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CA Water Code § 79747 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 7 - Regional Water Security, Climate, and Drought Preparedness|Section 79747.

79747.  (a) Of the funds authorized by Section 79740, two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available for grants for multibenefit stormwater management projects.(b) Eligible projects may include, but shall not be limited to, green infrastructure, rainwater and stormwater capture projects, and stormwater treatment facilities.(c) Development of plans for stormwater projects shall address the entire watershed and incorporate the perspectives of communities adjacent to the affected waterways, especially disadvantaged communities.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79748 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 7 - Regional Water Security, Climate, and Drought Preparedness|Section 79748.

79748.  In order to receive funding authorized by this chapter to address groundwater quality or supply in an aquifer, the applicant shall demonstrate that a public agency has authority to manage the water resources in that aquifer. A groundwater management plan adopted and submitted in accordance with groundwater management planning requirements established under Division 6 (commencing with Section 10000) shall be deemed sufficient to satisfy the requirements of this section.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79750 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79750.

79750.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 162, the commission may make the determinations, findings, and recommendations required of it by this chapter independent of the views of the director. All final actions by the commission in implementing this chapter shall be taken by a majority of the members of the commission at a public meeting noticed and held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9 (commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).(b) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of two billion seven hundred million dollars ($2,700,000,000) is hereby continuously appropriated from the fund, without regard to fiscal years, to the commission for public benefits associated with water storage projects that improve the operation of the state water system, are cost effective, and provide a net improvement in ecosystem and water quality conditions, in accordance with this chapter. Funds authorized for, or made available to, the commission pursuant to this chapter shall be available and expended only for the purposes provided in this chapter, and shall not be subject to appropriation or transfer by the Legislature or the Governor for any other purpose.(c) Projects shall be selected by the commission through a competitive public process that ranks potential projects based on the expected return for public investment as measured by the magnitude of the public benefits provided, pursuant to criteria established under this chapter.(d) Any project constructed with funds provided by this chapter shall be subject to Section 11590.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79751 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79751.

79751.  Projects for which the public benefits are eligible for funding under this chapter consist of only the following:(a) Surface storage projects identified in the CALFED Bay-Delta Program Record of Decision, dated August 28, 2000, except for projects prohibited by Chapter 1.4 (commencing with Section 5093.50) of Division 5 of the Public Resources Code.(b) Groundwater storage projects and groundwater contamination prevention or remediation projects that provide water storage benefits.(c) Conjunctive use and reservoir reoperation projects.(d) Local and regional surface storage projects that improve the operation of water systems in the state and provide public benefits.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79752 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79752.

79752.  A project shall not be funded pursuant to this chapter unless it provides measurable improvements to the Delta ecosystem or to the tributaries to the Delta.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79753 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79753.

79753.  (a) Funds allocated pursuant to this chapter may be expended solely for the following public benefits associated with water storage projects:(1) Ecosystem improvements, including changing the timing of water diversions, improvement in flow conditions, temperature, or other benefits that contribute to restoration of aquatic ecosystems and native fish and wildlife, including those ecosystems and fish and wildlife in the Delta.(2) Water quality improvements in the Delta, or in other river systems, that provide significant public trust resources, or that clean up and restore groundwater resources.(3) Flood control benefits, including, but not limited to, increases in flood reservation space in existing reservoirs by exchange for existing or increased water storage capacity in response to the effects of changing hydrology and decreasing snow pack on California’s water and flood management system.(4) Emergency response, including, but not limited to, securing emergency water supplies and flows for dilution and salinity repulsion following a natural disaster or act of terrorism.(5) Recreational purposes, including, but not limited to, those recreational pursuits generally associated with the outdoors.(b) Funds shall not be expended pursuant to this chapter for the costs of environmental mitigation measures or compliance obligations except for those associated with providing the public benefits as described in this section.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79754 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79754.

79754.  In consultation with the Department of Fish and Wildlife, the state board, and the Department of Water Resources, the commission shall develop and adopt, by regulation, methods for quantification and management of public benefits described in Section 79753 by December 15, 2016. The regulations shall include the priorities and relative environmental value of ecosystem benefits as provided by the Department of Fish and Wildlife and the priorities and relative environmental value of water quality benefits as provided by the state board.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79755 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79755.

79755.  (a) Except as provided in subdivision (c), no funds allocated pursuant to this chapter may be allocated for a project before December 15, 2016, and until the commission approves the project based on the commission’s determination that all of the following have occurred:(1) The commission has adopted the regulations specified in Section 79754 and specifically quantified and made public the cost of the public benefits associated with the project.(2) The project applicant has entered into a contract with each party that will derive benefits, other than public benefits, as defined in Section 79753, from the project that ensures the party will pay its share of the total costs of the project. The benefits available to a party shall be consistent with that party’s share of total project costs.(3) The project applicant has entered into a contract with each public agency identified in Section 79754 that administers the public benefits, after that agency makes a finding that the public benefits of the project for which that agency is responsible meet all the requirements of this chapter, to ensure that the public contribution of funds pursuant to this chapter achieves the public benefits identified for the project.(4) The commission has held a public hearing for the purposes of providing an opportunity for the public to review and comment on the information required to be prepared pursuant to this subdivision.(5) All of the following additional conditions are met:(A) Feasibility studies have been completed.(B) The commission has found and determined that the project is feasible, is consistent with all applicable laws and regulations, and will advance the long-term objectives of restoring ecological health and improving water management for beneficial uses of the Delta.(C) All environmental documentation associated with the project has been completed, and all other federal, state, and local approvals, certifications, and agreements required to be completed have been obtained.(b) The commission shall submit to the Legislature its findings for each of the criteria identified in subdivision (a) for a project funded pursuant to this chapter.(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), funds may be made available under this chapter for the completion of environmental documentation and permitting of a project.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79756 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79756.

79756.  (a) The public benefit cost share of a project funded pursuant to this chapter, other than a project described in subdivision (c) of Section 79751, shall not exceed 50 percent of the total costs of any project funded under this chapter.(b) No project may be funded unless it provides ecosystem improvements as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of Section 79753 that are at least 50 percent of total public benefits of the project funded under this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79757 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79757.

79757.  (a) A project is not eligible for funding under this chapter unless, by January 1, 2022, all of the following conditions are met:(1) All feasibility studies are complete and draft environmental documentation is available for public review.(2) The commission makes a finding that the project is feasible, and will advance the long-term objectives of restoring ecological health and improving water management for beneficial uses of the Delta.(3) The director receives commitments for not less than 75 percent of the nonpublic benefit cost share of the project.(b) If compliance with subdivision (a) is delayed by litigation or failure to promulgate regulations, the date in subdivision (a) shall be extended by the commission for a time period that is equal to the time period of the delay, and funding under this chapter that has been dedicated to the project shall be encumbered until the time at which the litigation is completed or the regulations have been promulgated.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79758 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79758.

79758.  Surface storage projects funded pursuant to this chapter and described in subdivision (a) of Section 79751 may be made a unit of the Central Valley Project as provided in Section 11290 and may be financed, acquired, constructed, operated, and maintained pursuant to Part 3 (commencing with Section 11100) of Division 6.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79759 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79759.

79759.  (a) The funds allocated for the design, acquisition, and construction of surface storage projects identified in the CALFED Bay-Delta Record of Decision, dated August 28, 2000, pursuant to this chapter may be provided for those purposes to local joint powers authorities formed by irrigation districts and other local water districts and local governments within the applicable hydrologic region to design, acquire, and construct those projects.(b) The joint powers authorities described in subdivision (a) may include in their membership governmental partners that are not located within their respective hydrologic regions in financing the surface storage projects, including, as appropriate, cost share participation or equity participation. Notwithstanding Section 6525 of the Government Code, the joint powers agencies described in subdivision (a) shall not include in their membership any for-profit corporation or any mutual water company whose shareholders and members include a for-profit corporation or any other private entity. The department shall be an ex officio member of each joint powers authority subject to this section, but the department shall not control the governance, management, or operation of the surface water storage projects.(c) A joint powers authority subject to this section shall own, govern, manage, and operate a surface water storage project, subject to the requirement that the ownership, governance, management, and operation of the surface water storage project shall advance the purposes set forth in this chapter.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79760 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 8 - Statewide Water System Operational Improvement and Drought Preparedness|Section 79760.

79760.  (a) In approving the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014, the people were informed and hereby declare that the provisions of this chapter are necessary, integral, and essential to meeting the single object or work of the Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014. As such, any amendment of the provisions of this chapter by the Legislature without voter approval would frustrate the scheme and design that induced voter approval of this act. The people therefore find and declare that any amendment of the provisions of this chapter by the Legislature shall require an affirmative vote of two-thirds of the membership in each house of the Legislature and voter approval.(b) This section shall not govern or be used as authority for determining whether the amendment of any other provision of this act not contained in this chapter would constitute a substantial change in the scheme and design of this act requiring voter approval.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79765 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 9 - Water Recycling|Section 79765.

79765.  The sum of seven hundred twenty-five million dollars ($725,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, for grants or loans for water recycling and advanced treatment technology projects, including all of the following:(a) Water recycling projects, including, but not limited to, treatment, storage, conveyance, and distribution facilities for potable and nonpotable recycling projects.(b) Contaminant and salt removal projects, including, but not limited to, groundwater and seawater desalination and associated treatment, storage, conveyance, and distribution facilities.(c) Dedicated distribution infrastructure to serve residential, commercial, agricultural, and industrial end-user retrofit projects to allow use of recycled water.(d) Pilot projects for new potable reuse and other salt and contaminant removal technology.(e) Multibenefit recycled water projects that improve water quality.(f) Technical assistance and grant writing assistance for disadvantaged communities.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79766 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 9 - Water Recycling|Section 79766.

79766.  At least a 50-percent local cost share shall be required for projects funded pursuant to this chapter. That cost share may be suspended or reduced for disadvantaged communities and economically distressed areas.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79767 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 9 - Water Recycling|Section 79767.

79767.  Projects funded pursuant to this chapter shall be selected on a competitive basis, considering all of the following criteria:(a) Water supply reliability improvement.(b) Water quality and ecosystem benefits related to decreased reliance on diversions from the Delta or instream flows.(c) Public health benefits from improved drinking water quality or supply.(d) Cost-effectiveness.(e) Energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission impacts.(f) Reasonable geographic allocation to eligible projects throughout the state, including both northern and southern California and coastal and inland regions.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79768 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 9 - Water Recycling|Section 79768.

79768.  For purposes of this chapter, competitive programs shall be implemented consistent with water recycling programs administered pursuant to Sections 79140 and 79141 or consistent with desalination programs administered pursuant to Sections 79545 and 79547.2.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79770 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 10 - Groundwater Sustainability|Section 79770.

79770.  Prevention and cleanup of groundwater contamination are critical components of successful groundwater management. Groundwater quality becomes especially important as water providers do the following:(a) Evaluate investments in groundwater recharge with surface water, stormwater, recycled water, and other conjunctive use projects that augment local groundwater supplies to improve regional water self-reliance.(b) Adapt to changing hydrologic conditions brought on by climate change.(c) Consider developing groundwater basins to provide much needed local storage options to accommodate hydrologic and regulatory variability in the state’s water delivery system.(d) Evaluate investments in groundwater recovery projects.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
CA Water Code § 79771 (2021)
2021 California Code|Water Code - WAT|DIVISION 26.7 - Water Quality, Supply, and Infrastructure Improvement Act of 2014|CHAPTER 10 - Groundwater Sustainability|Section 79771.

79771.  (a) The sum of nine hundred million dollars ($900,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, for expenditures on, and competitive grants, and loans for, projects to prevent or clean up the contamination of groundwater that serves or has served as a source of drinking water. Funds appropriated pursuant to this section shall be available to the state board for projects necessary to protect public health by preventing or reducing the contamination of groundwater that serves or has served as a major source of drinking water for a community.(b) Projects shall be prioritized based upon the following criteria:(1) The threat posed by groundwater contamination to the affected community’s overall drinking water supplies, including an urgent need for treatment of alternative supplies or increased water imports if groundwater is not available due to contamination.(2) The potential for groundwater contamination to spread and impair drinking water supply and water storage for nearby population areas.(3) The potential of the project, if fully implemented, to enhance local water supply reliability.(4) The potential of the project to maximize opportunities to recharge vulnerable, high-use groundwater basins and optimize groundwater supplies.(5) The project addresses contamination at a site for which the courts or the appropriate regulatory authority has not yet identified responsible parties, or where the identified responsible parties are unwilling or unable to pay for the total cost of cleanup, including water supply reliability improvement for critical urban water supplies in designated superfund areas with groundwater contamination listed on the National Priorities List established pursuant to Section 105(a)(8)(B) of the federal Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42 U.S.C. Sec. 9605(a)(8)(B)).(c) Funding authorized by this chapter shall not be used to pay any share of the costs of remediation recovered from parties responsible for the contamination of a groundwater storage aquifer, but may be used to pay costs that cannot be recovered from responsible parties. Parties that receive funding for remediating groundwater storage aquifers shall exercise reasonable efforts to recover the costs of groundwater cleanup from the parties responsible for the contamination. Funds recovered from responsible parties may only be used to fund treatment and remediation activities.(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 8. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)