to prov...
• 13520: As used in this article "recycling criteria" are the levels of constituents of recycled water, and m...
• 13521: The State Department of Public Health shall establish uniform statewide recycling criteria for each ...
• 13522: (a) If the State Department of Public Health or a local health officer finds that a contamination ex...
• 13522.5: (a) Except as provided in subdivision (e), any person recycling or proposing to recycle water, or us...
• 13522.6: Any person failing to furnish a report under Section 13522.5 when so requested by a regional board i...
• 13522.7: The Attorney General, at the request of the regional board, shall petition the superior court for th...
• 13523: (a) Each regional board, after consulting with and receiving the recommendations of the State Depart...
• 13523.1: (a) Each regional board, after consulting with, and receiving the recommendations of, the State Depa...
• 13523.5: A regional board may not deny issuance of water reclamation requirements to a project which violates...
• 13524: No person shall recycle water or use recycled water for any purpose for which recycling criteria hav...
• 13525: Upon the refusal or failure of any person or persons recycling water or using recycled water to comp...
• 13525.5: Any person recycling water or using recycled water in violation of Section 13524, after such violati...
• 13526: Any person who, after such action has been called to his attention in writing by the regional board,...
• 13527: (a) In administering any statewide program of financial assistance for water pollution or water qual...
• 13528: This chapter shall not be construed as affecting the powers of the State Department of Public Health...
• 13529: The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The purpose of Section 13529.2 i...
• 13529.2: (a) Any person who , without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits an unauthorized disch...
• 13529.4: (a) Any person refusing or failing to provide the notice required by Section 13529.2, or as required...
• 13530: The department, either independently or in cooperation with any person or any county, state, federal...
• 13540: (a) A person shall not construct, maintain, or use any waste well extending to or into a subterranea...
• 13541: As used in this article, "waste well" includes any hole dug or drilled into the ground, used or inte...
• 13550: (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of potable domestic water for nonpotable ...
• 13551: A person or public agency, including a state agency, city, county, city and county, district, or any...
• 13552: The amendments to Sections 13550 and 13551 of the Water Code made during the first year of the 1991-...
• 13552.2: (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of potable domestic water for the irrigat...
• 13552.4: (a) Any public agency, including a state agency, city, county, city and county, district, or any oth...
• 13552.5: (a) (1) On or before July 31, 2009, the state board shall adopt a general permit for landscape irrig...
• 13552.6: (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of potable domestic water for floor trap ...
• 13552.8: (a) Any public agency, including a state agency, city, county, city and county, district, or any oth...
• 13553: (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the use of potable domestic water for toilet and ...
• 13553.1: (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that certain coastal areas of the state have been usin...
• 13554: (a) Any public agency, including a state agency, city, county, city and county, district, or any oth...
• 13554.2: (a) Any person or entity proposing the use of recycled water shall reimburse the State Department of...
• 13554.3: The State Water Resources Control Board may establish a reasonable schedule of fees by which it is r...
• 13555.2: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that many local agencies deliver recycled water for nonpot...
• 13555.3: (a) Water delivery systems on private property that could deliver recycled water for nonpotable uses...
• 13555.5: (a) If a recycled water producer determines that within 10 years the recycled water producer propose...
• 13556: In addition to any other authority provided in law, any water supplier described in subdivision (b) ...
• 13557: (a) On or before December 31, 2009, the department, in consultation with the State Department of Pub...
• 13560: The Legislature finds and declares the following: (a) In February 2009, the state board unanimously ...
• 13561: For purposes of this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) "Department" mean...
• 13561.5: The state board shall enter into an agreement with the department to assist in implementing this cha...
• 13562: (a) (1) On or before December 31, 2013, the department shall adopt uniform water recycling criteria ...
• 13563: (a) (1) The department shall investigate and report to the Legislature on the feasibility of develop...
• 13563.5: (a) The department, in consultation with the state board, shall report to the Legislature as part of...
• 13564: In developing uniform recycling criteria for surface water augmentation, the department shall consid...
• 13565: (a) (1) The department shall convene and administer an expert panel for the purposes of advising the...
• 13566: In performing its investigation of the feasibility of developing the uniform water recycling criteri...
• 13567: An action authorized pursuant to this chapter shall be consistent, to the extent applicable, with th...
• 13569: The department may accept funds from any source, and may expend these funds, upon appropriation by t...
• 13575: (a) This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Recycling Act of 1991. (b) As used in ...
• 13576: The Legislature hereby makes the following findings and declarations: (a) The State of California is...
• 13577: This chapter establishes a statewide goal to recycle a total of 700,000 acre-feet of water per year ...
• 13578: (a) In order to achieve the statewide goal for recycled water use established in Section 13577 and t...
• 13579: (a) In order to achieve the goals established in Section 13577, retail water suppliers shall identif...
• 13580: (a) A retail water supplier that has identified a potential use or customer pursuant to Section 1357...
• 13580.5: (a) (1) Subject to subdivision (e) of Section 13580.7, a retail water supplier that receives a reque...
• 13580.7: (a) This section applies only to a retail water supplier that is a public agency. (b) A customer may...
• 13580.8: (a) This section applies only to a retail water supplier that is regulated by the Public Utilities C...
• 13580.9: (a) Notwithstanding any other law, and except as otherwise previously provided for in a contract agr...
• 13581: (a) If there is a failure to agree on terms and conditions of a recycled water supply agreement invo...
• 13581.2: If the retail water supplier is regulated by the Public Utilities Commission, and there is a failure...
• 13582: This chapter is not intended to alter either of the following: (a) Any rights, remedies, or obligati...
• 13583: (a) If a retail water supplier that is a public agency does not comply with this chapter, the custom...
• 13600: The state board shall administer any program of financial assistance for water quality control which...
• 13601: The state board, in cooperation with the regional boards, shall survey the statewide need for waste ...
• 13602: The state board shall make no commitment or enter into any agreement pursuant to an exercise of auth...
• 13603: The Governor may request the funds required to finance the state's share of project costs for each f...
• 13604: The state board shall review and approve each waste collection, treatment, and disposal project for ...
• 13605: For the purpose of reviewing applications for grants made pursuant to authority granted in Section 1...
• 13606: If an application states that the applicant is not able to finance the local agency share of the pro...
• 13607: All money appropriated by the Legislature for the state's share of the project costs shall be approp...
• 13608: After the effective date of the amendment of this section by the 1972 Regular Session of the Legisla...
• 13609: The money in the State Clean Water Grants Administration Revolving Fund is transferred to the State ...
• 13610: Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set forth in this section govern the construc...
• 13610.5: This chapter does not apply to the following: (a) A facility that stores perchlorate for retail purp...
• 13611: (a) The notification required by Section 13611.5 does not apply to a discharge that is in compliance...
• 13611.5: (a) On or before January 1, 2005, and annually thereafter, unless the owner or operator has met the ...
• 13612: (a) The state board shall publish and make available to the public on or before January 1, 2006, a l...
• 13613: Upon notification from the Secretary for Environmental Protection that he or she has established a d...
• 13625: As used in this chapter unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply: (a) ...
• 13625.1: (a) The state board may exempt from the requirements of this chapter any facility that is classified...
• 13626: The state board shall classify types of waste water treatment plants for the purpose of determining ...
• 13627: (a) Supervisors and operators of those wastewater treatment plants described in paragraph (1) or (2)...
• 13627.1: (a) Any person who operates a wastewater treatment plant who does not hold a valid, unexpired certif...
• 13627.2: Any person who submits to the state board false or misleading information on an application for a ce...
• 13627.3: (a) Any person or entity that contracts with the owner of a wastewater treatment plant to operate th...
• 13627.4: (a) The state board may administratively impose the civil liability described in Section 13627.1, 13...
• 13627.5: (a) Any operator employed at a wastewater treatment plant described in paragraph (3) of subdivision ...
• 13628: Certificates issued pursuant to this chapter shall be renewed biennially, subject to compliance by a...
• 13628.5: (a) The Wastewater Operator Certification Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) All of t...
• 13629: The state board may approve courses of instruction at higher educational institutions which will qua...
• 13630: The state board is the state agency which is authorized to represent the state and its local governm...
• 13631: Prior to adopting or amending any regulations or approving any courses for operator training, the st...
• 13632: The advisory committee appointed pursuant to Section 13631 shall consist of the following: (a) Two p...
• 13633: The advisory committee shall review all proposed regulations and make recommendations to the state b...
• 13700: The Legislature finds that the greater portion of the water used in this state is obtained from unde...
• 13701: The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Improperly constructed and abandoned wa...
• 13710: "Well" or "water well" as used in this chapter, means any artificial excavation constructed by any m...
• 13711: "Cathodic protection well," as used in this chapter, means any artificial excavation in excess of 50...
• 13712: "Monitoring well" as used in this chapter, means any artificial excavation by any method for the pur...
• 13712.5: Notwithstanding Section 13712, all wells constructed for the purpose of monitoring the presence of g...
• 13713: "Geothermal heat exchange well," as used in this chapter, means any uncased artificial excavation, b...
• 13750.5: No person shall undertake to dig, bore, or drill a water well, cathodic protection well, groundwater...
• 13751: (a) Every person who digs, bores, or drills a water well, cathodic protection well, groundwater moni...
• 13752: Reports made in accordance with paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 13751 shall not be made ...
• 13753: Every person who hereafter converts, for use as a water well, cathodic protection well, or monitorin...
• 13754: Failure to comply with any provision of this article, or willful and deliberate falsification of any...
• 13755: This chapter does not affect the powers and duties of the State Department of Public Health with res...
• 13800: The department, after the studies and investigations pursuant to Section 231 as it finds necessary, ...
• 13800.5: (a) (1) The department shall develop recommended standards for the construction, maintenance, abando...
• 13801: (a) The regional board, upon receipt of a report from the department pursuant to Section 13800, shal...
• 13802: If the regional board finds that standards of water well, cathodic protection well, and monitoring w...
• 13803: Each such affected county and city shall, within 120 days of receipt of the report, adopt an ordinan...
• 13804: Such county and city well standards shall take effect 60 days from the date of their adoption by the...
• 13805: If a county or city fails to adopt an ordinance establishing water well, cathodic protection well, a...
• 13806: Any action, report, or determination taken or adopted by a regional board or any failure of a region...
• 13810: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984.
• 13811: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary for the preservation of the health, s...
• 13812: The Legislature further finds and declares that a number of domestic water supply systems are inadeq...
• 13813: The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for t...
• 13814: The State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Divisi...
• 13815: As used in this chapter, and for purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bo...
• 13816: The Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the Gove...
• 13817: There is in the State Treasury the California Safe Drinking Water Fund, which fund is hereby created...
• 13818: The committee may create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in a...
• 13819: (a) The moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated and shall be used for the purposes s...
• 13820: (a) The department may make state grants to suppliers that are political subdivisions of the state, ...
• 13821: Applications for grants under this chapter shall be made to the department in the form and with the ...
• 13822: The department shall prepare a report on each grant application pursuant to this chapter. The report...
• 13823: (a) Loans and grants may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The department may ma...
• 13824: An application for a grant pursuant to this chapter shall not be approved by the department, unless ...
• 13825: First priority for grants shall be granted to public agencies having immediate health related proble...
• 13826: First priority for loans shall be given to suppliers with the most critical public health problems. ...
• 13827: Preliminary design work, including a cost estimate for the project, shall be completed before a loan...
• 13828: No application for a grant may be made pursuant to this chapter unless the public agency has also ap...
• 13829: Grant funds shall be expended by the public agency within three years of the making of the grant. No...
• 13830: For the purpose of administering of this chapter, the total expenditures of the department and the S...
• 13831: As much of the moneys in the fund as may be necessary shall be used to reimburse the General Obligat...
• 13832: Repayment of all or part of the principal, which is the loan plus the administrative fee, may be def...
• 13833: The department shall require the payment of interest on each loan that is made pursuant to this chap...
• 13834: The department, after public notice and hearing and with the concurrence of the State Department of ...
• 13835: The State Department of Health Services shall notify suppliers that may be eligible for loans pursua...
• 13836: The State Department of Health Services, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of the ...
• 13837: Upon approval by the State Department of Health Services of project plans submitted by a supplier on...
• 13838: Not more than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) of state loans for projects shall be authorized b...
• 13839: All bonds authorized, which have been duly sold and delivered pursuant to this chapter, shall consti...
• 13840: All money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed under Section 13819 shall be deposit...
• 13841: There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purpose of this ch...
• 13842: For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, autho...
• 13842.5: Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C...
• 13843: Upon request of the department, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pur...
• 13844: The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds authorized at the tim...
• 13845: All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, are av...
• 13850: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976.
• 13851: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary for the preservation of the health, s...
• 13854: The Legislature further finds and declares that a number of domestic water supply systems are inadeq...
• 13855: The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for t...
• 13856: The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repaymen...
• 13857: As used in this chapter, and for purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bo...
• 13858: The Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the Gove...
• 13859: There is in the State Treasury the California Safe Drinking Water Fund which fund is hereby created.
• 13860: The committee is hereby empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State ...
• 13861: (a) The moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated and shall be used for the purposes s...
• 13862: For the purpose of administering this chapter, the total expenditures of the department and the Stat...
• 13863: As much of the moneys in the fund as may be necessary shall be used to reimburse the General Obligat...
• 13864: Loans may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The department may make reasonable a...
• 13865: First priority for loans shall be given to suppliers with the most critical public health problems. ...
• 13866: Repayment of all or part of the principal, which is the loan plus the administrative fee, may be def...
• 13867: The department shall require the payment of interest on each loan that is made pursuant to the provi...
• 13868: The department, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of the State Department of Healt...
• 13868.1: The State Department of Health Services shall notify suppliers that may be eligible for loans pursua...
• 13868.3: The State Department of Health Services, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of the ...
• 13868.5: Upon approval by the State Department of Health Services of project plans submitted by a supplier on...
• 13868.7: No more than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) of state loans for projects shall be authorized by...
• 13869: All bonds herein authorized, which shall have been duly sold and delivered as herein provided, shall...
• 13870: All money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed under the provisions of Section 1386...
• 13871: There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this cha...
• 13872: For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Finance may by execu...
• 13872.5: Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C...
• 13873: Upon request of the department, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pur...
• 13874: The committee may authorize the State Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds herein authoriz...
• 13875: All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, shall ...
• 13880: The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the use of moneys in the California Safe Drinking Water ...
• 13881: As used in this chapter: (a) "Department" means the Department of Water Resources. (b) "Domestic wat...
• 13882: (a) The department, subject to the requirements of this chapter, is authorized to make state grants ...
• 13883: Applications for grants under this chapter shall be made to the department in such form and with suc...
• 13884: The department shall prepare a report on each application pursuant to this chapter for a grant in ex...
• 13885: Grants may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The department may make reasonable ...
• 13886: An application for a grant pursuant to this chapter shall not be approved by the department unless t...
• 13887: First priority for grants shall be afforded to public agencies having immediate health related probl...
• 13888: Preliminary design work, including a cost estimate for the project, shall be completed before the gr...
• 13889: No application for a grant may be made pursuant to this chapter unless the public agency has also ap...
• 13890: Grant funds shall be expended by the public agency within three years of the making of the grant. No...
• 13891: For the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter, the total expenditures of bond proc...
• 13892: The department, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of the State Department of Healt...
• 13895: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986.
• 13895.1: The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The State Department of Health S...
• 13895.2: The Legislature further finds and declares that the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of...
• 13895.3: The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for t...
• 13895.4: The State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Divisi...
• 13895.5: As used in this chapter, and for purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bo...
• 13895.6: The Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the Gove...
• 13895.7: There is in the State Treasury the California Safe Drinking Water Fund, which fund is hereby created...
• 13895.8: The committee may create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in a...
• 13895.9: (a) An aggregate amount of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) of the moneys in the fund are ...
• 13896: (a) The department may make state grants to suppliers that are political subdivisions of the state, ...
• 13896.1: Applications for grants under this chapter shall be made to the department in the form and with the ...
• 13896.2: The department shall prepare a report on each grant application pursuant to this chapter. The report...
• 13896.3: (a) Loans and grants may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The State Department ...
• 13896.4: An application for a grant pursuant to this chapter shall not be approved by the department, unless ...
• 13896.5: First priority for grants shall be granted to public agencies having immediate health related proble...
• 13896.6: First priority for loans shall be given to suppliers with the most critical public health problems. ...
• 13896.7: Preliminary design work, including a cost estimate for the project, shall be completed before a loan...
• 13896.8: No application for a grant may be made pursuant to this chapter unless the public agency has also ap...
• 13896.9: Grant funds shall be expended by the public agency within three years of the making of the grant. No...
• 13897: For the purpose of administering this chapter, the total expenditures of the department and the Stat...
• 13897.1: As much of the moneys in the fund as may be necessary shall be used to reimburse the General Obligat...
• 13897.2: Repayment of all or part of the principal, which is the loan plus the administrative fee, may be def...
• 13897.3: The department shall annually establish the interest rate for loans made pursuant to this chapter at...
• 13897.4: (a) The department, after public notice and hearing and with the concurrence of the State Department...
• 13897.5: The State Department of Health Services shall notify suppliers that may be eligible for loans pursua...
• 13897.6: (a) The State Department of Health Services, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of ...
• 13897.8: Not more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of state loans for projects shall be authori...
• 13897.9: All bonds authorized, which have been duly sold and delivered pursuant to this chapter, shall consti...
• 13898: (a) All money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed under Section 13895.9 shall be d...
• 13898.1: There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purpose of this ch...
• 13898.2: For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, autho...
• 13898.25: Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C...
• 13898.3: Upon request of the department, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pur...
• 13898.4: The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds authorized at the tim...
• 13898.5: All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, are av...
• 13900: The Legislature finds and hereby declares that discharges from houseboats in or on the waters of the...
• 13901: As used in this article, "houseboat" means a watercraft or industrial or commercial structure on or ...
• 13902: Each regional board shall investigate its region to determine areas in which discharges of waste fro...
• 13903: Each regional board shall notify each affected city or county, the State Department of Public Health...
• 13904: Each affected city or county shall within 120 days of receipt of the notice from the regional board,...
• 13905: Such city or county ordinance shall take effect 60 days from the date of adoption by the city or cou...
• 13906: If a city or county fails to adopt an ordinance controlling discharges of waste from houseboats with...
• 13907: Any action, report, determination, or regulation taken or adopted by a regional board, or any failur...
• 13908: No provision in this chapter and no action thereunder by a regional board or the state board is a li...
• 13950: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon any district in the Lake Tahoe Basin providing in a...
• 13951: Notwithstanding any other provision of law, on or after January 1, 1972, waste from within the Lake ...
• 13952: Notwithstanding the provisions of Sections 13950 and 13951, water containing waste which has been pl...
• 13952.1: (a) Notwithstanding Section 13951, the South Tahoe Public Utility District may provide recycled wate...
• 13952.5: The declared statewide interest in the preservation of Lake Tahoe, and the state and federal actions...
• 13953: There shall be no discharge from a San Joaquin Valley agricultural drain to the Delta, Suisun Bay, o...
• 13953.1: There shall be no discharge from a San Joaquin Valley drain into Monterey Bay or tributaries drainin...
• 13953.2: If a San Joaquin Valley agricultural drain, including the drainage facility authorized as part of th...
• 13953.3: Subsurface drainage effluent may be made available for any beneficial uses for which it is suitable,...
• 13953.4: It is the intent of the Legislature that, to the extent feasible, features for the enhancement of fi...
• 13955: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1...
• 13956: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that clean water, which fosters the health of the people, ...
• 13956.5: The Legislature further finds and declares that the people of the state have a primary interest in t...
• 13957: It is the intent of this chapter to provide necessary funds to insure the full participation by the ...
• 13958: The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale and repayment...
• 13959: As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligatio...
• 13959.5: There is in the State Treasury the State Clean Water and Water Conservation Fund, which fund is here...
• 13960: The Clean Water and Water Conservation Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall cons...
• 13961: The committee is hereby authorized and empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities...
• 13962: (a) The moneys in the fund shall be used for the purposes set forth in this section. (b) The board i...
• 13963: All bonds herein authorized, which shall have been duly sold and delivered as herein provided, shall...
• 13964: All money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state f...
• 13965: There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this cha...
• 13966: For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Finance may by execu...
• 13966.5: Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C...
• 13967: Upon request of the board, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pursuant...
• 13968: The committee may authorize the State Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds herein authoriz...
• 13969: All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, shall ...
• 13970: This chapter may be cited as the Clean Water Bond Law of 1970.
• 13971: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that clean water, which fosters the health of the people, ...
• 13972: The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repaymen...
• 13973: As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligatio...
• 13974: The Clean Water Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the Governor or ...
• 13975: The committee is hereby authorized and empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities...
• 13976: (a) The moneys in the fund shall be used for the purposes set forth in this section. (b) The board i...
• 13977: All bonds herein authorized, which shall have been duly sold and delivered as herein provided, shall...
• 13978: All money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state f...
• 13979: There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this cha...
• 13980: For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Finance may by execu...
• 13980.5: Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C...
• 13981: Upon request of the board, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pursuant...
• 13982: The committee may authorize the State Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds herein authoriz...
• 13983: All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, shall ...
• 13985: This chapter may be cited as the Clean Water Bond Law of 1974.
• 13986: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that clean water, which fosters the health of the people, ...
• 13987: The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repaymen...
• 13988: As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligatio...
• 13989: The Clean Water Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the Governor or ...
• 13990: The committee is hereby authorized and empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities...
• 13991: (a) The moneys in the fund shall be used for the purposes set forth in this section. (b) The board i...
• 13992: All bonds herein authorized, which shall have been duly sold and delivered as herein provided, shall...
• 13993: All money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state f...
• 13994: There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this cha...
• 13995: For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Finance may by execu...
• 13995.5: Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C...
• 13996: Upon request of the board, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pursuant...
• 13997: The committee may authorize the State Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds herein authoriz...
• 13998: All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, shall ...
• 13999: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Clean Water Bond Law of 1984.
• 13999.1: The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Clean water is essential to the public health, sa...
• 13999.2: As used in this chapter, and for purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bo...
• 13999.3: (a) There is in the State Treasury the 1984 State Clean Water Bond Fund, which fund is hereby create...
• 13999.4: There shall be a Clean Water Finance Committee consisting of the Governor or his designated represen...
• 13999.5: (a) The committee is hereby authorized and empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabili...
• 13999.6: All bonds which have been duly sold and delivered constitute valid and legally binding general oblig...
• 13999.7: The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repaymen...
• 13999.8: (a) The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) of the moneys in the fund shall be d...
• 13999.9: (a) The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in th...
• 13999.10: (a) The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited...
• 13999.11: (a) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Water Conse...
• 13999.12: Except as expressly provided in this chapter, no money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provisi...
• 13999.13: There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this cha...
• 13999.14: For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, autho...
• 13999.15: Upon request of the board or department, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessar...
• 13999.16: The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds at times fixed by the...
• 13999.17: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and to the extent permitted by federal and s...
• 13999.17: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and to the extent permitted by federal and s...
• 13999.18: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and as approved by the Legislature, the board m...
• 13999.19: Notwithstanding Section 13999.17 or any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Ob...
• 14000: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988.
• 14001: The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The State Department of Health S...
• 14002: The Legislature further finds and declares that the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of...
• 14003: The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for t...
• 14004: As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings: (a) "Committee" mean...
• 14010: The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the California ...
• 14011: (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, an aggregate amount of seventy-five millio...
• 14012: (a) The department may make state grants to suppliers that are political subdivisions of the state, ...
• 14013: Applications for loans and grants under this chapter shall be made to the department in the form and...
• 14015: (a) Loans and grants may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The State Department ...
• 14016: An application for a grant pursuant to this chapter shall not be approved by the department, unless ...
• 14017: First priority for grants shall be granted to public agencies having immediate health related proble...
• 14018: First priority for loans shall be given to suppliers with the most critical public health problems. ...
• 14019: Preliminary design work, including a cost estimate for the project, shall be completed before a loan...
• 14020: No application for a grant may be made pursuant to this chapter unless the public agency has also ap...
• 14021: Grant funds shall be expended by the public agency within three years of the making of the grant. No...
• 14022: For the purpose of administering this chapter, the total expenditures of the department and the Stat...
• 14023: Repayment of all or part of the principal, which is the loan plus the administrative fee, may be def...
• 14024: The department shall establish the interest rate for loans made pursuant to this chapter at 50 perce...
• 14025: (a) The department, after public notice and hearing and with the concurrence of the State Department...
• 14026: The State Department of Health Services shall notify suppliers that may be eligible for loans pursua...
• 14027: (a) The State Department of Health Services, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of ...
• 14028: Not more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of state loans for projects shall be authori...
• 14029: (a) As approved annually by the Legislature in the Budget Act, the department, notwithstanding Secti...
• 14030: Bonds in the total amount of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000), exclusive of refunding bond...
• 14031: The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a...
• 14032: (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Oblig...
• 14033: The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized ...
• 14034: There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu...
• 14035: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General ...
• 14036: For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by written order, author...
• 14036.5: Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (C...
• 14037: All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold sha...
• 14038: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth...
• 14039: Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bond...
• 14040: The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investm...
• 14050: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 19...
• 14051: The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Clean water is essential to the public health, sa...
• 14052: As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings: (a) "Board" means the Stat...
• 14055: (a) The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State T...
• 14056: (a) The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited...
• 14057: The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be available for transfe...
• 14058: (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in t...
• 14059: As approved by the Legislature annually in the Budget Act, the board may expend for the administrati...
• 14060: As approved by the Legislature annually in the Budget Act, the board may, by contract or otherwise, ...
• 14061: The board may adopt rules, regulations, and guidelines necessary or appropriate to carry out this ch...
• 14065: Bonds in the total amount of sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds,...
• 14066: The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed a...
• 14067: (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Oblig...
• 14068: Consistent with Section 602 of the federal act, the committee shall determine whether or not it is n...
• 14069: There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenu...
• 14070: Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General ...
• 14071: For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal ...
• 14071.5: The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investm...
• 14072: All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold sha...
• 14073: The bonds may be refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of the State ...
• 14074: (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and to the extent permitted by federal and s...
• 14075: The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds auth...
• 14076: Notwithstanding Section 14074 or any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Oblig...
• 14875: This chapter applies to the construction, installation, or alteration of graywater systems for subsu...
• 14875.1: "Department" means the Department of Water Resources.
• 14876: "Graywater" means untreated wastewater which has not been contaminated by any toilet discharge, has ...
• 14877: "Graywater system" means a system and devices, attached to the plumbing system for the sanitary dist...
• 14877.1: (a) The department, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the Center for Ir...
• 14877.2: A graywater system may be installed if the city or county having jurisdiction over the installation ...
• 14877.3: (a) Subject to subdivision (b), a city, county, or other local agency may adopt, after a public hear...
• 14900: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Relief Act.
• 14901: The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) A report on the San Joaquin Valley Drainage Progr...
• 14901.5: (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the initial funding for the administrative costs of the...
• 14902: Unless the context otherwise requires, the terms used in this chapter have the following meanings: (...
• 14903: (a) The San Joaquin Valley Drainage Relief Program is hereby established in the department. (b) The ...
• 14904: The San Joaquin Valley Drainage Relief Fund is hereby created for purposes of the program.
• 14905: The department may enter into agreements with the state board, the Department of Fish and Game, the ...
• 14906: Property acquired pursuant to this chapter shall be managed as upland habitat, wetlands, riparian ha...
• 14907: (a) Agreements to sell water that is conserved as a result of the retirement of land pursuant to thi...
• 14907.5: Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, the possessor of the water right determines the...
• 14907.6: Participation in the program by local public agencies and landowners is voluntary and shall be under...
• 14908: The funds received from the sale of water pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 14907 shall be depo...
• 14909: The department may apply for, and accept, federal and state grants and receive gifts, donations, and...
• 14910: The department may acquire or accept the gift or dedication of fee title, easements, including conse...
• 14911: The department may accept advance payments for future water deliveries undertaken pursuant to this c...
• 14912: (a) The department may purchase, lease, rent, sell, exchange, or otherwise transfer any land, intere...
• 14913: The department may, by contract or agreement, make grants or loans to local public entities, state a...
• 14914: The purchase price of any interest in land or water acquired pursuant to this chapter may reflect th...
• 14915: The price of water conserved and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be determined by the department...
• 14916: Purchase agreements entered into pursuant to this chapter may provide for the return of the property...
• 14917: In carrying out this chapter, the department shall consider the effects of purchases of property pur...
• 14918: The department shall coordinate with the United States Department of the Interior regarding water di...
• 14920: This chapter shall become operative on July 1, 1993.
• 14950: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Shellfish Protection Act of 1993.
• 14951: The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) Commercial shellfish harvesting is a be...
• 14952: For the purposes of this chapter, a commercial shellfish growing area is an area certified pursuant ...
• 14953: (a) If a commercial shellfish growing area is threatened by point or nonpoint source pollution, as s...
• 14954: For the purpose of Section 14953, a commercial shellfish growing area is threatened if any of the fo...
• 14955: (a) The technical advisory committee shall review existing data to determine whether additional inve...
• 14956: (a) Once the nature, sources, scope, and degree of the pollution affecting a commercial shellfish gr...
• 14957: When rating project proposals affecting shellfish growing areas for state and federal funding under ...
• 14958: When a commercial shellfish area is no longer threatened, as specified in Section 14954, the regiona...
• 16100: This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Watershed Improvement Act of 2009.
• 16101: (a) Each county, city, or special district that is a permittee or copermittee under a national pollu...
• 16102: (a) A regional board shall review, in accordance with the reimbursement requirement described in sub...
• 16103: (a) In addition to making use of other financing mechanisms that are available to local agencies to ...
• 16104: Nothing in this chapter alters requirements that govern the diversion of water.