CA Water Code § 13177.7 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY|CHAPTER 3 - State Water Quality Control|ARTICLE 4 - Other Powers and Duties of the State Board|Section 13177.7.

13177.7.  (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 12439 of the Government Code, the Controller may not eliminate any direct or indirect position that provides oversight and related support of remediation at a military base, including a closed military base, that is funded without General Fund moneys through an agreement with a state agency, or that is funded through an agreement with a party responsible for paying the state board’s costs, and may not eliminate any direct or indirect position that is funded by a federal grant that does not require a state match funded from the General Fund.(2) An agreement with a state agency subject to this section may not require the use of a state matching fund from the General Fund by that agency.(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Section 4.10 of the Budget Act of 2003, the Director of Finance may not eliminate any direct or indirect position that provides oversight and related support of remediation at a military base, including a closed military base, that is funded through an agreement with a state agency or party responsible for paying the state board’s costs, and may not eliminate any direct or indirect position that is funded by a federal grant that does not require a state match funded from the General Fund.(b) Neither the Controller nor the Department of Finance may impose any hiring freeze or personal services limitations, including any position reductions, upon any direct or indirect position of the state board that provides oversight and related support of remediation at a military base, including a closed military base, that is funded through an agreement with a state agency or party responsible for paying the state board’s costs, or on any direct or indirect position that is funded by a federal grant that does not require a state match funded from the General Fund.(c) The Controller and the Department of Finance shall exclude, from the state board’s base for purposes of calculating any budget or position reductions required by any state agency or any state law, the specific amounts and direct or indirect positions that provide oversight and related support of remediation at a military base, including a closed military base, that are funded through an agreement with a state agency or party responsible for paying the state board’s costs, and shall exclude the specific amounts and any direct or indirect positions that are funded by a federal grant that does not require a state match funded from the General Fund.(d) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, neither the Controller nor the Department of Finance may require the state board to reduce authorized positions or other appropriations for other state board programs, including personal services, to replace the reductions precluded by subdivisions (a), (b), and (c).(e) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, upon the request of the state board, and upon review and approval of the Department of Finance, the Controller shall augment any Budget Act appropriations, except for appropriations from the General Fund, necessary to implement this section.(f) (1) This section does not apply to any state board appropriation or expenditure of General Fund moneys.(2) This section does not limit the authority of the Department of Finance to eliminate a position when funding for the position, through an agreement with a party or by a federal grant, is no longer available.(Added by Stats. 2003, Ch. 869, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2004.)