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2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14015.

14015. (a) Loans and grants may be made only for projects for domestic water systems. The State Department of Health Services may make reasonable allowance for future water supply needs and may provide for additional capacity when excessive costs would be incurred by later enlargement. The loans and grants may be made for all, or any part, of the cost of constructing, improving, or rehabilitating any system when, in the judgment of the State Department of Health Services, improvement or rehabilitation is necessary to provide pure, wholesome, and potable water in adequate quantity at sufficient pressure for health, cleanliness, and other domestic purposes. The State Department of Health Services shall determine and notify applicants of eligibility of components requested to be included in the proposed project. The department shall use this determination as a basis for disbursing funds. No single public agency shall receive grants pursuant to this chapter totaling more than four hundred thousand dollars ($400,000). Loans may be made to provide for the purchase of a water system or the purchase of watershed lands. No loan to an individual supplier shall exceed the sum of five million dollars ($5,000,000), unless the Legislature by an act raises the limit specified in this section.
(b) Upon receipt of an application for a grant or loan pursuant to this chapter, the department shall propose to the applicant improvements to the applicant’s water development, distribution, and utilization system which will conserve water in a cost-effective manner. These improvements may include, but need not be limited to, leak detection and repair programs, valve repair and replacement, meter calibration and replacement, physical improvements to achieve corrosion control, distribution and installation of water conservation devices and fixtures, and other capital improvements which can be demonstrated to conserve water in a cost-effective manner. The department and applicant may agree to include these capital improvements in the grant or loan. Failure by the applicant to include water conservation capital improvements in the grant or loan application shall not be sufficient cause for the department to refuse to make the grant or loan.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14016.

14016. An application for a grant pursuant to this chapter shall not be approved by the department, unless the State Department of Health Services 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 written approval by the State Department of Health Services that the proposed project is consistent with 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. 451. Effective September 29, 1996. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, and approved in Prop. 81 on Nov. 8, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14017.

14017. First priority for grants shall be granted to public agencies having immediate health related problems, as certified by the State Department of Health Services. Additional high priority shall be granted to projects to correct immediate problems, as opposed to grants for construction of projects to meet future growth needs.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14018.

14018. 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. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14019.

14019. Preliminary design work, including a cost estimate for the project, shall be completed before a loan or grant is awarded. Operation and maintenance costs shall be the responsibility of the supplier and may not be considered as part of the project cost. Costs for planning and preliminary engineering studies may be reimbursed following the receipt of a loan or grant, subject to approval by the department and the State Department of Health Services.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14020.

14020. No application for a grant may be made pursuant to this chapter unless the public agency has also applied for a loan pursuant to this chapter. A public agency shall be eligible for a grant only to the extent that the department finds that the agency is found unable to repay the full costs of a loan.
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. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14021.

14021. 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 Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14022.

14022. For the purpose of administering this chapter, the total expenditures of the department and the State Department of Health Services may not exceed 5 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 for loans, which fees shall be paid by the supplier pursuant to Section 14011, to reimburse the state for the costs of state administration of this chapter.
Charges incurred by the Attorney General in protecting the state’s interests in the use and repayment of grant and loan funds under this chapter shall be paid from the proceeds of bond sales under this chapter. These charges shall not be paid from funds allocated for administrative purposes, but shall be treated as a program expense not to exceed 1.5 percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be sold under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14023.

14023. 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, the 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. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14024.

14024. The department shall establish the interest rate for loans made pursuant to this chapter at 50 percent of the true interest cost to the state of general obligation bonds issued most recently prior to the loan being executed. All loans made pursuant to this chapter shall carry the established interest rate for the calendar year in which the funds are committed to the loan, as of the date of the letter of commitment from the department, and shall remain at that interest rate for the duration of the loan.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14025.

14025. (a) The department, after public notice and hearing and with the concurrence of the State Department of Health Services, shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter. The regulations shall include, but not be limited to, criteria and procedures for establishing the eligibility of a supplier.
(b) The department shall adopt rules and regulations that, in its judgment, will most effectively carry out 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. The 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.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or any other provision of law, existing rules and regulations adopted by the department pursuant to the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1984 (Chapter 10.2 (commencing with Section 13810)) which are in effect on the effective date of this chapter, may, at the option of the department, be utilized upon voter approval of this chapter for purposes of implementing this chapter. The department, with the concurrence of the State Department of Health Services, may subsequently revise those rules and regulations pursuant to Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code as necessary to implement provisions of this chapter which differ from Chapter 10.2 (commencing with Section 13810) or Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 13895) or for any other reason to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14026.

14026. 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.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14027.

14027. (a) 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 projects to be considered for financing.
(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a) or any other provision of law, the priority list established by the State Department of Health Services pursuant to the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1986 (Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 13895)) in effect on the effective date of this chapter may, at the option of the State Department of Health Services, be utilized upon voter approval of this chapter until the State Department of Health Services adopts a new priority list.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14028.

14028. Not more than twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) 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.
At the request of the department, the Public Utilities Commission shall furnish comments concerning the ability of suppliers subject to its jurisdiction to finance the project from other sources and the ability to repay the loan.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - California Safe Drinking Water Program › Section 14029.

14029. (a) As approved annually by the Legislature in the Budget Act, the department, notwithstanding Section 14022, may expend money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed under Section 14011 as necessary for the administration of contracts entered into by the department under this chapter, but those expenditures may not in any year exceed 1.5 percent of the amount repaid to the state in that year. Charges incurred by the Attorney General in protecting the state’s interest in the use and repayment of grant and loan funds under this chapter may be paid by the department from these funds, but those charges may not exceed one-half of 1 percent of the amount repaid to the state in that year. Any of the above sums approved by the Legislature, but unexpended by the department at the end of any year, shall automatically revert to the General Fund.
(b) Except as provided in subdivision (a), all money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed under Section 14011 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.
(c) The department may enter into contracts with suppliers of water for grants or short-term loans for the purpose of investigating and identifying alternatives for system improvements. Any loans or grants pursuant to this section shall be made from the fund. No supplier may receive for a single investigation more than twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) in the form of a loan or grant pursuant to this section. The State Department of Health Services shall review all proposed investigations and shall determine if they are necessary and appropriate.
(d) Any contract entered into pursuant to this section shall include terms and conditions consistent with this chapter, and any loan contract shall provide for a repayment period not to exceed 24 months.
(e) Not more than six million dollars ($6,000,000) may be expended for the purposes of this section, of which not more than two million dollars ($2,000,000) may be used for grants to public agencies. A loan or grant made for the purposes of this section shall not decrease the maximum amount of any other loan or grant which may be made under this chapter, Chapter 10.2 (commencing with Section 13810), Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 13850), Chapter 10.6 (commencing with Section 13880), or Chapter 10.7 (commencing with Section 13895).
(Amended (as proposed to be added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45) by Stats. 1988, Ch. 297, Sec. 5. Approved (in this amended form) in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14030.

14030. Bonds in the total amount of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds issued pursuant to Section 14039, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this chapter and to be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. 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 are hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both principal and interest thereof.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14031.

14031. The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided 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), and all of the provisions of that law apply to the bonds and to this chapter and are hereby incorporated in this chapter as though set forth in full in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14032.

14032. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the California Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this chapter, the California Safe Drinking Water Finance Committee is “the committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. The committee consists 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.
(b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, the Department of Water Resources is designated the “board.”
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14033.

14033. The committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions specified in Section 14011, and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued be sold at any time.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14034.

14034. There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds maturing each year, and it is hereby made the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue, to do and perform each and every act which shall be necessary to collect the additional sum.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14035.

14035. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of the following:
(a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The sum which is necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 14036, appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14036.

14036. For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by written 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 to be allocated by the board in accordance with this chapter. Any money made available under this section shall be returned by the board to the General Fund, plus the interest that the amounts would have earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account from money received from the sale of bonds for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14036.5.

14036.5. 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. 38.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14037.

14037. All money deposited in the fund which is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14038.

14038. The Legislature hereby finds and declares that, inasmuch as the proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this chapter are not “proceeds of taxes” as that term is used in Article XIII B of the California Constitution disbursement of these proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14039.

14039. Any bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter may be refunded by the issuance of refunding bonds in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section 16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 2 of Title 2 of the Government Code. Approval by the electors of the state for the issuance of these bonds shall include the approval of any bonds issued to refund any bonds originally issued or previously issued refunding bonds.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 16 - California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14040.

14040. The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purposes of carrying out the provisions of this chapter. The amount of the request shall not 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. The board shall execute such documents as are required by the Pooled Money Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated by the board in accordance with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 45, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 81 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14050.

14050. This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14051.

14051. The Legislature finds and declares as follows:
(a) Clean water is essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.
(b) Clean water fosters the beauty of California’s environment, the expansion of industry and agriculture, maintains fish and wildlife, and supports recreation.
(c) California’s abundant lakes and ponds, streams and rivers, coastline, and groundwater are threatened with pollution, which could threaten public health and impede economic and social growth if left unchecked.
(d) The state’s growing population has increasing needs for clean water supplies and adequate treatment facilities.
(e) It is of paramount importance that the limited water resources of the state be protected from pollution, conserved, and reclaimed whenever possible to ensure continued economic, community, and social growth.
(f) The chief cause of water pollution is the discharge of inadequately treated waste into the waters of the state.
(g) Local agencies have the primary responsibility for construction, operation, and maintenance of facilities to cleanse our waters.
(h) Rising costs of construction and technological changes have pushed the cost of constructing treatment facilities beyond the reach of many small communities.
(i) Because water knows no political boundaries, it is desirable for the state to contribute to construction of needed facilities in order to meet its obligations to protect and promote the health, safety, and welfare of its people and environment.
(j) The people of California have a primary interest in the development of facilities to reclaim water to supplement existing water supplies and to assist in meeting the future water needs of the state.
(k) A significant portion of the future water needs of California may be met by the use of reclaimed water.
(l) Local public agencies have the primary responsibility for the construction, operation, and maintenance of water reclamation facilities.
(m) Local public agencies need financial assistance to make cost-effective reclamation projects financially feasible.
(n) (1) It is also the intent of this chapter to provide special assistance to small communities to construct facilities necessary to eliminate water pollution and public health hazards.
(2) It is also the intent of this chapter to provide funds for the design and construction of eligible water reclamation projects and for the development and implementation of programs and activities that lead to increased use of reclaimed water in California.
(Amended by Stats. 1994, Ch. 724, Sec. 7. Effective January 1, 1995. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, and approved in Prop. 83 on Nov. 8, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 1 - General Provisions › Section 14052.

14052. As used in this chapter, the following words have the following meanings:
(a) “Board” means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(b) “Committee” means the Clean Water and Water Reclamation Finance Committee created by Section 14067.
(c) “Construction” has the same meaning as in the Federal Clean Water Act.
(d) “Eligible project” means a project for a small community for the construction of treatment works which is all of the following:
(1) Necessary to prevent pollution.
(2) Eligible for federal assistance pursuant to Title VI of the Federal Clean Water Act.
(3) Certified by the board as entitled to priority over other treatment works, and complies with applicable water quality standards, policies, and plans.
(e) “Eligible reclamation project” means a water reclamation project which is cost-effective when compared with the cost of alternative new freshwater supplies, and for which no federal assistance is currently available. These projects shall comply with applicable water quality standards, policies, and plans.
(f) “Federal assistance” means funds available to a local agency pursuant to the Federal Clean Water Act.
(g) “Federal Clean Water Act” or “federal act” means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1251 et seq.) and any acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(h) “Fund” means the 1988 Clean Water and Water Reclamation Fund created pursuant to Section 14055.
(i) “Local public agency” means any city, county, district, joint powers authority, or any other local public body or political subdivision of the state created by or pursuant to state law and involved with water or waste water management.
(j) “Municipality” has the same meaning as in the Federal Clean Water Act and also includes the state or any agency, department, or political subdivision thereof.
(k) “Small community” means a municipality with a population of 3,500 persons or less, or a reasonably isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality encompassing 3,500 persons or less, with a financial hardship as defined by the board.
(l) “State grant” means a grant given to a qualifying small community eligible for federal assistance under Title VI of the Federal Clean Water Act.
(m) “State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund” means a revolving fund created under state law for the purpose of issuing loans for the construction of eligible treatment works in accordance with the federal act.
(n) “Treatment works” has the same meaning as in the Federal Clean Water Act.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Program › Section 14055.

14055. (a) The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the State Treasury to the credit of the 1988 Clean Water and Water Reclamation Fund, which is hereby created. There shall be established in the fund a Small Communities Grant Account for the purpose of implementing Section 14056 and a Water Reclamation Account for the purpose of implementing Section 14058.
(b) From time to time, the board may modify existing accounts in the fund, or may establish other accounts in the fund, and in all other bond funds administered by the board, which the board determines are appropriate or necessary for proper administration.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Program › Section 14056.

14056. (a) The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Small Communities Grant Account and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is hereby continuously appropriated for state grants to small communities for construction of treatment works eligible for assistance under Title VI of the federal act.
(b) The board may enter into grant contracts in accordance with this section with qualifying small communities having authority to construct, operate, and maintain treatment works to aid in the construction of eligible projects.
(c) The board may make grants to small communities in an amount on a sliding scale, based on a community’s ability to pay, not to exceed 97
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percent of the total estimated cost of pollution studies, planning, design, and construction determined in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations. Total state assistance under this section shall not exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000) for any single eligible project.
(d) Any contract entered into pursuant to this section may include such provisions as may be determined by the board, provided that any contract shall include the following provisions:
(1) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the eligible project.
(2) An agreement by the small community to proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the proposed eligible project, commence operation of the treatment works upon completion, and to properly operate and maintain the works in accordance with applicable provisions of law.
(e) Small communities eligible for a state grant may also apply for a loan from the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund for costs not covered by the grant.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Program › Section 14057.

14057. The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be available for transfer by the board to the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund and shall be available to the board to guarantee local agency bond issues pursuant to Article 2.5 (commencing with Section 13425) of Chapter 6. After January 1, 1990, the board may transfer any funds in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund which have not been committed to guaranteeing local agency bond issues to the 1988 Clean Water and Water Reclamation Fund.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Program › Section 14058.

14058. (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Water Reclamation Account and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is hereby continuously appropriated to the board for the purposes of this section.
(b) The board may enter into contracts with local public agencies having authority to construct, operate, and maintain water reclamation projects, for loans to aid in the design and construction of eligible water reclamation projects. The board may loan up to 100 percent of the total eligible cost of design and construction of an eligible reclamation project.
(c) Any contract for an eligible water reclamation project entered into pursuant to this section may include such provisions as determined by the board and shall include both of the following provisions:
(1) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the eligible water reclamation project.
(2) An agreement by the local public agency to proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the eligible water reclamation project; commence operation of the project in accordance with applicable provisions of law, and provide for the payment of the local public agency’s share of the cost of the project, including principal and interest on any state loan made pursuant to this section.
(d) Loan contracts may not provide for a moratorium on payments of principal or interest.
(e) Any loans made from the fund may be for a period of up to 20 years. The interest rate for the loans shall be set at a rate equal to 50 percent of the interest rate paid by the state on the most recent sale of state general obligation bonds, with that rate to be computed according to the true interest cost method. When the interest rate so determined is not a multiple of one-tenth of 1 percent, the interest rate shall be set at the next higher multiple of one-tenth of 1 percent.
(f) All money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed under this chapter shall be deposited in the Water Recycling Subaccount in the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account in the Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood Protection Bond Fund created by Section 79136, for the purposes set forth in Article 4 (commencing with Section 79135) of Chapter 7 of Division 26.
(Amended by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 3. Amendment approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, and approved in Prop. 83 on Nov. 8, 1988.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Program › Section 14059.

14059. As approved by the Legislature annually in the Budget Act, the board may expend for the administration of this chapter not more than 5 percent of the amount of the bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Program › Section 14060.

14060. As approved by the Legislature annually in the Budget Act, the board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the purposes of this division, and may prepare recommendations with regard thereto, including the preparation of comprehensive statewide or areawide studies and reports on water reclamation and the collection, treatment, and disposal of waste under a comprehensive cooperative plan.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 2 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Program › Section 14061.

14061. The board may adopt rules, regulations, and guidelines necessary or appropriate to carry out this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14065.

14065. Bonds in the total amount of sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000), exclusive of refunding bonds, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in this chapter and to be used to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. The bonds shall, when sold, be and constitute a valid and binding obligation 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 of, and interest on, the bonds as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14066.

14066. The bonds authorized by this chapter shall be prepared, executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided 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), and all of the provisions of that law apply to the bonds and to this chapter and are hereby incorporated in this chapter as though set forth in full in this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14067.

14067. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the bonds authorized by this chapter, the Clean Water and Water Reclamation Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of this chapter, the Clean Water and Water Reclamation Finance Committee is “the committee” as that term is used in the State General Obligation Bond Law. The committee consists of the Governor, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, and the Executive Director of the State Water Resources Control Board, or their designated representatives. A majority of the committee may act for the committee.
(b) For purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law, the State Water Resources Control Board is designated the “board.”
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14068.

14068. Consistent with Section 602 of the federal act, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this chapter in order to carry out the actions specified in Sections 14056, 14057, 14058, 14059, and 14060, and, if so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds authorized to be issued be sold at any one time.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14069.

14069. There shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year, and it is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act which is necessary to collect that additional sum.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14070.

14070. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State Treasury, for the purposes of this chapter, an amount that will equal the total of the following:
(a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter, as the principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The sum which is necessary to carry out the provisions of Section 14071, appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14071.

14071. For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which have been authorized by the committee to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this chapter. Any amounts withdrawn shall be deposited in the fund. Any money made available under this section shall be returned to the General Fund plus the interest that the amounts would have earned in the Pooled Money Investment Account from money received from the sale of bonds for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)
2023 California Code › Water Code - WAT › DIVISION 7 - WATER QUALITY › CHAPTER 17 - Clean Water and Water Reclamation Bond Law of 1988 › ARTICLE 3 - Fiscal Provisions › Section 14071.5.

14071.5. The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account, in accordance with Section 16312 of the Government Code, for the purposes of carrying out this chapter. The amount of the request shall not exceed the amount of the unsold bonds which the committee has, by resolution, authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying this chapter. The board shall execute those documents required by the Pooled Money Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated by the board in accordance with this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)