California

Water Code

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

• § 12843 — In order to achieve the goals set forth in this chapter, all state agencies exercising resource management responsibilities shall review reconnaissance and feasibility reports submitted for state revi
• § 12844 — In order to guide state agencies in their review of proposed flood control and watershed protection projects, it is the intent of the Legislature that recreational purposes shall include, but be not l
• § 12845 — In order to realize the full potential of such projects for fish and wildlife enhancement and for recreational development, state agencies having resource management responsibilities affected by the p
• § 12846 — The Department of Fish and Game shall be responsible for the management of all fish and wildlife resources at any project subject to the provisions of this chapter.
• § 12847 — Where recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement features are contained in a flood control or watershed protection project, and where such payment is specifically authorized by the Legislature, the
• § 12848 — The Legislature hereby declares that there shall be included in the budget of the department for flood control subventions or for direct acquisitions by the state for each fiscal year an appropriation
• § 12849 — Any local agency sponsoring a project subject to the provisions of this chapter is hereby authorized to design, construct, operate, and maintain public recreational facilities at such project and shal
• § 12850 — Chapter 4 of this part shall be known and may be cited as “The California Watershed Protection and Flood Prevention Law.
• § 12851 — The definitions in this article govern the contruction of this chapter.
• § 12853 — “Lands, easements and rights of way” includes lands and rights or interests in lands whereon channel improvements and channel rectifications, debris dams and water retarding structures are located; la
• § 12854 — “Local organizations” means any county, city, state agency or public district.
• § 12860 — It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a primary interest in the control and conservation of floodwaters and the prevention of erosion, sediment damages and other damages by floodwate
• § 12861 — It is hereby declared that recurrent floods on rivers and streams of this State, causing loss of life and damage to property, disruption of commerce, interruption of transportation and communications,
• § 12865 — It is the intention of the Legislature that it will be the policy of the State to pay the costs of local cooperation required by acts of Congress for the following types of watershed projects: (a) “Pi
• § 12866 — The costs of local cooperation which the State will assume pursuant to Section 12865 shall be limited to the costs of lands, easements and rights of way.
• § 12866.1 — It is also declared to be the policy of the state that the state shall not provide financial assistance for relocation, reconstruction, or replacement of existing improvements, structures, or utilitie
• § 12866.2 — Notwithstanding any other provisions of this chapter, the following policy shall apply to projects approved by the appropriate committees of the Congress and by the Department of Agriculture after Nov
• § 12866.3 — The local agency may receive credit against its share of the costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way as determined in subdivisions (b) and (d) of Section 12866.
• § 12866.4 — Whenever specifically authorized by the Legislature, the department may lend the local agency the funds necessary to pay the local portion of the costs of lands, easements, and rights-of-way determine
• § 12867 — The State shall pay the costs of lands, easements and rights of way for projects described in subsection (a) of Section 12865 only if, or to the extent that: (a) The Secretary of Agriculture and local
• § 12868 — The State shall pay the costs of lands, easements and rights of way for projects described in subsection (b) of Section 12865 only if, or to the extent that: (a) The Secretary of Agriculture and local
• § 12870 — When local organizations have agreed with the Secretary of Agriculture upon a plan for works of improvement pursuant to the authorization contained in said Department of Agriculture Appropriation Act
• § 12871 — The department shall make such a recommendation to the Legislature if it finds that the requirements of Section 12867 or Section 12868 have been met.
• § 12872 — The findings of the department required by subsection (d) of Section 12867 or of subsection (f) of Section 12868 shall be based upon current cost estimates or actual costs incurred or expended.
• § 12873 — The findings of the department required by subsection (c) of Section 12867 or by subsections (a) to (e) of Section 12868 need be made only once, at the time the department first recommends an entire p
• § 12874 — Money appropriated to the department for reallocation to local organizations shall be reallocated to local organizations upon order of the department after application therefor has been made to it by
• § 12875 — The department may refuse to make any order for the reallocation of any of the funds if the provisions of this chapter are violated.
• § 12878 — Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions apply throughout this chapter: (a) “Department” means Department of Water Resources.
• § 12878.1 — (a) If the department determines that a unit of a project is not being operated or maintained in accordance with the standards established by federal regulations, if the department determines that the
• § 12878.10 — Upon completion of the said description and map, the board or department shall schedule a hearing to be held either at some convenient place within the proposed boundaries of the maintenance area or a
• § 12878.11 — Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation within the proposed boundaries of the maintenance area for at least once a week for two successive
• § 12878.12 — The notice shall state the time and place of hearing, that the purpose of the hearing is to establish the boundaries of the maintenance area benefited by the continued operation and maintenance of the
• § 12878.13 — At the hearing any owner of land within the proposed boundaries of the maintenance area or other interested person may offer, and the board or department shall receive, any relevant evidence or testim
• § 12878.14 — Land lying without the exterior boundaries of the proposed maintenance area as shown on the map prepared by the board or department shall not be included within the maintenance area unless at the hear
• § 12878.15 — When any such additional land is proposed to be included and the owner’s consent is not given, the hearing shall be adjourned to a specified time and place.
• § 12878.16 — Notice of such adjourned hearing, where additional land is to be included, and the purpose thereof shall be given by publication of notice at least once a week for two successive weeks in a newspaper
• § 12878.17 — Upon the final conclusion of such hearing the board or department shall establish the boundaries of the maintenance area and of the zones therein and the percentages of benefits of the respective zone
• § 12878.18 — Land benefited by more than one unit may be included within as many maintenance areas as there are units by which it is benefited.
• § 12878.19 — The establishment of a maintenance area pursuant to this chapter shall be evidenced by an order or resolution of the board or director creating such area.
• § 12878.2 — The statement shall include a description of the unit and the name of the local agency, if any, responsible for its operation and maintenance and such statement shall be transmitted to the affected lo
• § 12878.20 — The order or resolution determining and establishing the boundaries thereof shall be filed for record in the office of the county recorder of each county within which any portion of a maintenance area
• § 12878.21 — Upon the formation of a maintenance area, the department shall thereafter operate and maintain the unit until such time as the maintenance area may be dissolved pursuant to this chapter.
• § 12878.22 — Any local agency obligated by Chapters 2 (commencing at Section 12639) and 4 (commencing at Section 12850) of this part, or by Section 8370 of this code, or by any other law of the State, to operate a
• § 12878.23 — (a) The board or the department may modify the boundaries of any established maintenance area or zones within the maintenance area, the description of works to be maintained within the maintenance are
• § 12878.24 — Upon receipt of any such petition for modification or upon initiation of any such proceeding by its own action the board or department shall conduct such modification proceedings as near as may be in
• § 12878.25 — The land within each zone, and the land within each maintenance area, if no zones are established therein, shall be conclusively presumed to be benefited by the continued operation and maintenance of
• § 12878.26 — Each maintenance area is a district within which assessments are collected according to the value or to the benefit product as defined in Section 12878.
• § 12878.27 — The department shall, prior to the first day of April of each year, estimate the cost of the operation and maintenance of each unit during the ensuing fiscal year and during the current fiscal year wh
• § 12878.28 — Following the first day of April of each year, the board or department shall hold a hearing at Sacramento on the matter of fixing the estimates and assessments for all units to be operated or maintain
• § 12878.29 — Notice of the hearing shall be given by publication in at least one newspaper of general circulation in each maintenance area affected for at least once a week for two successive weeks.
• § 12878.3 — Any such statement shall not be admissible as evidence in any court action brought against the local agency, its governing body or any member thereof or the State or any of its officials, nor shall th
• § 12878.30 — The notice shall set the time and place of the hearing which shall be held not less than 10 days following the completion of publication as to all maintenance areas, and shall state that the purpose o
• § 12878.31 — At the hearing any owner of land in any maintenance area affected, or other interested person may offer, and the board or department shall receive, any relevant evidence or testimony concerning the pr
• § 12878.32 — Upon the final conclusion of such hearing the board or department shall fix the amount of the estimate for each such unit for all purposes of the assessments provided for in this article, and in all c
• § 12878.33 — If any area or zone lies within more than one county, the department shall divide the amount of the estimate in the proportion of the acreage in each county, as modified to reflect any zones of benefi
• § 12878.34 — The department shall certify to the auditor and board of supervisors of each county in which each maintenance area, or part thereof, lies, the amount required, in order to pay the estimate for the ens
• § 12878.35 — The board of supervisors of each county in which there lies a maintenance area or any portion thereof shall annually, and at the time of levying county taxes, levy on the land within the county and wi
• § 12878.36 — Each assessment shall be identified by the name and number, if any, of the area, and by the number of the zone, if a zone is involved.
• § 12878.37 — The board of supervisors shall determine a rate of assessment sufficient to cover the amount of the estimate for each area or zone, making reasonable allowance for anticipated delinquencies.
• § 12878.38 — Assessments levied pursuant to this article shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner as county taxes.
• § 12878.39 — All money raised by such assessments shall be accounted for separately as to each area and zone.
• § 12878.4 — If the local agency, within 45 days after the date of receipt of the said statement of the department, files a protest thereto with the board or department setting forth in detail the basis of its obj
• § 12878.40 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that a county may face substantial expense in maintaining a roll or system which reflects both current values of property for purposes of ad valorem benef
• § 12878.41 — All money deposited in the Water Resources Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 12878.
• § 12878.42 — The department shall keep a separate account for each maintenance area as to money deposited under Section 12878.
• § 12878.43 — The department shall keep a separate account for money appropriated for the purposes of this chapter from the General Fund.
• § 12878.44 — Money expended upon any unit during any fiscal year shall not exceed by more than 20 percent the amount of the estimate for that unit for that fiscal year, unless the department determines that expend
• § 12878.45 — The State Controller shall have no responsibility for verifying the correctness of the claim as to the account upon which it is drawn, and the State Controller shall keep no separate accounts for the
• § 12878.5 — If no protest is received by the board or department pursuant to the provisions of the preceding section, the board or department shall adopt and establish the estimated sum previously set forth in th
• § 12878.6 — If, within 30 days after conclusion of the hearing held pursuant to Section 12878.
• § 12878.7 — The board or department shall prepare a description of the proposed boundaries together with a map thereof for each maintenance area to be formed.
• § 12878.8 — Any maintenance area may be divided into zones when it is determined by the investigation that the benefit to the land in the area is not uniform throughout the area.
• § 12878.9 — If a maintenance area is divided into zones, the zones shall be given a numerical designation starting with Zone 1 which shall be the zone which receives the greatest proportional benefit.
• § 12879 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Conservation Bond Law of 1988.
• § 12879.1 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) There is a lack of local water projects in certain areas of the state where the demands of a growing population could exceed water supplies which cou
• § 12879.10 — 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 12879.
• § 12879.11 — 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 pa
• § 12879.12 — 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
• § 12879.13 — For the purposes of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the u
• § 12879.135 — 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),
• § 12879.14 — 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 ex
• § 12879.15 — 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
• § 12879.16 — 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 o
• § 12879.17 — 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 Cal
• § 12879.2 — As used in this chapter, the following terms have the following meanings: (a) “Committee” means the Water Conservation Finance Committee created pursuant to Section 12879.
• § 12879.3 — (a) The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the 1988 Water Conservation Fund, which is hereby created.
• § 12879.4 — (a) The department may make loans to local agencies, upon approval of the Legislature by statute, to aid in the construction of eligible projects and to aid in the funding of voluntary, cost-effective
• § 12879.5 — (a) The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Local Water Projects Assistance Account and shall be available for loans to local agencies to aid
• § 12879.6 — (a) The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Account and shall be available for appropriation by th
• § 12879.7 — Bonds in the total amount of fifty-four million seven hundred sixty-five thousand dollars ($54,765,000), exclusive of refunding bonds issued pursuant to Section 12879.
• § 12879.8 — 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 Pa
• § 12879.9 — (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 Water Conservation Finance Committee is
• § 12880 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Davis-Grunsky Act.
• § 12881 — In furtherance of the development, control and conservation of the water resources of the state and the State Water Resources Development System it is the policy of the state to provide financial assi
• § 12881.2 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Project” means any dam, reservoir, or other construction or improvement by a public agency for the diversion, storage, or distribution of water primarily for domestic, mu
• § 12881.4 — In the administration of this chapter, the department and the commission shall give preference to projects involving the development of new basic water supplies.
• § 12882 — Applications for loans or grants or financial participation by the state under this chapter shall be made to the department in such form and with such supporting material as may be prescribed by the d
• § 12882.2 — Applications for loans for irrigation distribution system projects or municipal distribution system projects which involve extreme hardship which jeopardizes the public health, safety or welfare shall
• § 12882.3 — An application for a reservoir site loan pursuant to Section 12885.
• § 12882.4 — A copy of each application, except applications for loans for the preparation of proposed feasibility reports, shall be transmitted by the department to the Department of Parks and Recreation and to t
• § 12882.5 — The report required by Section 12882.
• § 12883 — A proposed project may be approved for assistance only if it is determined that the project substantially conforms to the California Water Plan, is engineeringly feasible, economically justified, and,
• § 12883.2 — In the case of a grant for recreation or fish and wildlife enhancement, or both, the determination of economic justification of the proposed project may, in the department’s discretion, be limited to
• § 12883.4 — A loan for the preparation of a proposed feasibility report on a proposed project may be approved only if it is determined that there is reasonable assurance that the public agency can repay the loan
• § 12884 — The department is authorized to make state grants to public agencies from moneys available for such purpose.
• § 12884.2 — Grants in furtherance of a project that involves the development of a new water supply or a project that involves the repair, alteration, or replacement of dam and reservoir facilities which are subje
• § 12885 — The department is authorized to make state loans to public agencies for the construction of projects from moneys available for such loans.
• § 12885.1 — Loans may be made only for projects primarily for domestic, municipal, agricultural, industrial, recreation, or fish and wildlife enhancement purposes.
• § 12885.2 — The department is authorized to make state loans to public agencies for the acquisition of interests in lands that are necessary for the construction, operation, or maintenance of proposed projects th
• § 12885.3 — Each loan that is made pursuant to Section 12885.
• § 12885.4 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, any land acquired with a loan made pursuant to this chapter, which land is located outside the boundaries of the public agency acquiring the land
• § 12885.5 — In furtherance of the policy set forth in Section 12881.
• § 12885.6 — The department is authorized to make state loans to public agencies for the preparation of feasibility reports on proposed projects, from any moneys available for such loans, in an amount for any one
• § 12885.7 — Loans may be made for all or any part of the cost of the preparation of proposed feasibility reports on proposed projects, but in no event shall any such loan be in an amount which is greater than the
• § 12885.8 — The department shall require the payment of interest on each loan that is made pursuant to this chapter after the effective date of the 1967 act amending this section, at a rate of 2 1 2 percent per a
• § 12885.9 — The department, without the prior approval of the California Water Commission, is authorized during the calendar years 1976, 1977, and 1978 to make loans in amounts not to exceed two hundred thousand
• § 12886 — If in order to accomplish the objectives of this chapter it is necessary to construct a project that is larger than one which a public agency proposes to construct, the state may participate in planni
• § 12886.2 — In participating in a project under this article, the department may perform all or part of the planning, designing, construction, operation or maintenance of the project on terms agreed upon with the
• § 12886.4 — The department is authorized, following receipt of an application for state participation from a public agency, to participate under this article on behalf of the state in any project that is larger t
• § 12886.6 — The department is authorized to make loans and grants to public agencies pursuant to the provisions of this chapter for projects in which the department participates under this article.
• § 12887 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every public agency empowered by law to construct and operate a project, as defined in Section 12881.
• § 12887.1 — A public agency may borrow money from and repay the same with interest to the state in accordance with this chapter on behalf of the entire public agency or of any portion or portions thereof for whic
• § 12887.2 — A public agency may enter into a contract with the department, on behalf of the entire public agency, or of any portion or portions thereof referred to in Section 12887.
• § 12887.3 — A public agency may comply with the provisions of any contract entered into with the department under this chapter, including any provision which obligates the public agency, or any specified portion
• § 12887.4 — A public agency may include recreation and enhancement of fish and wildlife, or either of them, as functions of a project which the public agency is empowered by law to construct and operate, and may
• § 12887.5 — A public agency may construct and operate such onshore recreational facilities, fish and wildlife enhancement facilities or other facilities as the department or the Legislature may require in connect
• § 12887.6 — A public agency may annually levy or cause to be levied upon all property in the public agency, or in any portion or portions thereof, subject to taxation or assessment by the public agency an ad valo
• § 12887.7 — A public agency may make charges for the furnishing of services from the project for which the public agency receives financial assistance under this chapter and may pledge and use any or all revenues
• § 12887.8 — A public agency is hereby granted the power to bring an action in the superior court of the county in which the office of such agency is situated to determine the validity of any contract made with th
• § 12887.9 — Whenever a public agency is required to have legal counsel in connection with any of its activities pursuant to this chapter, it may use the services of the district attorney or county counsel of the
• § 12888 — A public agency may perform all acts and do all things that are necessary or convenient to carry out the powers specified in this article.
• § 12889 — Except in the case of a grant to a public agency where the applicable law contains provisions for the election of the members of the governing body of the agency or where a county board of supervisors
• § 12889.2 — 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 the public agency shall be utilized for an
• § 12890 — The department is authorized to make from time to time such rules and regulations as may be necessary to carry out, and as are consistent with, this chapter.
• § 12890.2 — In making loans or grants pursuant to this chapter, the department shall impose terms and conditions that are designed to protect the state’s investment and that are necessary to carry out the purpose
• § 12890.4 — The department shall keep full and complete records and accounts concerning all of its transactions under this chapter.
• § 12891 — In order to effectuate loans or grants made by the department pursuant to this chapter, the State Controller shall, upon demand of the department, draw warrants made payable to such public agencies an
• § 12891.2 — It shall be the duty of the State Controller to make such audit or audits of the books and records of public agencies receiving loans or grants pursuant to this chapter, as he may deem necessary from
• § 12891.4 — All loans or grants made pursuant to this chapter shall be subject to the provisions of this chapter and subject to the approval of the California Water Commission.
• § 12892 — No member of the California Water Commission shall participate in the action of the commission in considering for approval, or approving, a loan or grant under this chapter to a public agency of which
• § 12893 — In the case of a grant under subdivision (b) of Section 12884.
• § 12894 — The department may, when specifically authorized by law to do so, enter into a commitment, without regard to fiscal years, with any public agency, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 12881.
• § 12894.1 — Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, every public agency empowered by law to contract with the state for a water supply is hereby granted, in addition to and not in derogation or limi
• § 12894.2 — The Department of Water Resources shall notify all public agencies which have contracted for water from the State Water Resources Development System of its intention to conduct an investigation of the
• § 12894.3 — If the department determines that a loan commitment pursuant to Section 12894 will not enable any eligible public agency specified in Section 1 of Chapter 842 of the Statutes of 1968 to obtain the fun
• § 12894.4 — A loan pursuant to Section 12894.
• § 12894.5 — Annual payments on the loan, including both principal repayment and interest, shall be in substantially equal amounts over the term of the loan, excluding the initial deferment, if any.
• § 12894.6 — In making loans pursuant to Section 12894.
• § 12894.7 — The department shall require the payment of interest on each loan that is made pursuant to Section 12894.
• § 12894.8 — Prior approval by the voters of an eligible district of a project described in Section 12894.
• § 12895 — The Department of Water Resources is authorized to participate and cooperate with the United States in the planning of construction, operation, maintenance, and financing of projects that are in subst
• § 12896 — Under the policy established in Section 12895, the department is authorized to participate and cooperate with the United States in the planning of construction, operation, maintenance, and financing o
• § 12898 — The Sacramento Canals Unit of the Central Valley Project is approved for state participation to the extent that funds are hereafter appropriated therefor.
• § 12899 — The following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “State Water Resources Development System” means the State Water Resources Development System as described in Section 12931, incl
• § 12899.1 — (a) Except as provided by Section 12899.
• § 12899.10 — This chapter does not apply to the activities of a public agency that operates facilities of the State Water Resources Development System that are jointly owned by the state and the United States, inc
• § 12899.11 — (a) The department, not later than 60 days from the date on which it receives a complete application, shall issue a general encroachment permit, for a period not to exceed 10 years, for routine operat
• § 12899.2 — (a) Any act performed under the authority of a permit issued pursuant to this chapter shall be in accordance with the applicable provisions of this chapter and the terms and conditions of the permit.
• § 12899.3 — No corporation has any franchise rights within the department’s right-of-way, and no county, city, or city and county has any right to grant a franchise within that right-of-way.
• § 12899.4 — The department may delegate, to any entity that has a contract with the department pursuant to Section 11625, any of the department’s powers, duties and authority, other than approval, under this chap
• § 12899.5 — (a) Except as provided by Section 12899.
• § 12899.6 — (a) Unless a person is otherwise authorized, by permit or agreement, to do so, it is unlawful for any person to do any of the following acts: (1) Drain water, or permit water to be drained, from the p
• § 12899.7 — Any person who by any means willfully or negligently injures or damages any feature of the State Water Resources Development System or the department’s right-of-way is liable for necessary repairs, an
• § 12899.8 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, and except as otherwise provided in an agreement between the department and landowner or predecessor-in-interest, any person owning a legal rea
• § 12899.9 — The department may adopt regulations to implement this chapter, including regulations that provide for the filing of an application for a permit, related administrative review and inspection, the impo
• § 12900 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the California Water Fund Law of 1959.
• § 12901 — As used in this chapter: (a) “Project” means any project constructed by a public agency, as defined by Section 12880, by the State, or by the State in co-operation with the Federal Government, for the
• § 12910 — The California Water Fund is created as a special fund in the State Treasury, the moneys, securities, and increment of which shall be held by the State Treasurer and shall be expended upon projects wh
• § 12911 — The Investment Fund in the State Treasury is hereby abolished.
• § 12912 — There shall be deposited in the California Water Fund: (a) All resources of the Investment Fund.
• § 12912.5 — Of the amounts deposited in the California Water Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of the Public Resources Code, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be deposited annually in a speci
• § 12913 — The Director of Finance shall cause all moneys in the fund which are in excess of current requirements to be invested and reinvested from time to time in securities described in Section 16430 of the G
• § 12914 — All of the assets in the fund shall be retained in the State Treasury in the fund and shall not be expended except upon appropriations made by the Legislature.
• § 12915 — To the extent the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent or in conflict with any of those provisions of Part 3 (commencing at Section 11100) of Division 6, the provisions of this chapter shall pr
• § 12920 — This chapter shall be known as, and may be cited as, the Porter-Dolwig Ground Water Basin Protection Law.
• § 12921 — The definitions in this article govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 12921.1 — “Department” means the Department of Water Resources.
• § 12921.2 — “Local agency” means any county, city, state agency or public district.
• § 12921.3 — “Project” means any physical structure or facility proposed or constructed under this chapter for the conservation, storage, regulation, reclamation, treatment or transportation of water to replenish,
• § 12922 — It is hereby declared that the people of the State have a primary interest in the correction and prevention of irreparable damage to, or impaired use of, the ground water basins of this State caused b
• § 12922.1 — The Legislature finds and declares that the greater portion of the water used in this State is stored, regulated, distributed and furnished by its ground water basins, and that such basins are subject
• § 12923 — It is the intention of the Legislature that the department shall, whenever money has been appropriated for the purpose, initiate or participate in investigations, studies, plans and design criteria fo
• § 12923.1 — The results of the investigations and studies conducted and the plans and design criteria developed by the department pursuant to this article shall be transmitted to the State Water Resources Control
• § 12924 — (a) The department, in conjunction with other public agencies, shall conduct an investigation of the state’s groundwater basins.
• § 12925 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Groundwater Recharge Facilities Financing Act.
• § 12926 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) Recharge is an effective way to maximize availability of scarce water supplies throughout the state.
• § 12927 — As used in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise: (a) “In-lieu recharge” means accomplishing increased storage of groundwater by providing interruptible surface water to a user who relie
• § 12928 — (a) The money in the 1985 Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Bond Fund shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature for loans to local agencies to aid in the conduct of projects fo
• § 12928.1 — The department shall give priority to projects of agencies located in overdrafted groundwater basins and those projects of critical need, to projects whose feasibility studies show the greatest econom
• § 12928.2 — A contract for a loan pursuant to Section 12928 shall require the prior approval of the California Water Commission.
• § 12928.3 — The department shall adopt rules and regulations necessary to carry out the purposes of this chapter.
• § 12928.4 — As a part of the contract for a loan, the agency shall agree to indemnify and hold and save the state, the department, and its employees free from any and all liability for damages that may arise out
• § 12928.6 — Groundwater recharge projects developed pursuant to this chapter shall be eligible for funding pursuant to any bond law previously or subsequently approved by the voters if the projects are otherwise
• § 12929 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Environmental Water Act of 1989.
• § 12929.1 — It is the intent of the Legislature, in enacting this chapter, to prescribe the purposes of the Environmental Water Fund, and to create, and prescribe the purposes of, the Environmental Water Program
• § 12929.10 — The Environmental Water Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury.
• § 12929.11 — The department shall expend the money appropriated to it from the Environmental Water Fund for projects or programs concerning the water resources of the state that will contribute significant environ
• § 12929.12 — (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that sixty-five million dollars ($65,000,000) of the funds that may be transferred, pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937, to the Califo
• § 12929.13 — It is further the intent of the Legislature that the reductions and transfers described in Sections 11913, 12303, and 12929.
• § 12929.14 — It is the intent of the Legislature that nine million dollars ($9,000,000) per year be appropriated in the annual Budget Act for the 1994–95 to 1997–98 fiscal years, inclusive, to pay for programs and