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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.2 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13842.

13842. 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, 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Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund and shall be disbursed by the department in accordance with this chapter. Any money made available under this section to the department shall be returned by the department to the General Fund from money received from the first sale of bonds sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter subsequent to the withdrawal.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 378, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 28 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.2 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13842.5.

13842.5. 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. 31.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.2 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13843.

13843. Upon request of the department, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pursuant to Section 13819 for the purposes stated therein, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue any bonds authorized under this chapter in order to make those 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 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. 378, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 28 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.2 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13844.

13844. The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all or any part of the bonds authorized at the time or times as fixed by the Treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 378, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 28 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.2 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984 › Section 13845.

13845. All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, are available for the purpose provided in Section 13819, but are not available for transfer to the General Fund to pay principal and interest on bonds. The money in the fund may be expended only as provided in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 378, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 28 at the November 6, 1984, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13850.

13850. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13851.

13851. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary for the preservation of the health, safety, and welfare of the people of California that water supplied for domestic purposes be pure, wholesome, and potable and does not endanger the health or lives of human beings and that water is available in adequate quantity at sufficient pressure for health, cleanliness, and other domestic purposes.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13854.

13854. The Legislature further finds and declares that a number of domestic water supply systems are inadequate and do not meet minimum bacteriological, chemical, or other basic health standards for domestic water supplies, 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. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13855.

13855. 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. 438. Effective September 29, 1996. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13856.

13856. 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 bonds authorized hereunder shall bear such rates of interest, or maximum rates, as may from time to time be fixed by the State Treasurer, with the approval of the committee, and the maximum maturity of 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 such series.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13857.

13857. As used in this chapter, and for 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 Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee, created by Section 13858.
(b) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
(c) “Domestic water system” means a system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, if such system has at least 15 service connections or regularly supplies water to at least 25 individuals. Such term includes any water supply, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under the control of the operator of such system.
(d) “Fund” means the California Safe Drinking Water Fund.
(e) “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.
(f) “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.
(g) “Treatment works” means any devices or systems used in the treatment of water supplies, including necessary lands, which render such supplies pure, wholesome, and potable for domestic purpose.
(h) “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 such inclusions are necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13858.

13858. The Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the Governor, the State Treasurer, the Director of Finance, the Director of Water Resources, and the State Director of Health Services or their designated representatives. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13859.

13859. There is in the State Treasury the California Safe Drinking Water Fund which fund is hereby created.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13860.

13860. The committee is hereby empowered to create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in an aggregate amount of one hundred seventy-two million five hundred thousand dollars ($172,500,000) in the manner provided in this chapter. This debt or debts, liability or liabilities, shall be created for the purpose of providing the fund to be used for the objects and works specified in Section 13861.
(Amended by Stats. 2012, Ch. 39, Sec. 120. (SB 1018) Effective June 27, 2012. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13862.

13862. For the purpose of administering this chapter, the total expenditures of the department and the State Department of Health Services may not exceed 3 percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter. The department shall establish a reasonable schedule of administrative fees, which fees shall be paid by the supplier pursuant to Section 13861, to reimburse the state for the costs of state administration of this chapter.
The amendment to this section enacted at the 1981–82 Regular Session of the Legislature does not constitute a change in, but is declaratory of, the existing law.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1015, Sec. 1. Effective September 30, 1981. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13863.

13863. As much of the moneys in the fund as may be necessary shall be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13864.

13864. Loans may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The department may make reasonable allowance for future water-supply needs and may provide for additional capacity when excessive costs would be incurred by later enlargement. Such loans may be made for all or any part of the cost of constructing, improving, or rehabilitating any such system when, in the judgment of the State Department of Health Services, such improvement or rehabilitation is necessary to provide pure, wholesome, and potable water available in adequate quantity at sufficient pressure for health, cleanliness, and other domestic purposes. No loan to an individual supplier shall be more than one million five hundred thousand dollars ($1,500,000), unless the Legislature by an act raises the limit specified in this section.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13865.

13865. First priority for loans shall be given to suppliers with the most critical public health problems. Priority for loans shall also be given to suppliers which have a lesser capability to reasonably finance system improvements.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13866.

13866. Repayment of all or part of the principal, which is the loan plus the administrative fee, may be deferred during a development period not exceeding 10 years within the maximum 50-year repayment period, when in the department’s judgment such development period is justified under the circumstances. Interest on the principal shall not be deferred. Repayment of principal which is deferred during a development period may, at the option of the supplier, be paid in annual installments during the remainder of the loan repayment period.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13867.

13867. The department shall require the payment of interest on each loan that is made pursuant to the provisions of this chapter at a rate equal to the average, as determined by the State Treasurer, of the net interest cost to the state on the sales of general obligation bonds pursuant to the provisions of this chapter. However, when the applicable average of the net interest costs to the state is not a multiple of one-tenth of 1 percent the interest rate shall be at the multiple of one-tenth of 1 percent next above the applicable average of the net interest costs.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13868.

13868. The department, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of the State Department of Health Services, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Such regulations shall include, but not be limited to, criteria and procedures for establishing the eligibility of a supplier and a project for assistance commensurate with the need for the project and the ability of the supplier to reasonably finance the project from other sources. It shall be the duty of the department to adopt such rules and regulations as in its judgment will most effectively carry out the provisions of this chapter in the public interest, to the end that the people of California are most efficiently and most economically provided supplies of pure, wholesome, and potable domestic water. Such rules and regulations may provide for the denial of funds when the purposes of this chapter may most economically and efficiently be attained by means other than the construction of the proposed project.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13868.1.

13868.1. The State Department of Health Services shall notify suppliers that may be eligible for loans pursuant to this chapter of (a) the purposes of this chapter, and (b) the rules and regulations adopted by the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13868.3.

13868.3. The State Department of Health Services, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of the department, shall from time to time establish a priority list of suppliers to be considered for financing.
(Amended by Stats. 1977, Ch. 1252. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13868.5.

13868.5. Upon approval by the State Department of Health Services of project plans submitted by a supplier on the priority list and upon issuance to the supplier of a permit or amended permit as specified in Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116275) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, the department may enter into a contract with the supplier.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 440. Effective September 29, 1996. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13868.7.

13868.7. No more than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) of state loans for projects shall be authorized by the department in a single calendar quarter. No contract shall be approved by the department unless the department finds that the supplier has the capacity to repay the loan amounts specified in the contract.
The Public Utilities Commission shall furnish comments at the request of the department concerning the ability of suppliers subject to their jurisdiction to finance the project from other sources and the ability to repay the loan.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13869.

13869. 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 such 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 such revenue, to do and perform each and every act which shall be necessary to collect such additional sum.
All money deposited in the fund which has been derived from premium on bonds sold shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13870.

13870. All money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed under the provisions of Section 13861 shall be deposited in the General Fund and when so deposited shall be applied as a reimbursement to the General Fund on account of principal and interest on bonds issued pursuant to this chapter which has been paid from the General Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13871.

13871. 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 such principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) Such sum as is necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 13872, which sum is appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13872.

13872. 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 department in accordance with this chapter. Any moneys made available under this section to the department shall be returned by the department to the General Fund from moneys received from the first sale of bonds sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter subsequent to such withdrawal.
(Added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13872.5.

13872.5. 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. 32.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13873.

13873. Upon request of the department, supported by a statement of the proposed arrangements to be made pursuant to Section 13861 for the purposes 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. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13874.

13874. 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. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.5 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 › Section 13875.

13875. All proceeds from the sale of bonds, except those derived from premiums and accrued interest, shall be available for the purpose provided in Section 13861, 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. 1975, Ch. 1008. Approved in Proposition 3 at the June 8, 1976, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13880.

13880. The purpose of this chapter is to authorize the use of moneys in the California Safe Drinking Water Fund for a grant program for public agencies owning or operating domestic water systems, as authorized pursuant to the provisions of the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that it is necessary to establish a grant program to aid public agencies in the construction of projects for domestic water systems, and that certain public agencies owning or operating domestic water systems will be otherwise unable to meet 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.
(Amended by Stats. 1996, Ch. 1023, Sec. 441. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13881.

13881. As used in this chapter:
(a) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
(b) “Domestic water system” means a system for the provision to the public of piped water for human consumption, if such system has at least 15 service connections or regularly supplies water to at least 25 individuals. Such term includes any water supply, treatment, storage, and distribution facilities under the control of the operator of such system.
(c) “Fund” means the California Safe Drinking Water Fund created pursuant to Section 13859.
(d) “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 such inclusions are necessary to carry out the purpose of this chapter.
(e) “Public agency” means any city, county, district, or other political subdivision of the state which owns or operates a domestic water system.
(f) “Treatment works” means any devices or systems used in the treatment of water supplies, including necessary lands, which render such supplies pure, wholesome, and potable for domestic purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 322.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13882.

13882. (a) The department, subject to the requirements of this chapter, is authorized to make state grants to public agencies from moneys in the fund available for that purpose pursuant to subdivision (d) of Section 13861, to aid in the planning and 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. Any grant in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) may be made by the department only upon the specific approval of the Legislature, by an act enacted after the receipt of a report filed pursuant to Section 13884.
(b) Any contract for a grant pursuant to this chapter may include provisions as may be agreed upon by the parties thereto, and the contract shall include, in substance, the following provisions:
(1) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the project, that may include planning costs.
(2) An agreement by the department to grant to the public agency, during the progress of construction or following completion of construction as may be agreed upon by the parties, an amount that equals the portion of construction and planning costs found by the department to be eligible for a state grant.
(3) An agreement by the public agency, (i) to proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the project, (ii) 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, (iii) to apply for and make reasonable efforts to secure federal assistance for the project, (iv) 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 the assistance available, and (v) 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. 442. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13884.

13884. The department shall prepare a report on each application pursuant to this chapter for a grant in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000). The report shall be filed with the Legislature, if it is in session, or if it is not in session, with the Rules Committee of the Assembly and Senate. The department shall be authorized to make a grant in excess of one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) only upon the specific approval of the grant by the Legislature, by an act enacted after the receipt of such report from the department.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1015, Sec. 2. Effective September 30, 1981.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13885.

13885. Grants may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The department may make reasonable allowance for future water supply needs and may provide for additional capacity when excessive costs would be incurred by later enlargement. Such grants may be made for all or any part of the cost of constructing, improving, or rehabilitating any such system when, in the judgment of the State Department of Health Services, such improvement or rehabilitation is necessary to provide pure, wholesome, and potable water available in adequate quantity at sufficient pressure for health, cleanliness, and other domestic purposes. No single public agency shall receive grants pursuant to this chapter totaling more than four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). The total amount of grants made pursuant to this chapter shall not exceed thirty million dollars ($30,000,000), of which up to fifteen million dollars ($15,000,000) may be used for grants for projects for the construction, improvement, or rehabilitation of domestic water systems which have become contaminated by organic or inorganic compounds (such as nitrates, DBCP (dibromochloropropane), TCE (trichloroethylene), and arsenic), or radiation, in such amounts as to render the water unfit or hazardous for human consumption.
(Amended by Stats. 1981, Ch. 1015, Sec. 3. Effective September 30, 1981.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13886.

13886. An application for a grant pursuant to this chapter shall not be approved by the department unless the department determines that the public agency is otherwise unable to meet 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. No grant shall be made by the department except upon approval by the State Department of Health Services of project plans submitted by the applicant and upon issuance to the public agency of a permit or amended permit as specified in 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. 443. Effective September 29, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13887.

13887. First priority for grants shall be afforded to public agencies having immediate health related problems, as certified by the State Department of Health Services. Additional high priority shall be afforded to projects to correct immediate problems, as opposed to grants for construction of projects to meet future growth needs.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 322.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13888.

13888. Preliminary design work, including a cost estimate for the project, shall be completed before the grant is awarded. Operation and maintenance costs shall be the responsibility of the public agency and may not be considered as part of the project cost.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 322.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13889.

13889. No application for a grant may be made pursuant to this chapter unless the public agency has also applied for a loan pursuant to the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976. No public agency whose loan application has been rejected on the basis of lack of financial need shall be eligible for a grant.
If the department has determined that the applicant is unable to repay the full costs of a loan, the applicant may also file for a grant. Upon receipt of a grant application, the department shall determine that portion of the full costs that the applicant is capable of repaying. Grant funds shall only be provided for that portion that the applicant is not capable of repaying.
(Added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 322.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13890.

13890. Grant funds shall be expended by the public agency within three years of the making of the grant. No grant funds may be expended by the public agency unless the public agency is able to demonstrate to the department, within one year of the making of the grant, supported by an acceptable bid, that the amount to be expended for the project will be within 20 percent of the public agency’s cost estimate for the project.
(Added by renumbering Section 13990 (as added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 322) by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13891.

13891. For the purpose of administering the provisions of this chapter, the total expenditures of bond proceeds by the department and the State Department of Health Services in any fiscal year may not exceed 3 percent of the total of the grants awarded in such fiscal year pursuant to this chapter.
(Added by renumbering Section 13991 (as added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 322) by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.6 - California Safe Drinking Water Grant Program › Section 13892.

13892. The department, after public notice and hearing and with the advice of the State Department of Health Services, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. Such rules and regulations shall be transmitted to the Legislature within 60 days after the effective date of this chapter.
(Added by renumbering Section 13992 (as added by Stats. 1978, Ch. 322) by Stats. 1979, Ch. 373.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13895.

13895. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13895.1.

13895.1. 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) Following the passage of the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984, the State Department of Health Services received 1,359 requests for eight hundred twenty-five million dollars ($825,000,000) to improve public drinking water systems. The department has determined that an additional five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) is needed immediately for public water systems to correct deficiencies which pose a health hazard to enable hundreds of systems to meet mininum health standards.
(d) 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. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13895.2.

13895.2. 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. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13895.3.

13895.3. 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. 444. Effective September 29, 1996. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, and approved in Prop. 55 on Nov. 4, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13895.4.

13895.4. 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) is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and otherwise providing with respect to, the bonds authorized to be issued pursuant to 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 bonds authorized hereunder shall bear the rates of interest, or maximum rates, as may, from time to time, be fixed by the Treasurer, with the approval of the committee, and the maximum maturity of 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. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13895.5.

13895.5. As used in this chapter, and for purposes of this chapter as used in 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), the following terms shall have the following meanings:
(a) “Committee” means the Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee created by Section 13895.6.
(b) “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
(c) “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.
(d) “Fund” means the California Safe Drinking Water Fund.
(e) “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.
(f) “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.
(g) “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 purpose.
(h) “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.
(i) “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), and Chapter 10.6 (commencing with Section 13880), a political subdivision of the state may be any public agency.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13895.6.

13895.6. The Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee is hereby created. The committee shall consist of the Governor, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, the Director of Water Resources, and the State Director of Health Services or their designated representatives. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13895.7.

13895.7. There is in the State Treasury the California Safe Drinking Water Fund, which fund is hereby created.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13895.8.

13895.8. The committee may create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California, in an aggregate amount of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) in the manner provided in this chapter. The debt or debts, liability or liabilities, shall be created for the purpose of providing the money to be used for the objects and works specified in Section 13895.9.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13896.

13896. (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 13895.9, 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, by an act enacted after the receipt of a report filed pursuant to Section 13896.2.
(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. 446. Effective September 29, 1996. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1975, Ch. 1008, and approved in Prop. 3 on June 8, 1976.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13896.1.

13896.1. Applications for 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. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 10.7 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13896.2.

13896.2. The department shall prepare a report on each grant application pursuant to this chapter. The report shall be filed with the Legislature, if it is in session or, if it is not in session, with the Joint Rules Committee. The department shall be authorized to make the grant only upon the specific approval of the grant by the Legislature, by an act enacted after the receipt of the report from the department.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 410, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 55 at the November 4, 1986, election.)