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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 6.5 - State Water Resources Development System Rights-Of-Way › Section 12899.10.

12899.10. This chapter does not apply to the activities of a public agency that operates facilities of the State Water Resources Development System that are jointly owned by the state and the United States, including facilities of the San Luis Unit of the Central Valley Project, if the activities are conducted pursuant to, and consistent with, an agreement with the United States for the operation and maintenance of those facilities.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 263, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 6.5 - State Water Resources Development System Rights-Of-Way › Section 12899.11.

12899.11. (a) The department, not later than 60 days from the date on which it receives a complete application, shall issue a general encroachment permit, for a period not to exceed 10 years, for routine operation and maintenance activities of public agencies with a contract with the department for delivery of water pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 12937.
(b) For the purposes of this section, “operation and maintenance” means inspection, equipment testing and maintenance, water quality monitoring and testing, weed and pest abatement, and other activities that the department determines are consistent with existing agreements between the department and its water contractors.
(Added by Stats. 2005, Ch. 263, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 2006.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7 - California Water Fund › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 12900.

12900. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Water Fund Law of 1959.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 140.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7 - California Water Fund › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 12901.

12901. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Project” means any project constructed by a public agency, as defined by Section 12880, by the State, or by the State in co-operation with the Federal Government, for the development, utilization, and distribution of the water resources of the State, including all necessary or convenient property, works, and facilities.
(b) “Fund” means the California Water Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1959, Ch. 2104.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7 - California Water Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The California Water Fund › Section 12910.

12910. The California Water Fund is created as a special fund in the State Treasury, the moneys, securities, and increment of which shall be held by the State Treasurer and shall be expended upon projects when appropriated by the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 140.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7 - California Water Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The California Water Fund › Section 12911.

12911. The Investment Fund in the State Treasury is hereby abolished. Upon the effective date of this chapter, the Controller shall transfer all resources of the Investment Fund to the California Water Fund. All references in any law to the Investment Fund shall hereafter be deemed to refer to the California Water Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 140.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7 - California Water Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The California Water Fund › Section 12912.

12912. There shall be deposited in the California Water Fund:
(a) All resources of the Investment Fund.
(b) All receipts and revenues of any type and nature derived from any project constructed, operated, or maintained in whole or in part from the fund, except such receipts and revenues which are necessary to pay the costs of operation, maintenance, replacement, and debt service in connection with the project, and all receipts and revenues of any type or nature derived by the state from joint-use projects between the state and the federal government, except such receipts and revenues which are necessary to pay the costs of operation, maintenance, replacement and debt service, in connection with any such project.
(c) Such moneys in other funds which the Legislature may hereafter direct the Controller to transfer to the fund, and any money required to be deposited in the California Water Fund pursuant to the provisions of subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of the Public Resources Code.
(d) All revenues received by the state pursuant to the provisions of Chapter 29, Statutes of 1956, First Extraordinary Session.
(e) All money from any state bond issue authorized and sold for the purposes of this chapter.
(f) All other funds made available solely for the purposes of this chapter by gift or any other means.
(g) All income derived from the investment of moneys that are in the fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1975, Ch. 678.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7 - California Water Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The California Water Fund › Section 12912.5.

12912.5. Of the amounts deposited in the California Water Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of the Public Resources Code, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be deposited annually in a special account in the California Water Fund for appropriation by the Legislature to the Department of Water Resources for purposes of mitigation of adverse effects to water quality, fisheries, or wildlife in (1) the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Suisun Marsh, and San Francisco Bay caused by historic upstream depletions and diversions, as nonreimbursable costs under Section 11912 and for other nonreimbursable costs, and (2) the Salton Sea and its tributaries.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 28, Sec. 4. Effective March 14, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7 - California Water Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The California Water Fund › Section 12913.

12913. The Director of Finance shall cause all moneys in the fund which are in excess of current requirements to be invested and reinvested from time to time in securities described in Section 16430 of the Government Code, and such securities may be sold or exchanged if in his opinion such sale or exchange is in the best interests of the State in effectuating the purposes of this chapter. All income derived from such investment, reinvestment, sale, or exchange shall be credited to the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 140.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7 - California Water Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The California Water Fund › Section 12914.

12914. All of the assets in the fund shall be retained in the State Treasury in the fund and shall not be expended except upon appropriations made by the Legislature.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 140.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7 - California Water Fund › ARTICLE 2 - The California Water Fund › Section 12915.

12915. To the extent the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent or in conflict with any of those provisions of Part 3 (commencing at Section 11100) of Division 6, the provisions of this chapter shall prevail.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 140.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protection of Ground Water Basins › ARTICLE 1 - Short Title › Section 12920.

12920. This chapter shall be known as, and may be cited as, the Porter-Dolwig Ground Water Basin Protection Law.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1620.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protection of Ground Water Basins › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 12921.

12921. The definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1620.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protection of Ground Water Basins › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 12921.1.

12921.1. “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1620.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protection of Ground Water Basins › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 12921.2.

12921.2. “Local agency” means any county, city, state agency or public district.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1620.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protection of Ground Water Basins › ARTICLE 2 - Definitions › Section 12921.3.

12921.3. “Project” means any physical structure or facility proposed or constructed under this chapter for the conservation, storage, regulation, reclamation, treatment or transportation of water to replenish, recharge, or restore a ground water basin, or to prevent, stem, or repel the intrusion of sea water therein, or to improve the quality of the waters thereof, when such basin is relied upon as a source of public water supply.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1620.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protection of Ground Water Basins › ARTICLE 3 - Declaration of Policy › Section 12922.

12922. It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a primary interest in the correction and prevention of irreparable damage to, or impaired use of, the ground water basins of this State caused by critical conditions of overdraft, depletion, sea water intrusion or degraded water quality.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1620.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protection of Ground Water Basins › ARTICLE 3 - Declaration of Policy › Section 12922.1.

12922.1. The Legislature finds and declares that the greater portion of the water used in this State is stored, regulated, distributed and furnished by its ground water basins, and that such basins are subject to critical conditions of overdraft, depletion, sea water intrusion and degraded water quality causing great detriment to the peace, health, safety and welfare of the people of the State.
(Added by Stats. 1961, Ch. 1620.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protection of Ground Water Basins › ARTICLE 4 - Declaration of Intent › Section 12923.

12923. It is the intention of the Legislature that the department shall, whenever money has been appropriated for the purpose, initiate or participate in investigations, studies, plans and design criteria for construction of any project, or projects, deemed by the department to be practical, economically feasible and urgently needed to accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
It is the further intention of the Legislature that upon the submission by any local agency, or agencies, to the department of plans and design criteria for any project, or projects, a review, evaluation and any necessary revision of such plans and design criteria shall be made by the department to insure that construction of such project, or projects, will accomplish the purposes of this chapter.
It is the further intention of the Legislature that where a local agency, or agencies, has duly instituted a project, the department may provide technical assistance to the local agency. Any participation by the department shall be pursuant to a cooperative agreement between the department and local agency which clearly outlines the area of participation, the reporting procedure, and the maximum limitation upon cost. Funds for the technical assistance provided under this section shall be as set forth in the cooperative agreement with substantial participation or cost sharing, or both, by the local agency.
(Amended by Stats. 1967, Ch. 1460.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protection of Ground Water Basins › ARTICLE 4 - Declaration of Intent › Section 12923.1.

12923.1. The results of the investigations and studies conducted and the plans and design criteria developed by the department pursuant to this article shall be transmitted to the State Water Resources Control Board and to the appropriate California regional water quality control boards for their consideration in the adoption of state policy for water quality control, water quality control plans and waste discharge requirements.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.5 - Protection of Ground Water Basins › ARTICLE 4 - Declaration of Intent › Section 12924.

12924. (a) The department, in conjunction with other public agencies, shall conduct an investigation of the state’s groundwater basins. The department shall identify the state’s groundwater basins on the basis of geological and hydrological conditions and consideration of political boundary lines whenever practical. The department shall also investigate existing general patterns of groundwater extraction and groundwater recharge within those basins to the extent necessary to identify basins that are subject to critical conditions of overdraft.
(b) The department may revise the boundaries of groundwater basins identified in subdivision (a) based on its own investigations or information provided by others.
(c) The department shall report its findings to the Governor and the Legislature not later than January 1, 2012, and thereafter in years ending in 5 or 0.
(Amended by Stats. 2014, Ch. 346, Sec. 7. (SB 1168) Effective January 1, 2015.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing › ARTICLE 1 - Short Title › Section 12925.

12925. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing Act.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing › ARTICLE 2 - Declaration of Policy › Section 12926.

12926. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) Recharge is an effective way to maximize availability of scarce water supplies throughout the state.
(b) There are many groundwater basins in the state that are in an overdraft condition.
(c) It is necessary for the health, safety, and welfare of the people of the state that the groundwater basins of the state be recharged.
(d) Many of the agencies that have responsibility for managing groundwater are unable to finance adequate groundwater recharge and storage programs, and it is in the interest of the people of California that the state provide financial assistance to implement these programs.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing › ARTICLE 3 - Definitions › Section 12927.

12927. As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise:
(a) “In-lieu recharge” means accomplishing increased storage of groundwater by providing interruptible surface water to a user who relies on groundwater as a primary supply, to accomplish groundwater storage through the direct use of that surface water in lieu of pumping groundwater. In-lieu recharge would be used rather than continuing pumping while artificially recharging with the interruptible surface waters.
(b) “Project” means land and facilities for artificial groundwater recharge through methods which include, but are not limited to, (1) percolation using basins, pits, ditches and furrows, modified streambed, flooding, and well injection or (2) in-lieu recharge. “Project” also means land and facilities already in use for the purpose of groundwater recharge.
“Project” may include any of the following:
(1) Instream facilities for regulation of water levels, but not regulation of streamflow by storage to accomplish diversion from the waterway.
(2) Agency owned facilities for extraction.
(3) Conveyance facilities to the recharge site, including devices for flow regulation and measurement of recharge waters.
Any part or all of the project facilities, including the land under the facilities, may consist of the separable features, or an appropriate share of multipurpose features, of a larger system, or both.
(c) “Local agency” or “agency” means any city, county, district, joint powers authority, or other political subdivision of the state involved with water management.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing › ARTICLE 4 - Loans › Section 12928.

12928. (a) The money in the 1985 Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Bond Fund shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for loans to local agencies to aid in the conduct of projects for artificial groundwater recharge and the purposes set forth in this section. The loan program shall be administered by the department. Administrative costs of the loan program shall be paid from moneys available therefor in the 1985 Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Bond Fund as appropriated by the Legislature in the annual Budget Bill.
(b) The department may enter into a contract for a loan if it finds that the agency has the ability to repay the requested loan, that the project is economically justified, and that the project is feasible from an engineering and hydrogeologic viewpoint. However, any contract concerning an eligible project for artificial groundwater recharge shall include, in substance, all of the following:
(1) An estimate of the reasonable cost and benefit of the project, including a feasibility report which shall set forth the economic justification and the engineering, hydrogeologic, and financial feasibility of the project, and shall include explanations of the proposed facilities and their relation to other water-related facilities in the basin or region.
(2) An agreement by the agency to proceed expeditiously to complete the project in conformance with the approved plans and specifications and the feasibility report and to operate and maintain the project properly upon completion throughout the repayment period.
(3) Loan contracts may not provide a moratorium on payment of principal or interest.
(4) Loans shall be for a period of up to 25 years with an interest rate set annually by the department 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.
(5) No single project may receive more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) from the department.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing › ARTICLE 4 - Loans › Section 12928.1.

12928.1. The department shall give priority to projects of agencies located in overdrafted groundwater basins and those projects of critical need, to projects whose feasibility studies show the greatest economic justification and the greatest engineering and hydrogeologic feasibility as determined by the department, and to projects located in areas which have existing water management programs.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing › ARTICLE 4 - Loans › Section 12928.2.

12928.2. A contract for a loan pursuant to Section 12928 shall require the prior approval of the California Water Commission.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing › ARTICLE 4 - Loans › Section 12928.3.

12928.3. The department shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The rules and regulations shall include, but not be limited to, criteria and procedures for establishing the eligibility of an agency and a project to qualify for loans, and any terms and conditions necessary to protect the investment of the state and to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing › ARTICLE 4 - Loans › Section 12928.4.

12928.4. As a part of the contract for a loan, the agency shall agree to indemnify and hold and save the state, the department, and its employees free from any and all liability for damages that may arise out of the work performed on projects financed under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.6 - Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing › ARTICLE 4 - Loans › Section 12928.6.

12928.6. Groundwater recharge projects developed pursuant to this chapter shall be eligible for funding pursuant to any bond law previously or subsequently approved by the voters if the projects are otherwise eligible for funding under the bond law.
(Added by Stats. 1985, Ch. 1034, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 12929.

12929. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Environmental Water Act of 1989.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 12929.1.

12929.1. It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to prescribe the purposes of the Environmental Water Fund, and to create, and prescribe the purposes of, the Environmental Water Program and the Water Quality Program.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 12929.2.

12929.2. As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings:
(a) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
(b) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(c) “Mono Lake Basin” means Mono Lake and its watershed.
(d) “Environmental Water Program” means the Environmental Water Program created pursuant to Article 3 (commencing with Section 12929.20).
(e) “Mono Lake Committee” means the California nonprofit citizens organization formed to save Mono Lake.
(f) “Water Quality Program” means the Water Quality program created pursuant to Article 4 (commencing with Section 12929.30).
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989 › ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund › Section 12929.10.

12929.10. The Environmental Water Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. There shall be deposited in the fund all moneys transferred or appropriated to the fund and all income derived from investment of moneys that are in the fund.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 716, Sec. 4.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989 › ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund › Section 12929.11.

12929.11. The department shall expend the money appropriated to it from the Environmental Water Fund for projects or programs concerning the water resources of the state that will contribute significant environmental benefits.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989 › ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund › Section 12929.12.

12929.12. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000) of the funds that may be transferred, pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937, to the California Water Fund from the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund, shall be appropriated to the Environmental Water Fund. It is the intent of the Legislature, subject to subdivision (b), to appropriate to the Environmental Water Fund one million dollars ($1,000,000) in the 1990–91 fiscal year and eight million dollars ($8,000,000) per year in fiscal years 1991–92 to 1998–99, inclusive. However, the director, in consultation with the Department of Finance, may accelerate payments to the California Water Fund for appropriation to the Environmental Water Fund if the director deems it appropriate to do so.
(b) It is the further intent of the Legislature that if the director determines that all or any portion of the amount that would otherwise be appropriated in any fiscal year to the Environmental Water Fund in accordance with subdivision (a), or to the Delta Flood Protection Fund pursuant to Section 12303, is required for continued construction of the State Water Resources Development System pursuant to Section 12938, the entire amount that would otherwise be appropriated to the Environmental Fund for that fiscal year shall be reduced to zero before any reduction is made in the amount to be appropriated to the Delta Flood Protection Fund. It is also the intent of the Legislature that any reduction in funds appropriated to the Environmental Water Fund and the Delta Flood Protection Fund pursuant to this subdivision be made up from funds transferred to the California Water Fund pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937 in subsequent fiscal years.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 676. Effective January 1, 2007.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989 › ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund › Section 12929.13.

12929.13. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the reductions and transfers described in Sections 11913, 12303, and 12929.12 shall continue until the obligation of the State Water Resources Development System to reimburse the California Water Fund pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937 is satisfied.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 716, Sec. 6.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989 › ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund › Section 12929.14.

12929.14. It is the intent of the Legislature that nine million dollars ($9,000,000) per year be appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the 1994–95 to 1997–98 fiscal years, inclusive, to pay for programs and projects included in the environmental water program.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 626, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989 › ARTICLE 2 - Environmental Water Fund › Section 12929.15.

12929.15. From the funds appropriated to the department from the Environmental Water Fund, it is the intent of the Legislature that the department allocate at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) per year, in the 1995–96 to 1997–98 fiscal years, inclusive, to programs and projects included in the Water Quality Program. However, not more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the funds appropriated to the Environmental Water Fund pursuant to Section 12929.12 shall be appropriated for this purpose.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 626, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1995.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 6 - CONSERVATION, DEVELOPMENT, AND UTILIZATION OF STATE WATER RESOURCES › PART 6 - WATER DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS › CHAPTER 7.7 - Environmental Water Act of 1989 › ARTICLE 3 - Environmental Water Program › Section 12929.20.

12929.20. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that diversions of water out of the Mono Lake Basin by the City of Los Angeles have lowered the water level of Mono Lake and that future water diversions need to be managed to protect Mono Lake and the Mono Lake Basin. The department, upon acceptance of an application or applications pursuant to Section 12929.21, shall expend money available from the Environmental Water Fund to preserve the wildlife and environment of the Mono Lake Basin.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.21. The City of Los Angeles, jointly with the Mono Lake Committee, may submit one or more grant applications to the department to protect and preserve the Mono Lake Basin. The grant applications shall benefit and enhance the lake’s ecosystem and contribute to permanent protection of the Mono Lake Basin environment, including, but not limited to, nesting and migratory bird populations, air quality, fish, and other wildlife, as well as provide replacement water and power to the city. Any project funded by a grant shall not unreasonably affect fish, wildlife, or other instream beneficial uses.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.22. Funds expended for purposes of Section 12929.20 shall be expended only for an eligible project which is consistent with a grant application pursuant to Section 12929.21. The City of Los Angeles shall be the sole grantee for any funds expended for an eligible project.
For purposes of this section, “eligible project” means a water or power conservation project, a waste water reclamation project, a conjunctive use program, a groundwater recharge project, the enlargement of existing water or power facilities owned by the City of Los Angeles, electric power production facilities, or a water marketing program. Priority shall be given to projects or programs that conserve water or power that has been previously developed.
It is the intent of the Legislature that eligible projects are intended to find replacement water and power for the City of Los Angeles and to limit any impact of reduced diversions from the Mono Lake Basin on statewide water and power supplies, except for any reduced diversions ordered as specified in Section 12929.24. No money made available pursuant to this chapter shall be spent by the city to buy water from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.23. Until June 30, 1994, 60 percent of the funds that have been appropriated to the Environmental Water Program shall be reserved exclusively for the funding of applications pursuant to Section 12929.21. Applicants may also apply for funds that may be appropriated in the future to the Environmental Water Program. After July 1, 1994, all funds reserved by this section and all other funds that may be appropriated to the Environmental Water Program may be used either to protect and preserve the Mono Lake Basin or for programs and projects listed in Section 12929.26.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.24. The state shall not accept any application for funds pursuant to Section 12929.21 that would expend any state money to replace water or power supplies lost by the City of Los Angeles because of a final court judgment or final board order regarding the Mono Lake Basin.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.25. This chapter does not affect the rights or obligations of any party involved in litigation regarding the Mono Lake Basin.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.26. Other purposes eligible for funding under this chapter, subject to approval by the Legislature in the annual budget process, include all of the following:
(a) Restoration and enhancement of fisheries on the Upper Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, and elsewhere. Primary emphasis shall be on restoring and enhancing fisheries habitat.
(b) Acquisition, restoration, and enhancement of wetlands on the Pacific Flyway and elsewhere.
(c) Acquisition, restoration, and enhancement of riparian habitat on the Sacramento River, San Joaquin River, Sacramento-San Joaquin River Delta, and elsewhere.
The department shall confer with appropriate state and federal agencies on the feasibility of eligible projects.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.27. (a) The City of Los Angeles shall submit a grant application to the department pursuant to Section 12929.21 for the purpose of implementing a voluntary water conservation program in the City of Los Angeles that benefits the ecosystem of Mono Lake.
(b) The voluntary water conservation program that is the subject of the grant application shall provide for all of the following:
(1) The use of community-based organizations, in cooperation and consultation with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, to carry out the program, and to perform water audits and provide and install residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural water conservation equipment in the service area of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in connection with the program.
(2) The training of community-based organizations that participate in the program and the training of persons who are selected by the organizations to perform water audits, install water conservation equipment, or perform other services in connection with the program.
(3) Notice of the program to the ratepayers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
(c) The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power may not impose a charge on its ratepayers to pay for the water conservation program, except that it may impose a fee on the ratepayers who contract for the installation of water conservation equipment in connection with the program to pay for up to 20 percent of the cost of the equipment and the installation of the equipment.
(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 626, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
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12929.30. The Water Quality Program includes projects or programs of public agencies throughout the state that will either (1) reduce the amounts of agricultural drainage water or (2), improve the quality of agricultural drainage water with the result of improving the quality of water used for agricultural, municipal, or industrial purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.31. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that the funds provided to the department from the Water Quality Program be used for studies to investigate cost-effective reduction methods, containment structures, and treatment facilities for the treatment, storage, and disposal of agricultural drainage water.
(b) For purposes of this section, “treatment facilities” means facilities or works to treat agricultural drainage water to remove or substantially reduce the level of constituents which pollute or threaten to pollute the waters of the state, including, but not limited to, processes utilizing ion exchange, desalting technologies such as reverse osmosis, biological treatment, agriforestry, and cogeneration.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.40. In developing its recommendations for the appropriation of funds pursuant to this chapter, the department shall consult with the Department of Fish and Game and other appropriate local, state, and federal agencies and interested private groups and members of the public.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.41. (a) Programs and projects pursuant to this chapter may be undertaken by means of any of the following:
(1) Direct expenditure by the department.
(2) Loans to public and private agencies.
(3) Grants to public agencies.
(4) Any combination of paragraphs (1), (2), and (3).
(b) All grants shall be matched by at least an equal amount from the applicant public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.42. The department may seek participation by, or a sharing of costs with, the beneficiaries of programs and projects undertaken pursuant to this chapter, including, but not limited to, public and private local entities. The department may also seek federal funds or participation by, cost sharing with, or financial assistance from, federal agencies which have related programs.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.43. Money may be expended pursuant to this chapter for, among other purposes, acquisition of interests in real property.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.44. The department may adopt rules and regulations as it determines to be necessary to carry out this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.45. Any contract for a grant or loan entered into pursuant to this chapter shall include, but not be limited to, all of the following provisions:
(a) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the project or program.
(b) An agreement by the borrower or grantee to proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the project or program; to commence operation of any project upon completion and to properly operate and maintain the project in accordance with applicable provisions of law; to provide for the payment of the agency’s share of the cost of the project or program, including the principal of, and the interest on, any state loan made pursuant to this chapter; and if appropriate, to apply for, and make reasonable efforts to secure, federal assistance for the project or program.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12929.46. All loan repayments received pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the fund from which the loan was made.
(Added by Stats. 1989, Ch. 715, Sec. 1.)
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12930. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Water Resources Development Bond Act.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1762.)
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12931. The object of this chapter is to provide funds to assist in the construction of a State Water Resources Development System for the State of California. Said system shall be comprised of the State Water Facilities as defined in Section 12934(d) hereof and such additional facilities as may now or hereafter be authorized by the Legislature as a part of (1) the Central Valley Project or (2) the California Water Plan, and including such other additional facilities as the department deems necessary and desirable to meet local needs, including, but not restricted to, flood control, and to augment the supplies of water in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta and for which funds are appropriated pursuant to this chapter. The enactment of this chapter shall not be construed as creating any right to water or the use thereof nor as affecting any existing legislation with respect to water or water rights, except as expressly provided herein, nor shall anything herein contained affect or be construed as affecting vested water rights. Any facilities heretofore or hereafter authorized as a part of the Central Valley Project or facilities which are acquired or constructed as a part of the State Water Resources Development System with funds made available hereunder shall be acquired, constructed, operated, and maintained pursuant to the provisions of the code governing the Central Valley Project, as said provisions may now or hereafter be amended. For the purposes of this chapter the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta shall be deemed to be within the watershed of the Sacramento River. No facility constructed in whole or in part with funds made available by this chapter shall be used to transport water the right to which was secured through eminent domain by others than the State unless approved by the Legislature by concurrent resolution with a majority of the members elected to each house voting in favor thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1762.)
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12932. Insofar as it is not inconsistent with the express provisions of this chapter, the State General Obiligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing at Section 16720) of Part 3, Division 4, Title 2 of the Government Code), 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. All references in this chapter to “herein” shall be deemed to refer both to this chapter and such law.
(Added by Stats. 1959, Ch. 1762.)