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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 5.9 - The Storm Water Enforcement Act of 1998 › Section 13399.37.

13399.37. (a) The money generated from the imposition of liability and cost recovery pursuant to Section 13399.33 shall be deposited, and separately accounted for, in the Waste Discharge Permit Fund.
(b) The money described in subdivision (a) shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to the regional boards from which the revenues were generated for the purpose of carrying out storm water programs under this division.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 998, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 5.9 - The Storm Water Enforcement Act of 1998 › Section 13399.41.

13399.41. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropriate state agencies, as requested by the executive director of the state board, shall provide the state board with the names, addresses, and standard industrial classifications or types of business facilities that are subject to storm water programs under this division. The information obtained pursuant to this section shall be used by the state board solely to regulate the discharge of storm water associated with industrial activity under this division. The state shall reimburse state agencies for all reasonable expenses incurred in connection with complying with this section.
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 998, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 5.9 - The Storm Water Enforcement Act of 1998 › Section 13399.43.

13399.43. For the purposes of this chapter, “NPDES permit” means a permit issued under the national pollutant discharge elimination system program in accordance with the Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C.A. Sec. 1251 et seq.).
(Added by Stats. 1998, Ch. 998, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1999.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 1 - State Water Quality Control Fund › Section 13400.

13400. As used in this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context:
(a) “Facilities” means any of the following:
(1) Facilities for the collection, treatment, or export of waste when necessary to prevent water pollution.
(2) Facilities to recycle wastewater and to convey recycled water.
(3) Facilities or devices to conserve water.
(4) Any combination of the facilities described in paragraph (1), (2), or (3).
(b) “Fund” means the State Water Quality Control Fund.
(c) “Not-for-profit organization” means an organization operated on a not-for-profit basis, including, but not limited to, an association, cooperative, or private corporation that is a public water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that meets technical, managerial, and financial capacity criteria specified by the state board for public water systems, or that is subject to regulatory authority pursuant to this division.“Not-for-profit organization” includes only an organization that is either controlled by a local public body or bodies or has a broadly based ownership by, or membership of, people of the local community.
(d) “Public agency” means any city, county, city and county, district, or other political subdivision of the state.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 33. (AB 1531) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 1 - State Water Quality Control Fund › Section 13401.

13401. (a) The State Water Quality Control Fund is continued in existence. The following moneys in the fund are appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, for expenditure by the state board in making loans to public agencies in accordance with this chapter:
(1) The balance of the original moneys deposited in the fund.
(2) Any money repaid to the fund.
(3) Any remaining balance of the money in the fund deposited therein after the specific appropriations for loans to the South Tahoe Public Utility District, the North Tahoe Public Utility District, the Tahoe City Public Utility District, the Truckee Sanitary District, and to any other governmental entity in the areas served by such districts have been made.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), upon the order of the state board, the money in the State Water Quality Control Fund shall be transferred to the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund.
(Amended by Stats. 1993, Ch. 775, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1994.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Loans to Local Agencies › Section 13410.

13410. Applications for construction loans under this chapter shall include:
(a) A description of the proposed facilities.
(b) A statement of facts showing the necessity for the proposed facilities and showing that funds of the public agency are not available for financing such facilities and that the sale of revenue or general obligation bonds through private financial institutions is impossible or would impose an unreasonable burden on the public agency.
(c) A proposed plan for repaying the loan.
(d) Other information as required by the state board.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Loans to Local Agencies › Section 13411.

13411. Upon a determination by the state board, after consultation with the State Department of Health, that (a) the facilities proposed by an applicant are necessary to the health or welfare of the inhabitants of the state, (b) that the proposed facilities meet the needs of the applicant, (c) that funds of the public agency are not available for financing such facilities and that the sale of revenue or general obligation bonds through private financial institutions is impossible or would impose an unreasonable burden on the public agency, (d) that the proposed plan for repayment is feasible, (e) in the case of facilities proposed under Section 13400(c)(1) that such facilities are necessary to prevent water pollution, (f) in the case of facilities proposed under Section 13400(c)(2) that such facilities will produce recycled water and that the public agency has adopted a feasible program for use thereof, and (g) in the case of facilities proposed under Section 13400(c)(3) that such facilities are a cost effective means of conserving water, the state board, subject to approval by the Director of Finance, may loan to the applicant such sum as it determines is not otherwise available to the public agency to construct the proposed facilities.
(Amended by Stats. 1995, Ch. 28, Sec. 23. Effective January 1, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Loans to Local Agencies › Section 13412.

13412. No loan shall be made to a public agency unless it executes an agreement with the state board under which it agrees to repay the amount of the loan, with interest, within 25 years at 50 percent of the average interest rate paid by the state on general obligation bonds sold in the calendar year immediately preceding the year in which the loan agreement is executed.
(Amended by Stats. 1986, Ch. 978, Sec. 1.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Loans to Local Agencies › Section 13413.

13413. It is the policy of this state that, in making construction loans under this article, the state board should give special consideration to facilities proposed to be constructed by public agencies in areas in which further construction of buildings has been halted by order of the State Department of Health or a local health department, or both, or notice has been given that such an order is being considered; provided, however, that the public agencies designated in this section shall otherwise comply with and meet all requirements of other provisions of this chapter.
(Amended by Stats. 1971, Ch. 1593.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Loans to Local Agencies › Section 13415.

13415. (a) Loans may be made by the state board to public agencies to pay not more than one-half of the cost of studies and investigations made by such public agencies in connection with waste water reclamation.
(b) Not more than a total of two hundred thousand dollars ($200,00) shall be loaned pursuant to this section in any fiscal year, and not more than fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) shall be loaned to any public agency in any fiscal year pursuant to this section. In the event that less than two million dollars ($2,000,000) is available in any fiscal year for loans under this article, then not more than 10 pecent of the available amount shall be available for loans for studies and investigations pursuant to this section.
(c) Applications for such loans shall be made in such form, and shall contain such information, as may be required by the state board.
(d) Such loans shall be repaid within a period not to exceed 10 years, with interest at a rate established in the manner provided in Section 13412.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Loans to Local Agencies › Section 13416.

13416. Before a public agency may enter into a contract with the state board for a construction loan under this chapter, the public agency shall hold an election on the proposition of whether or not the public agency shall enter into the proposed contract and more than 50 percent of the votes cast at such election must be in favor of such proposition.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Loans to Local Agencies › Section 13417.

13417. The election shall be held in accordance with the following provisions:
(a) The procedure for holding an election on the incurring of bonded indebtedness by such public agency shall be utilized for an election of the proposed contract as nearly as the same may be applicable. Where the law applicable to such agency does not contain such bond election procedure, the procedure set forth in the Revenue Bond Law of 1941 (Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 54300) Part 1, Division 2, Title 5 of the Government Code), as it may now or hereafter be amended, shall be utilized as nearly as the same may be applicable.
(b) No particular form of ballot is required.
(c) The notice of the election shall include a statement of the time and place of the election, the purpose of the election, the general purpose of the contract, and the maximum amount of money to be borrowed from the state under the contract.
(d) The ballots for the election shall contain a brief statement of the general purpose of the contract substantially as stated in the notice of the election, shall state the maximum amount of money to be borrowed from the state under the contract, and shall contain the words “Execution of contract—Yes” and “Execution of contract—No.”
(e) The election shall be held in the entire public agency except where the public agency proposes to contract with the state board on behalf of a specified portion, or of specified portions of the public agency, in which case the election shall be held in such portion or portions of the public agency only.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2 - Loans to Local Agencies › Section 13418.

13418. Notwithstanding any provision of this chapter or any other provision of law, including, but not limited to, the provisions of Chapter 47 and 137 of the Statutes of 1966, First Extraordinary Session, Chapter 1679 of the Statutes of 1967, Chapter 1356 of the Statutes of 1969, and Chapter 920 of the Statutes of 1970, or the provisions of any existing loan contract entered into pursuant to this chapter or any other such provision of law, there shall be a two-year moratorium following the effective date of this section on that portion of the principal and interest payments otherwise required in repayment of funds heretofore loaned to the North Tahoe Public Utility District, the Tahoe City Public Utility District, the South Tahoe Public Utility District, the Truckee Sanitary District, the Squaw Valley County Water District, and the Alpine Springs County Water District pursuant to this chapter or any act of the Legislature authorizing a state loan for the purpose of permitting any such agency to construct necessary sewage and storm drainage facilities to prevent and control water pollution in the area served by such agency, equal in percentage, as determined by the Department of Finance, to the percentage of property tax revenues lost to the agency by reason of the adoption of Article XIII A of the California Constitution, unless moneys are otherwise available for such repayment from state allocations or the sale of bonds authorized on or before July 1, 1978, but unissued. The provisions of this section do not apply to any sums which are required to be repaid immediately or in accordance with an accelerated time schedule pursuant to a duly entered stipulated judgment between the State of California and the Tahoe City Public Utility District. Interest on loans shall accrue during the moratorium period and be repaid by the recipients of the loans, in addition to the normal principal and interest payments.
(Added by Stats. 1979, Ch. 528.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2.5 - Guarantees for Local Agency Bonds › Section 13425.

13425. Applications for guarantees for local agency bonds under this chapter shall include:
(a) A description of the proposed facilities.
(b) A financing plan for the proposed facilities, including the amount of debt and maximum term to maturity of the proposed local agency bond issue and identification of sources of revenue that will be dedicated to payment of principal and interest on the bonds.
(c) Other information as required by the state board.
The state board may provide that the application may be combined with applications for any other source of funds administered by the state board.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 1. Effective March 18, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2.5 - Guarantees for Local Agency Bonds › Section 13426.

13426. The state board, subject to approval by the Director of Finance, may agree to provide a guarantee pursuant to this article for all or a specified part of the proposed local agency bond issue upon making all of the following determinations:
(a) The facilities proposed by an applicant are necessary to the health or welfare of the inhabitants of the state and are consistent with water quality control plans adopted by regional boards.
(b) The proposed facilities meet the needs of the applicant.
(c) The proposed bond issue and plan repayment are sound and feasible.
(d) In the case of facilities proposed under paragraph (2) of subdivision (a) of Section 13400, the facilities will produce recycled water and the applicant has adopted a feasible program for the use of the facilities. The state board may adopt criteria for ranking and setting priorities among applicants for those guarantees.
(Amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 673, Sec. 34. (AB 1531) Effective January 1, 2016.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2.5 - Guarantees for Local Agency Bonds › Section 13427.

13427. No guarantee shall be extended to any applicant unless it executes an agreement with the state board under which the applicant agrees to the following provisions:
(a) To proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the proposed project.
(b) To commence operation of the project on completion, and to properly operate and maintain the work in accordance with applicable provisions of law.
(c) To issue bonds and to levy fines, charges, assessments, or taxes to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as described in the application.
(d) To diligently and expeditiously collect those levies, including timely exercise of available legal remedies in the event of delinquency or default.
(e) To act in accordance with such other provisions as the state board may require.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 1. Effective March 18, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2.5 - Guarantees for Local Agency Bonds › Section 13428.

13428. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund, which is hereby created, is continuously appropriated to the state board without regard to fiscal years for the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 1. Effective March 18, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2.5 - Guarantees for Local Agency Bonds › Section 13429.

13429. Money in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund not needed for making payments on guaranteed bonds pursuant to this chapter shall be invested pursuant to law. All proceeds of the investment shall be deposited in that fund to the extent permitted by federal law.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 1. Effective March 18, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2.5 - Guarantees for Local Agency Bonds › Section 13430.

13430. The state board’s authorization to guarantee bonds under this article shall be limited to bonds with a total principal amount of not more than 10 times the amount in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund at the time the state board determines to extend each guarantee pursuant to Section 13426.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 1. Effective March 18, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2.5 - Guarantees for Local Agency Bonds › Section 13431.

13431. Under no circumstances shall the amount paid out as a result of bond guarantees extended pursuant to this article exceed the amount in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund. This article does not express or imply any commitment by the state board or any other agency of the state to pay any money or levy any charge or tax or otherwise exercise its faith and credit on behalf of any local agency or bondholder beyond the funds in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 1. Effective March 18, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2.5 - Guarantees for Local Agency Bonds › Section 13432.

13432. The state board may charge an annual fee not to exceed one-tenth of 1 percent of the principal amount of each bond issue that it guarantees for guarantee coverage. The state board may charge a lesser amount. The proceeds of any fee shall be paid into the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 1. Effective March 18, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 2.5 - Guarantees for Local Agency Bonds › Section 13433.

13433. The state board shall, by regulation, prescribe rules and procedures for all of the following:
(a) To pay money from the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund to an insured local agency or bondholder in the event that the amount in the local agency’s bond reserve fund falls below a minimum amount, or in the event of failure by the local agency to pay the principal of, or interest on, an insured bond issue on time, as the state board may require.
(b) To require, by court action if necessary, a local agency to raise sewer service charges, levy additional assessments, collect charges or assessments, or foreclose or otherwise sell property as needed to prevent a reduction in the local agency’s bond reserve fund, or to prevent default, or to collect funds to repay to the fund any payments made pursuant to subdivision (a).
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 1. Effective March 18, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 3 - State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account › Section 13440.

13440. There is in the State Water Quality Control Fund the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account (hereinafter called the “account”), to be administered by the state board.
(Added by Stats. 1969, Ch. 482.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 3 - State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account › Section 13441.

13441. (a) There is to be paid into the account all moneys from the following sources:
(1) All moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the account.
(2) All moneys contributed to the account by any person and accepted by the state board.
(3) Except as otherwise provided, one-half of all moneys collected by way of criminal penalty and all moneys collected civilly under any proceeding brought pursuant to any provision of this division.
(4) All moneys collected by the state board or a regional board for the account under Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code.
(5) All moneys collected by the state board for the account under Section 13304 or for the account under other law allowing recovery of costs for cleanup or abatement of waste, pollution, or contamination.
(6) Repayment of principal, interest, and fees on loans issued pursuant to this article.
(7) Repayments of loan and grant moneys paid to a loan or grant recipient pursuant to this article in which the recipient was not eligible for that loan or grant.
(8) Notwithstanding Sections 16305.7 and 16475 of the Government Code, any interest earned upon moneys deposited into the account.
(b) The first unencumbered five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) paid into the account in any given fiscal year is available without regard to fiscal years, for expenditure by the state board in accordance with the provisions of this article. The next unencumbered five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or any portion thereof, deposited in any given fiscal year, is available for expenditure by the state board for the purposes of this article, subject to the provisions set forth in Section 28 of the Budget Act of 1984 (Chapter 258 of the Statutes of 1984). The next unencumbered one million dollars ($1,000,000) deposited in the account in any given fiscal year is available for expenditure by the state board for the purposes of Section 13443. The remaining unencumbered funds deposited in the account in any given fiscal year is available without regard to fiscal years to the state board for expenditure for the purposes set forth in Sections 13442 and 13442.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 339) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 3 - State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account › Section 13441.5.

13441.5. The State Treasurer, when requested by the state board and approved by the Director of Finance, shall transfer moneys in the nature of a loan from the State Water Quality Control Fund to the account created pursuant to Section 13440, which shall be repayable from the account to such fund; provided, that the moneys transferred from the fund to the account shall not exceed the sum of twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) at any one time.
(Added by Stats. 1970, Ch. 918.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 3 - State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account › Section 13442.

13442. (a) Upon application by an eligible entity, as described in subdivision (b), the state board may approve the payment of grant moneys from the account to that entity to assist in cleaning up a waste, abating the effects of a waste on waters of the state, or addressing an urgent drinking water need without regard to whether the need for drinking water is a result of the discharge of waste.
(b) An entity is eligible to apply for funding pursuant to this section if that entity has authority to undertake the activity described in subdivision (a) for which it seeks moneys and the entity is any of the following:
(1) A public agency.
(2) A tribal government that is on the California Tribal Consultation List maintained by the Native American Heritage Commission and is a disadvantaged community, as defined in Section 79505.5, that agrees to waive tribal sovereign immunity for the explicit purpose of regulation by the state board pursuant to this division.
(3) A not-for-profit organization serving a disadvantaged community, as defined in Section 79505.5.
(4) A community water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code, that serves a disadvantaged community, as defined in Section 79505.5.
(c) An eligible entity shall not become liable to the state board for repayment of moneys paid to the entity under this section and expended in accordance with the state board’s approval of payment, but this shall not be a defense to an action brought pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 13304 for the recovery of moneys paid under this section.
(d) Projects using moneys that are paid to an eligible entity pursuant to this section shall be exempt from state contracting and procurement requirements set forth in the Government Code and the Public Contract Code to the extent necessary to take immediate action to protect public health and safety.
(e) The state board may adopt guidelines for the allocation and administration of these moneys that shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(Amended (as amended by Stats. 2015, Ch. 2, Sec. 7) by Stats. 2017, Ch. 439, Sec. 2. (AB 339) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 3 - State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account › Section 13442.5.

13442.5. (a) Upon application by an eligible entity, as described in subdivision (b), the state board may make funds available from the account for a loan to that entity to assist in cleaning up a waste, abating the effects of a waste on waters of the state, or addressing an urgent drinking water need without regard to whether the need for drinking water is a result of the discharge of waste.
(b) An entity is eligible to apply for a loan pursuant to this section if that entity has authority to undertake the activity described in subdivision (a) for which it seeks moneys and the entity is any of the following:
(1) A public agency.
(2) A nonprofit organization.
(3) A community water system, as defined in Section 116275 of the Health and Safety Code.
(c) Loan applicants shall demonstrate all of the following:
(1) The ability to repay the loan.
(2) The availability of adequate collateral to secure the loan.
(3) That the loaned funds will be used for purposes consistent with subdivision (a).
(4) Other information that the state board determines to be necessary.
(d) Any loan issued pursuant to this section shall be secured by adequate collateral. The term of the loan shall not exceed 10 years. The interest rate for the loan shall be set by the state board in guidelines adopted pursuant to subdivision (f).
(e) Projects using moneys that are loaned pursuant to this section shall not be subject to state contracting and procurement requirements to the extent necessary to take immediate action to protect public health and safety.
(f) The state board shall adopt guidelines for the allocation and administration of loans from the account. These guidelines shall not be subject to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code.
(g) The state board may expend funds from the account to service loans, recover defaulted loan moneys, and protect the state’s position as a lender creditor.
(Added by Stats. 2017, Ch. 439, Sec. 4. (AB 339) Effective January 1, 2018.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6 - State Financial Assistance › ARTICLE 3 - State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account › Section 13443.

13443. Upon application by a regional board that is attempting to remedy a significant unforeseen water pollution problem, posing an actual or potential public health threat, or is overseeing and tracking the implementation of a supplemental environmental project required as a condition of an order imposing administrative civil liability, and for which the regional board does not have adequate resources budgeted, the state board may order moneys to be paid from the account to the regional board to assist it in responding to the problem.
(Amended by Stats. 2001, Ch. 869, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 2002.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13450.

13450. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13451.

13451. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(a) An abundant supply of clean water is essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.
(b) An abundant supply of clean water fosters the beauty of California’s environment, the expansion of industry and agriculture, maintains fish and wildlife, and supports recreation.
(c) The state’s growing population has increasing needs for clean water supplies and adequate treatment facilities.
(d) It is of paramount importance that the water resources of the state be protected from pollution and conserved, and that the groundwater basins of the state be recharged whenever possible to ensure continued economic, community, and social growth.
(e) The chief cause of water pollution is the discharge of inadequately treated waste into the waters of the state.
(f) Local agencies have the primary responsibility for the construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities to cleanse our waters, to conserve water, and recharge groundwater basins.
(g) Rising costs of construction have pushed the costs of constructing treatment facilities and facilities to conserve water and recharge groundwater basins beyond the ability of local agencies to pay.
(h) Because water knows no political boundaries, it is desirable for the state to contribute to the construction of these facilities in order to meet its obligations to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of its people and the environment.
(i) Voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conservation programs can help meet growing demand for clean and abundant water supplies.
(j) Recharge of groundwater basins is an effective way to maximize availability of scarce water supplies throughout the state.
(k) California’s abundant streams, rivers, bays, estuaries, and groundwater are threatened with pollution from agricultural drainage water which could threaten public health and fish and wildlife resources and impede economic and social growth if left unchecked. Proper containment structures and treatment facilities could provide for the handling of agricultural drainage water in an environmentally sensitive manner.
(l) (1) It is the intent of this chapter to provide funds for the construction of cost-effective containment structures and treatment facilities for the treatment, storage and disposal of agricultural drainage water.
(2) It is the further intent of this chapter to provide funds for voluntary, cost-effective capital outlay water conservation programs and groundwater recharge facilities cooperatively carried out by local agencies and the department.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13453.

13453. There is hereby created the 1986 Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Fund in the State Treasury. There shall be established in the fund a Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Account for the purpose of implementing Section 13458, and an Agricultural Drainage Water Account for the purpose of implementing Section 13459.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13454.

13454. (a) There is a Water Conservation and Water Quality Finance Committee consisting of the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, the Director of the Department of Water Resources, and the Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board.
(b) The Water Conservation and Water Quality Finance Committee is the “committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13455.

13455. (a) The committee may create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California in the aggregate amount of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000), in the manner provided in this chapter. The debt or debts, liability or liabilities, shall be created for the purpose of providing the fund to be used for the object and work specified in this section and in Sections 13458 and 13459.
(b) The department may enter into contracts and may adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of Section 13458.
(c) The department may expend not more than 2
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percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter for the administration of Section 13458.
(d) The board may enter into contracts and may adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of Section 13459.
(e) The board may expend not more than 2
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/
2
percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter for the administration of Section 13459.
(f) The department or the board may expend funds necessary to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13456.

13456. All bonds which have been duly sold and delivered constitute valid and legally binding general obligations of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is pledged for the punctual payment of both principal and interest.
There shall be collected annually in the same manner, and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, the amount, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds. It is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of that revenue to perform each and every act which is necessary to collect this additional amount.
All money deposited in the fund which has been derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold is available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13457.

13457. The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and other matters with respect to, the bonds authorized by this chapter. The provisions of that law are included in this chapter as though set out in full in this chapter, except that, notwithstanding any provision in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the bonds authorized under this chapter shall bear the rates of interest, or maximum rates, fixed from time to time by the Treasurer with the approval of the committee. The maximum maturity of the bonds shall not exceed 50 years from the date of the bonds or from the date of each respective series. The maturity of each respective series shall be calculated from the date of the series.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13459.5.

13459.5. Unallocated money remaining in the Agricultural Drainage Water Account in the 1986 Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Fund on November 6, 1996, and any unallocated money deposited into that account from the sale of any bonds that are sold after November 6, 1996, shall be transferred to the Drainage Management Subaccount, created by Section 78641, of the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account in the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Fund for the purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 78645. For the purpose of this section, “unallocated money” means money not committed or appropriated as of November 6, 1996, which is not less than six million one hundred seventy-seven thousand dollars ($6,177,000).
(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 566, Sec. 2. Effective September 29, 1997. This section was added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, and approved in Prop. 204 on Nov. 5, 1996.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13460.

13460. Money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state for assistance financed by the proceeds of the bonds authorized by this chapter shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a reimbursement for payment of bond principal and interest.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13461.

13461. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for the purpose of this chapter, an amount equal to the sum of the following:
(a) The amount necessary annually to pay the principal of, and the interest on, the bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The amount necessary to carry out Section 13462, which is appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13462.

13462. For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
The amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund and shall be disbursed by the department or the board in accordance with this chapter. Any money made available under this section to the department or the board shall be returned to the General Fund from money received from the sale of bonds. The withdrawals from the General Fund shall be returned to the General Fund with interest at the rate which would have otherwise been earned by those withdrawals in the Pooled Money Investment Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13462.5.

13462.5. 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. 30.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13463.

13463. Upon request of the department or the board, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13464.

13464. The committee may authorize the Treasurer to sell all, or any part, of the bonds at times fixed by the Treasurer.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13465.

13465. Notwithstanding Sections 13458 and 13459, the committee may prescribe further terms and conditions for loan contracts to authorize a deferment on payment of all or part of the principal.
(Amended by Stats. 2006, Ch. 538, Sec. 678. Effective January 1, 2007. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, and approved in Prop. 44 on June 3, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13466.

13466. For the 1987–88 fiscal year and each year thereafter, a loan 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 13467.
(Amended by Stats. 1992, Ch. 321, Sec. 9. Effective January 1, 1993. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, and approved in Prop. 44 on June 3, 1986.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13467.

13467. Notwithstanding any other law, thirteen million five hundred thousand dollars ($13,500,000) of the unissued bonds authorized for the purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 13459 are reallocated to finance the purposes of, and shall be authorized, issued, and appropriated in accordance with, Division 26.7 (commencing with Section 79700).
(Added by Stats. 2014, Ch. 188, Sec. 3. (AB 1471) Approved in Proposition 1 at the November 4, 2014, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13468.

13468. It is the intent of language in Section 13998.8(i)(3), Section 13999.10(d), and Section 13999.11(d) of the Water Code which was enacted by the voters in the Clean Water Bond Law of 1984 that “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 made” means the interest rate computed by the true interest cost method on the bonds most recently issued pursuant to the Clean Water Bond Law of 1984.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.1 - Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986 › Section 13469.

13469. If any provision of this chapter or the application thereof to any person or circumstance is held invalid, that invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of the chapter which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this chapter are severable.
(Added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 6, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 44 at the June 3, 1986, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 6.5 - State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund › Section 13475.

13475. (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that since the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) provides for establishment of a perpetual water pollution control revolving loan fund, which will be partially capitalized by federal contributions, it is in the interest of people of the state, in order to ensure full participation by the state under the federal Clean Water Act, to enact this chapter to authorize the state to establish and implement a state/federal water pollution control revolving fund in accordance with federal provisions, requirements, and limitations.
(b) The primary purpose of this chapter is to enact a statute consistent with the provisions and requirements of the federal Clean Water Act, as those provisions, requirements, and limitations relate to establishment, management, and operation of a state/federal water pollution control revolving fund. It is the intent of the Legislature that the terms of this chapter shall be liberally construed to achieve this purpose.
(Added by Stats. 1987, Ch. 1313, Sec. 1. Effective September 28, 1987.)