California

Water Code

10,139 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 75612 — If no water has been produced from a water-producing facility during the preceding six-month period, a statement shall be filed with the district, setting forth that no water has been produced during
• § 75613 — The ground water charge is payable to the district on or before the last date upon which the water production statement is required to be filed and is computed by multiplying the production in acre-fe
• § 75614 — Whenever any water-producing facility in an affected zone is permanently abandoned, the operator thereof shall give written notice of such abandonment to the district.
• § 75615 — If any operator of a water-producing facility fails to pay the ground water charge when due, the district shall charge interest at the rate of one percent (1%) each month on the delinquent amount of t
• § 75616 — If any operator of a water-producing facility fails to register the water-producing facility, or fails to file the water production statements as required by this article, the district shall, in addit
• § 75617 — The board may, at the time of fixing the ground water charge, establish a method or methods to be used in computing the amount of water produced from a water-producing facility which is not measured b
• § 75618 — Upon good cause shown, an amended statement of water production may be filed or a correction of the records may be made at any time prior to the final date for filing the next semiannual water product
• § 75619 — If the district has probable cause to believe that the production of water from any water-producing facility is in excess of that disclosed by the sworn statements covering such water-producing facili
• § 75620 — After the determination has been made by the district pursuant to Section 75619, a written notice thereof shall be mailed to the person operating the water-producing facility at his address as shown b
• § 75621 — A determination made by the district pursuant to Section 75619 shall be conclusive on all persons having an interest in the water-producing facility involved, and the ground water charge, and the inte
• § 75622 — Upon the filing of a protest, the board shall hold a hearing, at which time the total amount of the water production and the ground water charge thereon shall be determined.
• § 75623 — A notice of the hearing shall be mailed to the protestant at least 10 days before the date fixed for the hearing.
• § 75624 — Notice as required in Sections 75620 and 75623 shall be given by deposit thereof in any postal facility regularly maintained by the government of the United States in a sealed envelope with postage pa
• § 75630 — The superior court of the county in which a water-producing facility within the district lies may issue a temporary restraining order upon the filing by the district of a petition or complaint setting
• § 75631 — The court in such action may issue and grant an injunction restraining and prohibiting the named defendant from the operation of any water-producing facility when it is established at the hearing that
• § 75632 — The right to proceed for injunctive relief granted by this article is an additional right to those which may be provided elsewhere in this division or otherwise allowed by law.
• § 75633 — The district may bring a suit in any court having jurisdiction against any operator of a water-producing facility within the district for the collection of any delinquent groundwater charge.
• § 75634 — For the purposes of this article, “district” means the United Water Conservation District.
• § 75634.5 — For the purpose of investigating compliance with any provisions of this division or any district ordinance, the district may inspect any water-producing facility within the boundaries of the district.
• § 75635 — In addition to those remedies set forth in Sections 75615 and 75616, if the operator of a water-producing facility fails to file a water production statement or pay delinquent groundwater charges when
• § 75635.5 — (a) In addition to the district’s right to bring a suit against any operator of a water-producing facility within the district for the collection of any delinquent groundwater charges, interest, and p
• § 75636 — In accordance with Section 75614, when an operator provides notice to the district of the abandonment of a water-producing facility or a water-producing facility is in fact abandoned, the district may
• § 75637 — (a) As an alternative to bringing suit pursuant to Section 75633, the district may collect any delinquent groundwater charges and any interest, penalties, costs, and administrative charges.
• § 75637.5 — Following the issuance of an injunction restraining the operation of a water-producing facility in accordance with Section 75631 and the termination of any stay, as a condition of allowing future oper
• § 75638 — The remedies specified in this article are cumulative and the district may pursue them alternatively or use them concurrently as determined by the board of directors of the district.
• § 75640 — Any person who fails to register a water-producing facility, as required by Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 75540) of this part, is guilty of a misdemeanor.
• § 75641 — Any person who produces water from any water-producing facility required to be registered pursuant to Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 75540) of this part is guilty of a misdemeanor unless such faci
• § 75642 — Any person who injures, alters, removes, resets, adjusts, manipulates, obstructs, or in any manner interferes or tampers with, or procures or causes or directs any person to injure, alter, remove, res
• § 75750 — The boundaries of a district may be changed and tracts of land may be excluded therefrom, in the manner prescribed in this chapter.
• § 75751 — A guardian, executor, or an administrator of an estate, who is appointed as such under the laws of this state, and who, as such guardian, executor, or administrator, is entitled to the possession of t
• § 75760 — The owner or owners in fee of one or more tracts of land which constitute a portion of a district and which severally or in their entirety are contiguous to the exterior boundaries of the district may
• § 75761 — The petition for exclusion of lands shall state the grounds and reasons upon which it is claimed that the lands should be excluded.
• § 75762 — The petition for exclusion of lands shall be acknowledged in the manner and form as is required in the case of conveyance of land, and the acknowledgment shall have the same force and effect as eviden
• § 75763 — The secretary shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands to be published for at least once a week for two weeks in some newspaper published in the county where the offic
• § 75764 — The notice of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands shall state the filing of the petition, the names of the petitioners, a description of the lands mentioned in the petition, and the pray
• § 75780 — The board, at the time and place mentioned in the notice of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands, or at the time or times to which the hearing of the petition may be adjourned, shall proc
• § 75781 — The failure of any person interested in the district, other than the holders of bonds thereof outstanding at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands, to show cause, in writing, w
• § 75782 — The expenses of giving the notice of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands and of the proceedings on the petition shall be paid by the person or persons filing the petition.
• § 75783 — If, upon the hearing of the petition for exclusion of lands, no evidence or proofs in support thereof are introduced, or if the evidence fails to sustain the petition, or if the board deems it not for
• § 75784 — If the board deems it for the best interest of the district that the lands mentioned in the petition for exclusion of lands, or some portion thereof, be excluded from the district, and if no person in
• § 75800 — If the board excludes any lands from the district, it shall make an entry in the minutes of the board describing the boundaries of the district, if the exclusion of the lands from the district changes
• § 75801 — A certified copy of the entry in the minutes of the board excluding any land, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in the recorder’s office of each affected county.
• § 75802 — Upon exclusion of land from the district, the board shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State stating: (a) The name of the district.
• § 75810 — If there are outstanding bonds of the district at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands, the holders of such outstanding bonds may give their assent, in writing, to the effect
• § 75811 — The assent shall be acknowledged by the several holders of the outstanding bonds in the same manner and form as is required in case of a conveyance of land, and the acknowledgment shall have the same
• § 75812 — The assent shall be filed with the board, and shall be recorded in the minutes of the board; and such minutes, or a copy thereof, certified by the secretary, shall be admissible in evidence, with the
• § 75813 — If the holders of outstanding bonds of the district which are payable from assessments upon real property give their assent, as provided in Section 75810, to the exclusion of lands from the district,
• § 75830 — A district, notwithstanding the exclusion of lands therefrom, shall be and remain a district as fully, to every intent and purpose, as it would be had no change been made in the boundaries of the dist
• § 75831 — Nothing in this division shall, in any manner, operate to release any of the lands excluded from a district from any obligation to pay, or from any lien thereon of, any valid outstanding bonds or othe
• § 75832 — For the purpose of discharging the outstanding indebtedness at the time of the filing of the petition for exclusion of lands, the lands excluded shall be deemed and considered as part of the district
• § 75833 — The provisions of Sections 75831 and 75832 shall not apply to any outstanding bonds, the holders of which have assented to the exclusion of the lands from the district, as provided in Article 5 (comme
• § 75834 — If any of the outstanding bonds are payable from assessments upon all real property in the district, any real property excluded from the district by virtue of the exclusion of lands from said district
• § 75835 — If the land excluded from any district embraces the greater portion of any division or divisions of such district, the office of director for such division or divisions shall become and be vacant at t
• § 75850 — The boundaries of a district may be changed to include additional land within the district as provided in this chapter, and the inclusion within a district of any land not contiguous thereto shall be
• § 75851 — When a district is the sole owner of any tract of land not within the boundaries of the district, the board, upon determining that the inclusion of that land will be for the best interests of the dist
• § 75852 — A guardian, executor, or administrator of an estate, who is appointed as such under the laws of this state, and who, as such guardian, executor, or administrator, is entitled to the possession of the
• § 75860 — The holder of title or evidence of title, to any tract of land, or if there is more than one holder of title or evidence of title to such tract, the majority of such holders who are also the holders o
• § 75861 — Each signature to the petition for inclusion of lands shall be acknowledged or proved as provided by law for signatures to an instrument to entitle it to be recorded.
• § 75862 — The secretary shall cause a notice of the filing of the petition for inclusion of lands to be given and published in the same manner and for the same time as notices of elections for the issuance of b
• § 75863 — The notice of the filing of the petition for inclusion of lands shall state the purpose of the petition, describe the boundaries of the tract of land proposed to be included, and give the names of the
• § 75864 — The petitioners shall advance to the secretary sufficient money to pay for the publication of the notice of the filing of the petition for the inclusion of lands, which shall be refunded to the petiti
• § 75880 — The board, at the time and place mentioned in the notice of the filing of the petition for inclusion of lands, or at the time or times to which the hearing of the petition may be postponed, shall proc
• § 75881 — The failure of any person interested in the district, or in the matter of the proposed change of its boundaries, to show cause in writing why the proposed change of boundaries of the district should n
• § 75882 — If the board, after the hearing, determines that the petition for inclusion of lands complies with the requirements of Article 2 (commencing with Section 75860) of this chapter and that the inclusion
• § 75883 — If the board determines that only a portion or certain portions of the tract of land described in the petition for inclusion of lands should be included, the petition shall be dismissed unless: (a) Th
• § 75884 — The order changing the boundaries shall describe the boundaries of the land included within the district, and if such land adjoins any portion of the district, the order shall also describe that porti
• § 75885 — If more than one petition for the inclusion of land has been presented, the board may in one order include within the district any number of separate tracts of land.
• § 75886 — Any public land of the United States may be included within a district, except as may be provided otherwise by federal law.
• § 75887 — The board may require, as a condition precedent to the granting of the petition for inclusion of lands, that the petitioners severally pay to the district such respective sums, as nearly as they can b
• § 75900 — If a protest against the inclusion of lands, signed by not less than 3 percent of the holders of title or evidence of title to lands within the district who hold the title or evidence of title to not
• § 75901 — Upon the adoption of the resolution pursuant to Section 75900, the board shall order that an election be held within the district to determine whether the boundaries shall be changed as mentioned in s
• § 75902 — Before calling the election, the board may require an undertaking from the petitioners for the inclusion of the land, conditioned that the petitioners or the sureties will pay all the costs of holding
• § 75903 — Notice of the election shall be given and published, the election shall be held and conducted, the returns thereof shall be made and canvassed, and the result of the election ascertained and declared,
• § 75904 — The notice of election shall describe the proposed change of the boundaries in such manner and terms that it can readily be traced.
• § 75905 — The ballots cast at the election shall contain the words “For change of boundaries,” or “Against change of boundaries,” or words equivalent thereto.
• § 75906 — If a majority of all the votes cast at the election are against change of the boundaries of the district, the board shall order that the petition for inclusion of lands be denied and shall proceed no
• § 75907 — If a majority of the votes cast at the election are in favor of the change of the boundaries of the district, the board shall order that the boundaries be changed in accordance with the resolution ado
• § 75920 — A copy of the order of the board ordering the change of the boundaries of the district, certified by the president and secretary, shall be filed for record in the recorder’s office of each affected co
• § 75921 — Upon the filing of the copies of the order pursuant to Section 75920, the secretary shall record the petition for inclusion of lands in the minutes of the board; and such minutes, or a certified copy
• § 75922 — Upon a change of the boundaries of a district being made pursuant to this chapter, the board shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State listing: (a) The name of the district.
• § 75925 — The following annexation procedures may be used for annexation of land to any water conservation district as an alternative to the procedures set forth in Articles 2 (commencing with Section 75860) to
• § 75926 — A petition which may consist of any number of separate instruments, shall be filed with the secretary of the district, signed by 20 percent or 500 electors residing within the area so proposed to be a
• § 75927 — The text of such petition and a notice stating the time of the meeting at which the same will be presented shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6066 of the Government Code.
• § 75928 — Within 10 days of the date of filing of such petition the secretary of the district shall examine the same and ascertain whether or not such petition is signed by the requisite number of voters.
• § 75929 — When the secretary of the district has completed his examination of the petition, he shall attach to the same his certificate, properly dated, showing the result of such examination, and if from such
• § 75930 — The secretary of the district shall, within 10 days after the filing of such supplemental petition or petitions, make like examination of the same and certify to the result of such examination as here
• § 75931 — If any supplemental petition be filed, all the signatures appended to the petition or to the supplemental petition or petitions shall be considered in determining the number of voters signing the peti
• § 75932 — After an election for the annexation of such area to the district the sufficiency of such petition in any respect shall not be subject to judicial review or be otherwise questioned.
• § 75933 — Such petition may be granted by ordinance of the board of such district after hearing thereon held at the time the petition is presented to the board as provided in Section 75927.
• § 75934 — If such petition is granted, the proposition of such annexation subject to the terms and conditions so fixed, shall be submitted to the vote of the voters in the proposed addition, at an election call
• § 75935 — Notice of such election shall be published in the affected county pursuant to Section 6063 of the Government Code.
• § 75936 — The measure so submitted at such election shall be stated on the ballot substantially as follows: “Shall ____ (giving the name or other designation of the territory proposed to be annexed, as stated i
• § 75937 — The board shall canvass the votes cast at such election and, if such proposition is approved by a majority of the voters voting thereon at such election, the president and secretary of the board of di
• § 75938 — Upon receipt of such certificate, the Secretary of State shall, within 10 days, issue his certificate reciting the passage of said ordinance and the addition of said area or areas to said district.
• § 75939 — From and after the date of such certificate, the area or areas named therein shall be deemed added to, and shall form a part of, said district, and the taxable property therein shall be subject to tax
• § 75940 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Petitioning district” means a water conservation district which proposes to petition or which has petitioned another water conservation district to annex its territory to
• § 75950 — Proceedings by the petitioning district are initiated: (a) When the board of the district determines that it would be for the best interests of the district to be annexed to another water conservation
• § 75951 — A proposed annexation petition shall contain: (a) A request addressed to the annexing district, petitioning the annexing district to annex the petitioning district.
• § 75952 — Within 30 days after annexation proceedings have been initiated, the board of the petitioning district shall call and provide for the holding of a special election, at which election the proposition o
• § 75953 — The manner of holding and conducting the election, the selection of officers to conduct it, the designation of precincts and polling places, the preparation, receipt, counting, and returning of ballot
• § 75954 — Upon the canvassing of the votes cast in the election, if it appears that a majority of all votes cast are in favor of the annexation petition, the board of the petitioning district shall, within 10 d
• § 75970 — Within 30 days after the receipt of an annexation petition from a petitioning district, the board of the annexing district shall, if it favors the annexation, adopt a resolution setting forth its inte
• § 75971 — If, on the date set by the board for the final action on the annexation petition, there is presented to the board of the annexing district written protests signed by 3 percent, or 1,000, or more, of t
• § 75972 — If the question of annexation is submitted to the electors of the annexing district, the election shall be held in the same manner as provided in this chapter for the election in the petitioning distr
• § 75973 — If a majority of all votes cast at the election are against the proposed annexation, the annexation petition shall be denied.
• § 75974 — The order annexing the petitioning district shall describe the boundaries of the land to be annexed to the annexing district, and if such land adjoins any portion of the annexing district, the order s
• § 75975 — Upon the annexation of a district as provided in this chapter, the annexation order and the annexation petition shall be recorded.
• § 75990 — As a condition to annexation, the petitioning district and the annexing district may agree to any financial adjustments and may provide for the payment by the petitioning district of such sums as may
• § 75991 — Bonds of the petitioning district may be voted upon and issued in the manner provided for the incurring of bonded indebtedness of the district and may thereafter be delivered at not less than par valu
• § 76000 — Upon the adoption of an order of annexation, the petitioning district shall be deemed dissolved, except that if there is any outstanding indebtedness of the petitioning district at the time of the dis
• § 76001 — Upon receipt of the estimates furnished pursuant to Section 76000, the board or boards of supervisors shall levy an assessment on the lands comprising the petitioning district, in the manner provided
• § 76010 — Upon the annexation of the petitioning district to the annexing district, the board of the annexing district shall file with the Secretary of State a certificate listing: (a) The names of the annexing
• § 76020 — A district may be consolidated in the same manner as is provided for the consolidation of county water districts in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 32650) of Part 8 of Division 12 of this code.
• § 76030 — A district may be dissolved by the board of supervisors of the principal county in the manner provided in this chapter.
• § 76031 — Upon receiving a petition signed by 10 percent of the electors of the district, or by the owners of one-half of the lands comprising the district, requesting the dissolution of the district, the board
• § 76032 — At the time appointed for the hearing, or at any time to which the hearing may be adjourned, the board of supervisors shall hear and pass upon the petition, and may grant or deny the same.
• § 76040 — If the petition for dissolution is granted, the board of supervisors shall, by resolution, provide for and order the holding of a special election in the district, and shall submit to the qualified el
• § 76041 — The resolution calling the election shall recite the filing of the petition for dissolution and the approval thereof by the board of supervisors, and shall fix a time for the holding of the election.
• § 76042 — The election shall be noticed and conducted, and the returns of the election made and canvassed, in the same manner as is provided for the formation election.
• § 76050 — If votes representing 60 percent of the total number of votes cast are cast in favor of the dissolution of the district, the board of supervisors shall enter an order to that effect upon its minutes,
• § 76051 — If there is any outstanding indebtedness of the district, at the time of the dissolution thereof, the board of supervisors shall levy assessments for the payment of such indebtedness in like manner as
• § 76052 — Upon dissolution of a district, the clerk of the board of supervisors shall file a certificate with the Secretary of State listing: (a) The name of the district.
• § 76060 — Upon the dissolution of a district, any and all real property belonging to the district shall become and be the property of the county in which the real property is situated.
• § 76061 — The personal property belonging to a district upon its dissolution shall be sold by the board of supervisors of the principal county, and the proceeds from such sale, together with all moneys of the d
• § 76500 — Chapter 166 of the Statutes of 1929 and Chapter 1020 of the Statutes of 1931 are repealed.
• § 76501 — The repeals effected by this part shall not be construed to deprive any person or entity of any substantial right which would have existed or hereafter exist had such repeal not been effected.
• § 78500 — This division shall be known and may be cited as the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Act.
• § 78500.2 — In placing this measure before the voters, the Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) The state faces a water crisis that threatens our economy and environment.
• § 78500.4 — In enacting this measure, the people of California declare all of the following to be the objectives of this act: (a) To provide a safe, clean, affordable, and sufficient water supply to meet the need
• § 78501 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this division: (a) “Bay-delta” means the San Francisco Bay/Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta Estuary.
• § 78505 — The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division shall be deposited in the Safe, Clean, Reliable Water Supply Fund, which is hereby created.
• § 78525 — Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this chapter, “account” means the Delta Improvement Account created by Section 78526.
• § 78526 — The Delta Improvement Account is hereby created in the fund.
• § 78530 — (a) There is hereby created in the account the Central Valley Project Improvement Subaccount.
• § 78530.5 — The sum of ninety-three million dollars ($93,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article.
• § 78531 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Controller, to be allocated to pay the
• § 78535 — (a) There is hereby created in the account the Bay-Delta Agreement Subaccount.
• § 78535.5 — The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article.
• § 78536 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Resources Agency, to pay for the administr
• § 78536.5 — The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall carry out this article in accordance with procedures established by CALFED for the purposes of undertaking Category III activities and other ecosystem resto
• § 78537 — The state shall, to the greatest extent possible, secure federal and nonfederal matching funds to implement this article.
• § 78538 — Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
• § 78540 — (a) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount.
• § 78540.5 — The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article.
• § 78541 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the department, as follows: (a) Twelve million
• § 78542 — The expenditure of funds under this article is subject to Chapter 1.
• § 78543 — (a) No expenditure of funds may be made under this article unless the Department of Fish and Game makes a written determination as part of its review and approval of a plan or project pursuant to Sect
• § 78544 — For the purposes of this article, a levee project includes levee improvements and related habitat improvements which may be undertaken in the delta at a location other than the location of that levee
• § 78545 — The expenditure of funds under this article shall result in levee rehabilitation improvement projects that, to the greatest extent possible, are consistent with the CALFED program.
• § 78550 — (a) There is hereby created in the account the South Delta Barriers Subaccount.
• § 78550.5 — The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article.
• § 78551 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the department, to pay the costs incurred
• § 78552 — Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
• § 78560 — (a) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Recreation Subaccount.
• § 78560.5 — The sum of two million dollars ($2,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
• § 78562 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Department of Parks and Recreation to prov
• § 78564 — The Department of Parks and Recreation may use funds in the subaccount for grants to local public agencies and nonprofit organizations for the purposes of acquiring fee title, development rights, ease
• § 78565 — Any acquisition pursuant to this article shall be from willing sellers.
• § 78566 — The Department of Parks and Recreation may adopt regulations to carry out this article.
• § 78568 — Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.
• § 78570 — (a) There is hereby created in the account the CALFED Subaccount.
• § 78571 — The sum of three million dollars ($3,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of Section 78572.
• § 78572 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the department, for the purpose of paying for the sta
• § 78601 — Unless the context otherwise requires, as used in this chapter, “account” means the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account created by Section 78602.
• § 78602 — The Clean Water and Water Recycling Account is hereby created in the fund.
• § 78603 — The board may adopt regulations to carry out Article 2 (commencing with Section 78610), Article 3 (commencing with Section 78620), Sections 78640 to 78644, inclusive, Article 5 (commencing with Sectio
• § 78603.5 — The Department of Food and Agriculture may adopt regulations to carry out Section 78645.
• § 78610 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Eligible project” means a project or activity described in paragraph (1), (2), (3), or (4
• § 78611 — There is hereby created in the account both of the following subaccounts: (a) The State Revolving Fund Loan Subaccount.
• § 78612 — The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary or desirable to carry out this article, and may prepare recommendations with regard ther
• § 78612.5 — Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the State Revolving Fund Loan Subaccount and the Small Communities Grant Subaccount may be used for both of the following purposes: (a) To pay
• § 78613 — The following amounts are hereby transferred from the account to the State Revolving Fund Loan Subaccount and the Small Communities Grant Subaccount and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Governmen
• § 78614 — For purposes of subdivision (a) of Section 78613, the board may make loans to municipalities, pursuant to contract, to aid in the construction or implementation of eligible projects.
• § 78615 — For purposes of subdivision (b) of Section 78613, the board may make grants to small communities so that any combined federal and state grant does not exceed 97 1 2 percent of the eligible cost of nec
• § 78616 — Any contract entered into pursuant to this article for loans or grants may include provisions determined by the board, and shall include all of the following provisions: (a) An estimate of the reasona
• § 78617 — All contracts entered into pursuant to this article for loans or grants are also subject to both of the following requirements: (a) Public entities seeking assistance shall demonstrate, to the satisfa
• § 78618 — Any loan made pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 78613 shall be for a period not to exceed 20 years, with an interest rate set in accordance with Section 13480.
• § 78619 — All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan contracts entered into pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the State Revolving Fund Loan Subaccount for additional loans under
• § 78620 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “Eligible recycling project” means a water reclamation project that meets applicable recla
• § 78621 — (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Water Recycling Subaccount.
• § 78622 — The board may enter into contracts to make loans to public agencies for the purposes set forth in this article.
• § 78623 — Any contract for a loan entered into pursuant to Section 78622 may include those provisions determined by the board to be necessary for purposes of this chapter and shall include both of the following
• § 78624 — (a) A contract for a loan may not provide for a moratorium on the payment of the principal of, or interest on, the loan.
• § 78625 — (a) The board shall establish the interest rate for a loan made pursuant to this article at a rate equal to 50 percent of the interest rate paid by the state on the most recent sale of state general o
• § 78626 — Unallocated funds remaining in the subaccount on March 8, 2000, and any funds deposited into the subaccount after that date, shall be transferred to, and all money repaid to the state pursuant to any
• § 78627 — All interest earned by assets in the subaccount shall be deposited in the subaccount.
• § 78628 — The board may make grants to public agencies for facility planning studies for water reclamation projects.
• § 78629 — 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 article, and may prepare rec
• § 78630 — Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay for both of the following purposes: (a) To pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of th
• § 78640 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) (1) “Drainage water management units” means land and facilities for the treatment, storage
• § 78641 — There is hereby created in the account the Drainage Management Subaccount.
• § 78642 — (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum of twenty-seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($27,500,000) in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without reg
• § 78643 — (a) The board may loan an agency up to 100 percent of the total eligible costs of design and construction of an eligible project.
• § 78644 — The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out subdivision (a) of Section 78642.
• § 78645 — (a) Any 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
• § 78645.5 — Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the board may be used to pay for both of the following purposes: (a) To pay the costs incurred by the board in co
• § 78645.7 — Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the Department of Food and Agriculture may be used to pay the costs incurred by that department in connection wit
• § 78647 — (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the Delta Tributary Watershed Subaccount.
• § 78647.10 — (a) After providing notice and an opportunity for public comment with regard to an application submitted under Section 78647.
• § 78647.12 — The board may adopt regulations to implement this article.