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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13956.

13956. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that clean water, which fosters the health of the people, the beauty of their environment, the expansion of industry and agriculture, the enhancement of fish and wildlife, the improvement of recreational facilities and the provision of pure drinking water at a reasonable cost, is an essential public need. However, because the State of California is subject to great fluctuations in precipitation which have created semiarid and arid conditions in many parts of the state, and because the state has historically experienced a dry year on the average once every fourth year and has occasionally experienced such dry years consecutively resulting in conditions of drought, it is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be preserved and protected from pollution and degradation in order to ensure continued economic, community, and social growth. Although the State of California is endowed with abundant lakes and ponds, streams and rivers, and hundreds of miles of shoreline, as well as large quantities of underground water, these vast water resources are threatened by pollution, which, if not checked, will impede the state’s economic, community and social growth. The chief cause of pollution is the discharge of inadequately treated waste into the waters of the state. Many public agencies have not met the demands for adequate waste treatment or the control of water pollution because of inadequate financial resources and other responsibilities. Increasing population accompanied by accelerating urbanization, growing demands for water of high quality, rising costs of construction and technological changes mean that unless the state acts now the needs may soar beyond the means available for public finance. Meeting these needs is a proper purpose of the federal, state and local governments. Local agencies, by reason of their closeness to the problem, should continue to have primary responsibility for construction, operation and maintenance of the facilities necessary to cleanse our waters. Since water pollution knows no political boundaries and since the cost of eliminating the existing backlog of needed facilities and of providing additional facilities for future needs will be beyond the ability of local agencies to pay, the state, to meet its responsibility to protect and promote the health, safety and welfare of the inhabitants of the state, should assist in the financing. The federal government is contributing to the cost of control of water pollution, and just provision should be made to cooperate with the United States of America.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13956.5.

13956.5. The Legislature further finds and declares that the people of the state have a primary interest in the development and implementation of programs, devices, and systems to conserve water so as to make more efficient use of existing water supplies and to reclaim wastewater in order to supplement present surface and underground water supplies. Utilization of reclaimed water and water which has otherwise been conserved will economically benefit the people of the state, will augment the existing water supplies of many local communities, and will assist in meeting future water requirements of the state. It is therefore further intended by the Legislature that the state undertake all appropriate steps to encourage and develop water conservation and reclamation so that such water may be made available to help meet the growing water requirements of the state.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13957.

13957. It is the intent of this chapter to provide necessary funds to insure the full participation by the state under the provisions of Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and to provide funds for state participation in the financing of projects, for the control of water pollution, or for the development of water conservation and wastewater reclamation, which are ineligible for federal assistance under Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13958.

13958. The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale and repayment of, and otherwise providing with respect to, the bonds authorized to be issued by this chapter, and the provisions of that law are included in this chapter as though set out in full in this chapter except that, notwithstanding anything in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the maximum maturity of the bonds shall not exceed 50 years from the date of each respective series. The maturity of each respective series shall be calculated from the date of such series.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13959.

13959. As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Committee” means the Clean Water and Water Conservation Finance Committee created by Section 13960.
(b) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(c) “Fund” means the State Clean Water and Water Conservation Fund.
(d) “Municipality” shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto and shall also include the state or any agency, department, or political subdivision thereof.
(e) “Treatment works” shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto, and shall also include such additional devices and systems as are necessary and proper to control water pollution, reclaim wastewater, or reduce use of and otherwise conserve water.
(f) “Construction” means any one or more of the following: preliminary planning to determine the feasibility of treatment works, engineering, architectural, legal, fiscal, or economic investigations or studies, surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, procedures, or other necessary actions, erection, building, acquisition, alteration, remodeling, improvement, or extension of treatment works, or the inspection or supervision of any of the foregoing items.
(g) “Eligible project” means a project for the construction of treatment works which is all of the following:
(1) Eligible for federal assistance, whether or not federal funds are then available therefor;
(2) Necessary to prevent water pollution;
(3) Certified by the board as entitled to priority over other treatment works, and which complies with applicable water quality standards, policies and plans.
(h) “Eligible state assisted project” means a project for the construction of treatment works which is all of the following:
(1) Ineligible for federal assistance.
(2) Necessary to prevent water pollution or feasible and cost effective for conservation or reclamation of water.
(3) Certified by the board as entitled to priority over other treatment works and which complies with applicable water quality and other applicable federal or state standards, policies, and plans.
(i) “Federal assistance” means funds available to a municipality either directly or through allocation by the state, from the federal government as grants for construction of treatment works, pursuant to Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13959.5.

13959.5. There is in the State Treasury the State Clean Water and Water Conservation Fund, which fund is hereby created.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13960.

13960. The Clean Water and Water Conservation Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the Governor or his designated representative, the State Controller, the State Treasurer, the Director of Finance, and the chairman of the board. The executive officer of the board shall serve as a member of the committee in the absence of the chairman. Said committee shall be the “committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13961.

13961. The committee is hereby authorized and empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in the aggregate amount of three hundred seventy-five million dollars ($375,000,000), in the manner provided in this chapter. Such debt or debts, liability or liabilities, shall be created for the purpose of providing the fund to be used for the object and work specified in Section 13962.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13963.

13963. All bonds herein authorized, which shall have been duly sold and delivered as herein provided, shall constitute valid and legally binding general obligations of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both principal and interest thereon.
There shall be collected annually in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected such a sum, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, as shall be required to pay the principal and interest on said bonds as herein provided, and it is hereby made the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of said revenue, to do and perform each and every act which shall be necessary to collect said additional sum.
All money deposited in the fund which has been derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13964.

13964. All money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state for assistance financed by the proceeds of the bonds authorized by this chapter shall be available for transfer to the General Fund. When transferred to the General Fund such money shall be applied as a reimbursement to the General Fund on account of principal and interest on the bonds which has been paid from the General Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13965.

13965. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter such an amount as will equal the following:
(a) Such sum annually as will be necessary to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds issued and sold pursuant to the provisions of this chapter, as said principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) Such sum as is necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 13966, which sum is appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13966.

13966. For the purpose of carrying out the provisions of this chapter, the Director of Finance may by executive order authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has by resolution authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund and shall be disbursed by the board in accordance with this chapter. Any moneys made available under this section to the board shall be returned by the board to the General Fund from moneys received from the sale of bonds sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13966.5.

13966.5. Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this bond act that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes under designated conditions, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and the investment earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law, or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as may be required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 652, Sec. 34.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13967.

13967. Upon request of the board, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pursuant to Section 13962 for the purpose therein stated, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue any bonds authorized under this chapter in order to make such arrangements, and if so, the amount of bonds then to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to make such arrangements progressively, and it shall not be necessary that all of the bonds herein authorized to be issued shall be sold at any one time.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13968.

13968. The committee may authorize the State Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds herein authorized at such time or times as may be fixed by the State Treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 12.5 - Clean Water and Water Conservation Bond Law of 1978 › Section 13969.

13969. All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, shall be available for the purpose provided in Section 13962 but shall not be available for transfer to the General Fund to pay principal and interest on bonds. The money in the fund may be expended only as herein provided.
(Added by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1160. Approved in Proposition 2 at the June 6, 1978, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.

13999. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Clean Water Bond Law of 1984.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.1.

13999.1. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) Clean water is essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.
(b) Clean water fosters the beauty of California’s environment, the expansion of industry and agriculture, maintains fish and wildlife, and supports recreation.
(c) California’s abundant lakes and ponds, streams and rivers, coastline, and groundwater are threatened with pollution, which could threaten public health and impede economic and social growth if left unchecked.
(d) The state’s growing population has increasing needs for clean water supplies and adequate treatment facilities.
(e) It is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be protected from pollution, conserved, and reclaimed whenever possible to ensure continued economic, community, and social growth.
(f) The chief cause of water pollution is the discharge of inadequately treated waste into the waters of the state.
(g) Local agencies have the primary responsibility for construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities to cleanse our waters.
(h) Rising costs of construction and technological changes have pushed the cost of constructing treatment facilities beyond the reach of local agencies alone.
(i) Because water knows no political boundaries, it is desirable for the state to contribute to construction of these facilities in order to meet its obligations to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of its people and environment.
(j) Voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conservation programs can help meet the growing demand for clean water supplies.
(k) (1) It is the intent of this chapter to provide necessary funds to ensure the full participation by the state under the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) and any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(2) It is also the intent of this chapter to provide special assistance to small communities to construct facilities necessary to eliminate water pollution and public health hazards.
(3) It is the further intent of this chapter to provide funds for state participation in the financing of the development and implementation of programs and systems for water reclamation.
(4) It is the further intent of this chapter to provide funds for voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conservation programs cooperatively carried out by public agencies and the department.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.3.

13999.3. (a) There is in the State Treasury the 1984 State Clean Water Bond Fund, which fund is hereby created. There shall be established in the fund a Clean Water Construction Grant Account for the purpose of implementing Section 13999.8, a Small Communities Assistance Account for the purpose of implementing Section 13999.9, a Water Reclamation Account for the purpose of implementing Section 13999.10 and a Water Conservation Account for the purpose of implementing Section 13999.11.
(b) From time to time, the board may modify existing accounts in the fund, or may establish other accounts in the fund, and in all other bond funds administered by the board, which the board determines are appropriate or necessary for proper administration.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 4. Amendment approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, and approved in Prop. 25 on Nov. 6, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.4.

13999.4. There shall be a Clean Water Finance Committee consisting of the Governor or his designated representative, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, and the Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board. The Clean Water Finance Committee shall be the “committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.5.

13999.5. (a) The committee is hereby authorized and empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in the aggregate amount of three hundred twenty-five million dollars ($325,000,000), in the manner provided in this chapter. The debt or debts, liability or liabilities, shall be created for the purpose of providing the fund to be used for the object and work specified in this section and in Sections 13999.6, 13999.8, 13999.9, 13999.10, 13999.11, and 13999.14.
(b) The board is authorized to enter into contracts with municipalities having authority to construct, operate, and maintain treatment works and reclamation projects, for grants and loans to the municipalities to aid in the construction of eligible projects and eligible water reclamation projects and may adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
(c) As approved by the Legislature annually in the Budget Act, the board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the purposes of this division, and may prepare recommendations with regard thereto, including the preparation of comprehensive statewide or areawide studies and reports on the collection, treatment, and disposal of waste under a comprehensive cooperative plan.
(d) As approved by the Legislature annually in the Budget Act, the board may expend bond funds necessary for administration of this chapter.
(e) Not more than 5 percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter may be used for purposes of subdivisions (c) and (d).
(f) As approved by the Legislature annually in the Budget Act, the department may direct grants and loans to any public agency or, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conservation programs.
(g) The board may expend funds necessary to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 5. Amendment approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, and approved in Prop. 25 on Nov. 6, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.6.

13999.6. All bonds which have been duly sold and delivered constitute valid and legally binding general obligations of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is pledged for the punctual payment of both principal and interest.
There shall be collected annually in the same manner, and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, the sum, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, required to pay the principal and interest on the bonds. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of that revenue to perform each and every act which is necessary to collect this additional sum.
All money deposited in the fund which has been derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold is available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.7.

13999.7. The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and other matters with respect to, the bonds authorized by this chapter. The provisions of that law are included in this chapter as though set out in full in this chapter, except that, notwithstanding any provision in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the bonds authorized under this chapter shall bear the rates of interest, or maximum rates, fixed from time to time by the Treasurer with the approval of the committee. The maximum maturity of the bonds shall not exceed 50 years from the date of the bonds or from the date of each respective series. The maturity of each respective series shall be calculated from the date of the series.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.9.

13999.9. (a) The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Small Communities Assistance Account and is appropriated for supplemental state assistance to small communities for construction of treatment works eligible for assistance under Title II of the federal Clean Water Act.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 13999.5, the board may make grants to small communities so that the combined federal and state grant is an amount up to 97
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percent of pollution studies, the total estimated cost of planning, design, and construction determined in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations. No supplemental state assistance grant under this section shall be made for projects costing more than two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) unless a finding is made by the board that a higher cost project is the most cost-effective solution to a water quality or public health problem.
(c) Any contract entered into pursuant to this section may include such provisions as may be determined by the board, provided that any contract shall include the provisions required by paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 13999.8.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.10.

13999.10. (a) The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Water Reclamation Account and is appropriated for loans to municipalities for eligible water reclamation projects which will provide water for beneficial uses.
The board may loan a municipality up to 100 percent of the total eligible costs of design and construction of a reclamation project.
(b) Any contract for an eligible water reclamation project entered into pursuant to this section may include such provisions as determined by the board and shall include both of the following provisions:
(1) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the eligible water reclamation project.
(2) An agreement by the municipality to proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the eligible water reclamation project; commence operation of the project in accordance with applicable provisions of law; provide for payment of the municipality’s share of the cost of the project, including principal and interest on any state loan made pursuant to this section; and, if appropriate, apply for and make reasonable efforts to secure federal assistance, other than that available pursuant to the federal Clean Water Act, for the state-assisted project.
(c) Loan contracts may not provide for a moratorium on payments of principal or interest.
(d) (1) Any loans made from the Water Reclamation Account shall be for a period of up to 25 years . The interest rate for the loans shall be set at a rate equal to 50 percent of the interest rate paid by the state on the most recent sale of state general obligation bonds, with that rate to be computed according to the true interest cost method. When the interest rate so determined is not a multiple of one-tenth of 1 percent, the interest rate shall be set at the next higher multiple of one-tenth of 1 percent.
(2) All principal and interest from loans shall be returned to the Water Reclamation Account for new loans.
(e) Funds available under this section may be used for loans pursuant to subdivisions (f), (g), and (h) of Section 13999.8 if the Clean Water Construction Grant Account is depleted. All principal and interest on any such loans shall be repaid to the Water Reclamation Account.
(f) No single project may receive more than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) from the board.
(Amended by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 6. Amendment approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, and approved in Prop. 25 on Nov. 6, 1984.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.11.

13999.11. (a) Ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Water Conservation Account and shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for loans to municipalities to aid in the conduct of voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conservation programs and the purposes set forth in this section. Notwithstanding subdivision (e) of Section 13999.5 and subdivision (f) of this section, all of the funds deposited in the Water Conservation Account by this subdivision shall be available for water conservation programs. None of the funds deposited in the Water Conservation Account by this subdivision shall be expended for costs of administration.
(b) Any contract entered into pursuant to this section may include provisions as may be determined by the department. However, any contract concerning an eligible, voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conservation program shall include, in substance, all of the following:
(1) An estimate of the reasonable cost and benefit of the program.
(2) An agreement by the public agency to proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the program.
(c) Loan contracts may not provide a moratorium on payments of principal or interest.
(d) Any loans made from the Water Conservation Account shall be for a period of up to 25 years with an interest rate set annually by the board at 50 percent of the average interest rate paid by the state on general obligation bonds in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the loan agreement is executed. All principal and interest from loans shall be deposited in the Water Conservation Account for new obligations.
(e) No single project may receive more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) from the department.
(f) As approved by the Legislature annually in the Budget Act, the department may expend up to 5 percent of the funds in the Water Conservation Account for the administration of this section.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.12.

13999.12. Except as expressly provided in this chapter, no money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state for assistance financed by the proceeds of the bonds authorized by this chapter shall be available for transfer to the General Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.13.

13999.13. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury for the purpose of this chapter an amount equal to the sum of the following:
(1) The sum necessary annually to pay the principal of and the interest on the bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(2) The sum necessary to carry out Section 13999.14 which is appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.14.

13999.14. For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund and shall be disbursed by the board in accordance with this chapter. Any money made available under this section to the board or department shall be returned to the General Fund from money received from the sale of bonds. The withdrawals from the General Fund shall be returned to the General Fund with interest at the rate which would have otherwise been earned by those sums in the Pooled Money Investment Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.15.

13999.15. Upon request of the board or department, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized under this chapter in order to make those arrangements, and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to make those arrangements progressively, and it shall not be necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued shall be sold at any one time.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.16.

13999.16. The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds at times fixed by the Treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.17.

13999.17. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and to the extent permitted by federal and state law, the money in the fund may be used to rebate to the federal government all arbitrage profits required by the Federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto. To the extent that the money in the fund may not be used for that purpose due to restraints of federal or state law, any rebates required shall be paid from the General Fund or from other sources as required by the Legislature.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, rule, or regulation, the board may enter into contracts, or procure those services and equipment, which may be necessary to ensure prompt and complete compliance with any provisions relating to the fund imposed by either the Federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 or the federal act.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 46, Sec. 6. Approved in Proposition 82 at the November 8, 1988, election. See similar section added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, and approved (with more votes) in Prop. 83 on Nov. 8, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.17.

13999.17. (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter and to the extent permitted by federal and state law, the money in the fund may be used to rebate to the federal government all arbitrage profits required by the Federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 or any amendment thereof or supplement thereto. To the extent that the money in the fund may not be used for that purpose due to restraints of federal or state law, any rebates required shall be paid from the General Fund or from other sources as required by the Legislature.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, or rule or regulation, the board may enter into contracts, or procure those services and equipment, which may be necessary to ensure prompt and complete compliance with any provisions relating to the fund imposed by either the Federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 or the federal act.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 7. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.18.

13999.18. Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and as approved by the Legislature, the board may share in the cost of the construction of treatment works under subdivision (b) of Section 510 of the Federal Water Quality Act of 1987. That participation may be approved only if the board determines that treatment works in Mexico, in conjunction with any defensive treatment works constructed under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, are not sufficient to protect the residents of the City of San Diego and surrounding areas, including Imperial County, from water pollution originating in Mexico. No project in which the board participates shall receive more than ten million dollars ($10,000,000) in loan proceeds from the board.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 8. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 15 - Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13999.19.

13999.19. Notwithstanding Section 13999.17 or any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code), if the Treasurer sells bonds pursuant to this bond act that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax purposes under designated conditions, the Treasurer may maintain separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and the investment earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the use of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other payment required under federal law, or take any other action with respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as may be required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain the tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.
(Added by Stats. 1991, Ch. 652, Sec. 37.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14000.

14000. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14001.

14001. The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following:
(a) The State Department of Health Services has discovered toxic chemicals in 126 of California’s large public drinking water systems.
(b) Many of the chemical contaminants in California’s drinking water supplies are known or suspected of causing cancer, birth defects, and other serious illnesses.
(c) New monitoring programs for small public water systems are expected to identify many new toxic contamination problems. It is unlikely that these problems can be solved without financial assistance from the State of California.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14002.

14002. The Legislature further finds and declares that the protection of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of California requires that water supplied for domestic purposes be at all times pure, wholesome, and potable, and that it is in the interest of the people that the State of California provide technical and financial assistance to the end that the people of California are assured a safe, dependable, and potable supply of water for domestic purposes and that water is available in adequate quantity at sufficient pressure for health, cleanliness, and other domestic purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14003.

14003. The Legislature further finds and declares that it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for the upgrading of domestic water supply systems to assure that all domestic water supplies at least meet minimum domestic water supply standards established under Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116275) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 448. Effective September 29, 1996. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, and approved in Prop. 81 on Nov. 8, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14004.

14004. As used in this chapter, the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Committee” means the Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee created by Section 14032.
(b) “Cost-per-connection” means the total amount of funds in grants or loans, or combination thereof, to be provided by the department to a supplier for any project, divided by the number of service connections in the water system.
(c) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
(d) “Domestic water system” means a system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, if the system has at least five service connections or regularly supplies water to at least 25 individuals. The term includes any water supply, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under the control of the operator of the system.
(e) “Fund” means the California Safe Drinking Water Fund created pursuant to Section 14010.
(f) “Supplier” or “supplier of water” means any person, partnership, corporation, association, or other entity or political subdivision of the state which owns or operates a domestic water system.
(g) “Federal assistance” means funds available, or which may become available, to a supplier either directly or through allocation by the state from the federal government as grants or loans for the improvement of domestic water systems.
(h) “Treatment works” means any devices or systems used in the treatment of water supplies, including necessary lands, which render water supplies pure, wholesome, and potable for domestic purposes.
(i) “Project” means proposed facilities for the construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of the domestic water system, and may include water supply, treatment works, and all or part of a water distribution system, if necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
(j) “Public agency” means any city, county, city and county, district, joint powers authority, or other political subdivision of the state which owns or operates a domestic water system. For purposes of this chapter, Chapter 10.2 (commencing with Section 13810), Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 13850), Chapter 10.6 (commencing with Section 13880), and Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 13895) a political subdivision of the state may be any public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14010.

14010. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the California Safe Drinking Water Fund, which is hereby created.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14012.

14012. (a) The department may make state grants to suppliers that are political subdivisions of the state, from moneys in the fund available for that purpose pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 14011, to aid in the construction of projects that will enable the public agency to meet, at a minimum, safe drinking water standards established pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116275) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code. A grant may be made by the department only upon the specific approval of the Legislature.
(b) Any contract for a grant entered into pursuant to this chapter may include provisions as agreed by the parties thereto, and the contract shall include, in substance, all of the following provisions:
(1) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the project.
(2) An agreement by the department to grant to the public agency, during the progress of construction or following completion of construction as agreed by the parties, an amount that equals the portion of construction costs found by the department to be eligible for a state grant.
(3) An agreement by the public agency, (A) to proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the project, (B) to commence operation of the project upon completion thereof, and to properly operate and maintain the project in accordance with the applicable provisions of law, (C) to apply for, and make reasonable efforts to secure, federal assistance for the project, (D) to secure approval of the department and of the State Department of Health Services before applying for federal assistance in order to maximize and best utilize the amounts of that assistance available, and (E) to provide for payment of the public agency’s share of the cost of the project, if any.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 450. Effective September 29, 1996. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, and approved in Prop. 81 on Nov. 8, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14013.

14013. Applications for loans and grants under this chapter shall be made to the department in the form and with the supporting material as prescribed by the department.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)