California

Water Code

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

• § 13262 — The Attorney General, at the request of the regional board or the state board, shall petition the superior court for the issuance of a temporary restraining order, temporary injunction, or permanent i
• § 13263 — (a) The regional board, after any necessary hearing, shall prescribe requirements as to the nature of any proposed discharge, existing discharge, or material change in an existing discharge, except di
• § 13263.1 — Before a regional board issues or revises waste discharge requirements pursuant to Section 13263 for any discharge of mining waste, the regional board shall first determine that the proposed mining wa
• § 13263.2 — The owner or operator of a facility that treats groundwater which qualifies as a hazardous waste pursuant to Chapter 6.
• § 13263.3 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that pollution prevention should be the first step in a hierarchy for reducing pollution and managing wastes, and to achieve environmental stewardship for societ
• § 13263.5 — (a) When the regional board issues waste discharge requirements pursuant to Section 13263, or revises waste discharge requirements pursuant to subdivision (g) of Section 25159.
• § 13263.6 — (a) A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) may require pollution prevention plans as described in Section 13263.
• § 13263.7 — (a) Compliance with effluent limitations and any other permit or waste discharge requirements, as appropriate, for the release or discharge of recycled water determined to be suitable for direct potab
• § 13264 — (a) No person shall initiate any new discharge of waste or make any material changes in any discharge, or initiate a discharge to, make any material changes in a discharge to, or construct, an injecti
• § 13265 — (a) Any person discharging waste in violation of Section 13264, after such violation has been called to his attention in writing by the regional board, is guilty of a misdemeanor and may be liable civ
• § 13266 — Pursuant to such regulations as the regional board may prescribe, each city, county, or city and county shall notify the regional board of the filing of a tentative subdivision map, or of any applicat
• § 13267 — (a) A regional board, in establishing or reviewing any water quality control plan or waste discharge requirements, or in connection with any action relating to any plan or requirement authorized by th
• § 13267.5 — (a) In conducting an investigation pursuant to Section 13267 that includes collection of information about discharge of wastewater produced from an oil or gas field, a regional board or the state boar
• § 13268 — (a) (1) Any person failing or refusing to furnish technical or monitoring program reports as required by subdivision (b) of Section 13267, failing or refusing to furnish information as required by sub
• § 13269 — (a) (1) On and after January 1, 2000, the provisions of subdivisions (a) and (c) of Section 13260, subdivision (a) of Section 13263, or subdivision (a) of Section 13264 may be waived by the state boar
• § 13270 — Where a public agency as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 13400 leases land for waste disposal purposes to any other public agency, including the State of California, or to any public utility reg
• § 13271 — (a) (1) Except as provided by subdivision (b), any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any hazardous substance or sewage to be discharged in or on any waters of the s
• § 13272 — (a) Except as provided by subdivision (b), any person who, without regard to intent or negligence, causes or permits any oil or petroleum product to be discharged in or on any waters of the state, or
• § 13272.1 — Each regional board shall publish and distribute on a quarterly basis to all public water system operators within the region of the regional board, a list of discharges of MTBE that occurred during th
• § 13273 — (a) The state board shall, on or before January 1, 1986, rank all solid waste disposal sites, as defined in paragraph (5) of subdivision (i) of Section 41805.
• § 13273.1 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), an operator of a solid waste disposal site may submit a solid waste assessment questionnaire to the appropriate regional board at least 24 months prior to th
• § 13273.2 — Notwithstanding subdivision (b) of Section 13273.
• § 13273.3 — As used in Sections 13273, 13273.
• § 13273.5 — Notwithstanding Section 13273, a small city which operates a Class III solid waste disposal site is not required to submit a solid waste water quality assessment test report pursuant to Section 13273
• § 13274 — (a) (1) The state board or a regional board, upon receipt of applications for waste discharge requirements for discharges of dewatered, treated, or chemically fixed sewage sludge and other biological
• § 13275 — (a) Notwithstanding any other law, a public water system regulated by the state board pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 116270) of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code sh
• § 13276 — (a) The multiagency task force, the Department of Fish and Wildlife and state board pilot project to address the Environmental Impacts of Cannabis Cultivation, assigned to respond to the damages cause
• § 13280 — A determination that discharge of waste from existing or new individual disposal systems or from community collection and disposal systems which utilize subsurface disposal should not be permitted sha
• § 13281 — (a) In making a determination pursuant to Section 13280, except as specified in subdivision (b), the regional board shall consider all relevant evidence related to the discharge, including, but not li
• § 13282 — (a) If it appears that adequate protection of water quality, protection of beneficial uses of water, and prevention of nuisance, pollution, and contamination can be attained by appropriate design, loc
• § 13283 — In reviewing any determination that discharge of waste from existing or new individual disposal systems should not be permitted, the state board shall include a preliminary review of possible alternat
• § 13284 — The state board may adopt guidelines, regulations, or policies necessary to implement the provisions of this article.
• § 13285 — (a) A discharge from a storage tank, pipeline, or other container of methyl tertiary-butyl ether (MTBE), or of any pollutant that contains MTBE, that poses a threat to drinking water, or to groundwate
• § 13286 — (a) On and after January 1, 2012, the appropriate regional board shall prohibit the discharge of wastewater into the ground through the use of individual subsurface disposal systems in the Cove area o
• § 13286.9 — On and after the date determined by the Santa Ana Regional Water Quality Control Board, or January 1, 2013, whichever is earlier, all wastewater discharged by the Orange County Sanitation District int
• § 13287 — (a) For the purposes of this section: (1) “Board” means the state board or a regional board.
• § 13288 — For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions apply: (a) “Adequate sewer service” means a sanitary sewer service provided by a sewer service provider that is not an inadequate sewer service,
• § 13289 — (a) (1) Except as provided in paragraph (4), where a disadvantaged community or residents of a disadvantaged community are served by one or more inadequate onsite sewage treatment systems, the regiona
• § 13289.5 — (a) Before implementing the actions authorized by this section, the state board shall, by resolution, make one or both of the following findings: (1) A sewer service provider is an inadequate sewer se
• § 13290 — For the purposes of this chapter: (a) “Local agency” means any of the following entities: (1) A city, county, or city and county.
• § 13291 — (a) On or before January 1, 2004, the state board, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, the California Coastal Commission, the California Conference of Directors of Environmenta
• § 13291.5 — It is the intent of the Legislature to assist private property owners with existing systems who incur costs as a result of the implementation of the regulations established under this section by encou
• § 13291.7 — Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the land use authority of any city, county, or city and county.
• § 13292 — (a) It is the responsibility of the state board to provide guidance to the regional boards in matters of procedure, as well as policy and regulation.
• § 133 — The department may cooperate and contract with any agency of the State or of the United States in order to carry out its powers and purposes.
• § 1330 — Any person interested may, within the time allowed in the notice of application or within such further time as may, for good cause shown, be allowed by the board, file with it a written protest agains
• § 13300 — Whenever a regional board finds that a discharge of waste is taking place or threatening to take place that violates or will violate requirements prescribed by the regional board, or the state board,
• § 13301 — When a regional board finds that a discharge of waste is taking place, or threatening to take place, in violation of requirements or discharge prohibitions prescribed by the regional board or the stat
• § 13301.1 — The regional board shall render to persons against whom a cease and desist order is issued pursuant to Section 13301 all possible assistance in making available current information on successful and e
• § 13303 — Cease and desist orders of the board shall become effective and final upon issuance thereof.
• § 13304 — (a) A person who has discharged or discharges waste into the waters of this state in violation of any waste discharge requirement or other order or prohibition issued by a regional board or the state
• § 13304.1 — (a) A groundwater cleanup system that commences operation on or after January 1, 2002, and that is required to obtain a discharge permit from the regional board pursuant to the regional board’s jurisd
• § 13304.2 — (a) For purposes of this section, “brownfield site” means a real estate parcel or improvements located on the parcel, or both that parcel and the improvements, that is abandoned, idled, or underused,
• § 13305 — (a) Upon determining that a condition of pollution or nuisance exists that has resulted from a nonoperating industrial or business location within its region, a regional board may cause notice of the
• § 13306 — A majority vote of the entire membership of a regional board shall be required to adopt, rescind, or modify any enforcement action authorized by Section 13301.
• § 13307 — (a) The state board and the Department of Toxic Substances Control shall concurrently establish policies and procedures consistent with this division that the state board’s representatives and the rep
• § 13307.1 — (a) The state board and the regional boards shall not consider cleanup or site closure proposals from the primary or active responsible discharger, issue a closure letter, or make a determination that
• § 13307.5 — (a) The regional board shall take all of the following actions when reviewing or approving a cleanup proposal from a primary or active responsible discharger with respect to a site issued a cleanup an
• § 13307.6 — (a) In addition to the requirements of Section 13307.
• § 13308 — (a) If the regional board determines there is a threatened or continuing violation of any cleanup or abatement order, cease and desist order, or any order issued under Section 13267 or 13383, the regi
• § 1331 — The protest shall meet all of the following requirements: (a) State the name and address of the protestant.
• § 1332 — The board may request from the protestant additional information reasonably necessary to clarify, amplify, correct, or otherwise supplement the information required to be submitted under Section 1331.
• § 13320 — (a) Within 30 days of any action or failure to act by a regional board under subdivision (c) of Section 13225, Article 4 (commencing with Section 13260) of Chapter 4, Chapter 5 (commencing with Sectio
• § 13321 — (a) (1) In the case of a review by the state board under Section 13320 or review by the state board of a decision or order issued under authority delegated to an officer or employee of the state board
• § 13323 — (a) Any executive officer of a regional board may issue a complaint to any person on whom administrative civil liability may be imposed pursuant to this article.
• § 13326 — No person shall be subject to both civil liability imposed under this article and civil liability imposed by the superior court under Articles 5 (commencing with Section 13350) and 6 (commencing with
• § 13327 — In determining the amount of civil liability, the regional board, and the state board upon review of any order pursuant to Section 13320, shall take into consideration the nature, circumstance, extent
• § 13328 — After the time for judicial review under Section 13330 has expired, the state board may apply to the clerk of the appropriate court in the county in which the civil liability or penalty was imposed, f
• § 1333 — The protestant and the applicant shall make a good faith effort to resolve the protest within 180 days from the date on which the period provided under Section 1330 expires.
• § 13330 — (a) Not later than 30 days from the date of service of a copy of a decision or order issued by the state board under this division, other than a decision or order issued pursuant to Article 7 (commenc
• § 13331 — (a) Upon the failure of any person or persons to comply with any cease and desist order issued by a regional board or the state board, the Attorney General, upon request of the board, shall petition t
• § 1334 — The board may request from the protestant or the applicant additional information that the board determines is reasonably necessary to attempt to resolve the protest.
• § 13340 — Whenever a regional board finds that a discharge of waste within its region is taking place or threatening to take place which does or will cause a condition of pollution or nuisance, constituting an
• § 1335 — (a) The board may cancel a protest or application for failure to provide information requested by the board under this article within the period provided.
• § 13350 — (a) A person who (1) violates a cease and desist order or cleanup and abatement order hereafter issued, reissued, or amended by a regional board or the state board, or (2) in violation of a waste disc
• § 13351 — In determining the amount of civil liability to be imposed pursuant to this chapter, the superior court shall take into consideration the nature, circumstance, extent, and gravity of the violation or
• § 13360 — (a) No waste discharge requirement or other order of a regional board or the state board or decree of a court issued under this division shall specify the design, location, type of construction, or pa
• § 13361 — (a) Every civil action brought under the provisions of this division at the request of a regional board or the state board shall be brought by the Attorney General in the name of the people of the Sta
• § 13362 — A publicly owned treatment works (POTW) with an approved pretreatment program may conduct inspections in accordance with the provisions of Sections 403.
• § 13365 — (a) (1) For purposes of this article, unless the context otherwise requires, “agency” means the state board or a regional board.
• § 13367 — (a) For purposes of this chapter, “preproduction plastic” includes plastic resin pellets and powdered coloring for plastics.
• § 13369 — (a) The state board, in consultation with the regional boards, the California Coastal Commission, and other appropriate state agencies and advisory groups, as necessary, shall prepare a detailed progr
• § 13370 — The Legislature finds and declares as follows: (a) The Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.
• § 13370.5 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares that, since the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.
• § 13372 — (a) This chapter shall be construed to ensure consistency with the requirements for state programs implementing the Federal Water Pollution Control Act and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary the
• § 13373 — The terms “navigable waters,” “administrator,” “pollutants,” “biological monitoring,” “discharge” and “point sources” as used in this chapter shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollut
• § 13374 — The term “waste discharge requirements” as referred to in this division is the equivalent of the term “permits” as used in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended.
• § 13375 — The discharge of any radiological, chemical, or biological warfare agent into the waters of the state is hereby prohibited.
• § 13376 — A person who discharges pollutants or proposes to discharge pollutants to the navigable waters of the United States within the jurisdiction of this state or a person who discharges dredged or fill mat
• § 13377 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, the state board or the regional boards shall, as required or authorized by the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as amended, issue waste discha
• § 13378 — Waste discharge requirements and dredged or fill material permits shall be adopted only after notice and any necessary hearing.
• § 13380 — Any waste discharge requirements or dredged or fill material permits adopted under this chapter shall be reviewed at least every five years and, if appropriate, revised.
• § 13381 — Waste discharge requirements or dredged or fill material permits may be terminated or modified for cause, including, but not limited to, all of the following: (a) Violation of any condition contained
• § 13382 — Waste discharge requirements shall be adopted to control the disposal of pollutants into wells or in areas where pollutants may enter into a well from the surrounding groundwater.
• § 13382.5 — Waste discharge requirements shall be adopted to permit the discharge of a specific pollutant or pollutants in a controlled manner from a point source to a defined managed aquaculture project if such
• § 13383 — (a) The state board or a regional board may establish monitoring, inspection, entry, reporting, and recordkeeping requirements, as authorized by Section 13160, 13376, or 13377 or by subdivisions (b) a
• § 13383.10 — (a) On or before April 1, 2020, the state board shall post on its internet website, for the purpose of the determinations made by the city pursuant to Section 16000.
• § 13383.5 — (a) As used in this section, “regulated municipalities and industries” means the municipalities and industries required to obtain a storm water permit under Section 402(p) of the Clean Water Act (33 U
• § 13383.6 — On and after January 1, 2007, if a regional board or the state board issues a municipal stormwater permit pursuant to Section 402(p) of the Clean Water Act (33 U.
• § 13383.7 — (a) No later than July 1, 2009, and after holding public workshops and soliciting public comments, the state board shall develop a comprehensive guidance document for evaluating and measuring the effe
• § 13383.8 — (a) The state board shall appoint a stormwater management task force comprised of public agencies, representatives of the regulated community, and nonprofit organizations with expertise in water quali
• § 13383.9 — The state board shall establish an online resource center that addresses measures available for municipalities to comply with municipal stormwater permit requirements and may include the following inf
• § 13384 — The state board or the regional boards shall ensure that the public, and that any other state, the waters of which may be affected by any discharge of pollutants or dredged or fill material to navigab
• § 13385 — (a) A person who violates any of the following shall be liable civilly in accordance with this section: (1) Section 13375 or 13376.
• § 13385.1 — (a) (1) For the purposes of subdivision (h) of Section 13385, a “serious violation” also means a failure to file a discharge monitoring report required pursuant to Section 13383 for each complete peri
• § 13385.2 — (a) Prior to the state board or regional board making its findings pursuant to subdivision (k) of Section 13385, the publicly owned treatment works shall demonstrate to the satisfaction of the state b
• § 13385.3 — (a) The amendments made to subdivision (k) of Section 13385 of the Water Code by Senate Bill 1733 of the 2005–06 Regular Session shall become operative on July 1, 2007.
• § 13386 — Upon any threatened or continuing violation of any of the requirements listed in paragraphs (1) to (6), inclusive, of subdivision (a) of Section 13385, or upon the failure of any discharger into a pub
• § 13387 — (a) Any person who knowingly or negligently does any of the following is subject to criminal penalties as provided in subdivisions (b), (c), and (d): (1) Violates Section 13375 or 13376.
• § 13388 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of this division or Section 175, and except as provided in subdivision (b), a person shall not be a member of the state board or a regional board if that person
• § 13389 — Neither the state board nor the regional boards shall be required to comply with the provisions of Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 21100) of Division 13 of the Public Resources Code prior to the ad
• § 13390 — It is the intent of the Legislature that the state board and the regional boards establish programs that provide maximum protection for existing and future beneficial uses of bay and estuarine waters,
• § 13391 — (a) The state board shall formulate and adopt a water quality control plan for enclosed bays and estuaries, which shall be known as the California Enclosed Bays and Estuaries Plan, in accordance with
• § 13391.5 — The definitions in this section govern the construction of this chapter.
• § 13392 — The state board and the regional boards, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the Department of Fish and Wildlife, shall develop and maintain a comprehensive program to (1) i
• § 13392.5 — (a) Each regional board that has regulatory authority for one or more enclosed bays or estuaries shall, on or before January 30, 1994, develop for each enclosed bay or estuary, a consolidated database
• § 13392.6 — (a) On or before July 1, 1991, the state board shall adopt and submit to the Legislature a workplan for the adoption of sediment quality objectives for toxic pollutants that have been identified in kn
• § 13393 — (a) The state board shall adopt sediment quality objectives pursuant to the workplan submitted pursuant to Section 13392.
• § 13393.5 — On or before January 30, 1994, the state board, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health and the Department of Fish and Wildlife, shall adopt general criteria for the assessment and
• § 13394 — On or before January 1, 1998, each regional board shall complete and submit to the state board a toxic hot spots cleanup plan.
• § 13394.5 — The state board, as part of the annual budget process, shall prepare and submit to the Legislature a recommended annual expenditure plan for the implementation of this chapter.
• § 13394.6 — (a) The state board shall establish an advisory committee to assist in the implementation of this chapter.
• § 13395 — Each regional board shall, within 120 days from the ranking of a toxic hot spot, initiate a reevaluation of waste discharge requirements for dischargers who, based on the determination of the regional
• § 13395.5 — The state board may enter into contracts and other agreements for the purpose of evaluating or demonstrating methods for the removal, treatment, or stabilization of contaminated bottom sediment.
• § 13396 — No person shall dredge or otherwise disturb a toxic hot spot site that has been identified and ranked by a regional board without first obtaining certification pursuant to Section 401 of the Clean Wat
• § 13396.6 — No fees may be imposed pursuant to Section 13396.
• § 13396.7 — (a) The state board, in consultation with the State Department of Public Health, shall contract with an independent contractor to conduct a study to determine the adverse health effects of urban runof
• § 13396.9 — (a) The California Coastal Commission and the Los Angeles Regional Water Quality Control Board shall establish and participate in the multiagency Los Angeles Basin Contaminated Sediments Task Force, i
• § 13397 — (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (1) Thousands of abandoned mines have been identified in this state.
• § 13397.5 — Unless the context requires otherwise, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Abandoned mine waste” means the residual of soil, rock, mineral, liquid, vegetation, equi
• § 13398 — (a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, a remediating agency that has implemented an approved remediation plan, or a public agency that is effecting reclamation of a mine site pursuant to the
• § 13398.3 — The remediation plan to be submitted by a remediating agency to the oversight agency shall include all of the following: (a) Identification of the remediating agency, and a certification that the reme
• § 13398.5 — The oversight agency shall do all of the following: (a) Comply with the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Co
• § 13398.7 — (a) The oversight agency may approve the remediation plan if the oversight agency finds that there is substantial evidence in the record that the plan will substantially improve water quality affected
• § 13398.9 — (a) This chapter has no effect on the tort liability of a remediating agency for personal injury or wrongful death.
• § 13399 — (a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that the purpose of this chapter is to establish an enforcement policy for violations of this division that the enforcement agency finds are minor when th
• § 13399.1 — For purposes of this chapter, “notice to comply” means a written method of alleging a minor violation that is in compliance with all of the following requirements: (a) The notice to comply is written
• § 13399.2 — (a) An authorized representative of the state board or regional board, who, in the course of conducting an inspection, detects a minor violation shall issue a notice to comply before leaving the site
• § 13399.25 — This chapter supplements, and does not supplant, other laws relating to the discharge of storm water.
• § 13399.27 — On or before December 31, the state board, after any necessary investigation, shall annually prepare, and make available to the public, a report that includes both of the following for the previous ca
• § 13399.3 — On or before January 1, 2000, the state board shall report to the Legislature on actions taken by the state board and the regional boards to implement this chapter and the results of that implementati
• § 13399.30 — (a) (1) Each year the regional boards shall undertake reasonable efforts to identify dischargers of storm water that have not obtained coverage under an appropriate storm water NPDES permit.
• § 13399.31 — (a) Each year the regional board shall conduct a review of the annual reports and construction certifications submitted in accordance with the requirements of an applicable NPDES permit and Section 13
• § 13399.33 — Except as provided in Section 13399.
• § 13399.35 — (a) The regional board may allow a person to reduce the penalties described in subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) of Section 13399.
• § 13399.37 — (a) The money generated from the imposition of liability and cost recovery pursuant to Section 13399.
• § 13399.41 — Notwithstanding any other provision of law, appropriate state agencies, as requested by the executive director of the state board, shall provide the state board with the names, addresses, and standard
• § 13399.43 — For the purposes of this chapter, “NPDES permit” means a permit issued under the national pollutant discharge elimination system program in accordance with the Clean Water Act (33 U.
• § 134 — The department may expend money appropriated for the administration of the laws the enforcement of which is committed to the department.
• § 134.5 — The Director of Finance shall administratively establish positions necessary to implement activities funded by the appropriations made in Division 33 (commencing with Section 83000).
• § 1340 — Notice of hearing on a protested application shall be given by mailing notice not less than 20 days before the date of hearing to both the applicant and protestant by registered mail.
• § 13400 — As used in this chapter, unless otherwise apparent from the context: (a) “Facilities” means any of the following: (1) Facilities for the collection, treatment, or export of waste when necessary to pre
• § 13401 — (a) The State Water Quality Control Fund is continued in existence.
• § 1341 — The notice of hearing on a protested application shall state the names of the applicant and protestant, the time and place fixed for the hearing, and such other appropriate information as may be deeme
• § 13410 — Applications for construction loans under this chapter shall include: (a) A description of the proposed facilities.
• § 13411 — Upon a determination by the state board, after consultation with the State Department of Health, that (a) the facilities proposed by an applicant are necessary to the health or welfare of the inhabita
• § 13412 — No loan shall be made to a public agency unless it executes an agreement with the state board under which it agrees to repay the amount of the loan, with interest, within 25 years at 50 percent of the
• § 13413 — It is the policy of this state that, in making construction loans under this article, the state board should give special consideration to facilities proposed to be constructed by public agencies in a
• § 13414 — All money received in repayment of loans under this chapter shall be paid to the State Treasurer and credited to the fund.
• § 13415 — (a) Loans may be made by the state board to public agencies to pay not more than one-half of the cost of studies and investigations made by such public agencies in connection with waste water reclamat
• § 13416 — Before a public agency may enter into a contract with the state board for a construction loan under this chapter, the public agency shall hold an election on the proposition of whether or not the publ
• § 13417 — The election shall be held in accordance with the following provisions: (a) The procedure for holding an election on the incurring of bonded indebtedness by the public agency shall be utilized for an
• § 1342 — If a hearing is held on an unprotested application, notice of hearing shall be given by mailing notice not less than 20 days before the date of hearing.
• § 13425 — Applications for guarantees for local agency bonds under this chapter shall include: (a) A description of the proposed facilities.
• § 13426 — The state board, subject to approval by the Director of Finance, may agree to provide a guarantee pursuant to this article for all or a specified part of the proposed local agency bond issue upon maki
• § 13427 — No guarantee shall be extended to any applicant unless it executes an agreement with the state board under which the applicant agrees to the following provisions: (a) To proceed expeditiously with, an
• § 13428 — Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund, which is hereby created, is continuously appropriated to the state board without regard to fisca
• § 13429 — Money in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund not needed for making payments on guaranteed bonds pursuant to this chapter shall be invested pursuant to law.
• § 13430 — The state board’s authorization to guarantee bonds under this article shall be limited to bonds with a total principal amount of not more than 10 times the amount in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fun
• § 13431 — Under no circumstances shall the amount paid out as a result of bond guarantees extended pursuant to this article exceed the amount in the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund.
• § 13432 — The state board may charge an annual fee not to exceed one-tenth of 1 percent of the principal amount of each bond issue that it guarantees for guarantee coverage.
• § 13433 — The state board shall, by regulation, prescribe rules and procedures for all of the following: (a) To pay money from the Clean Water Bond Guarantee Fund to an insured local agency or bondholder in the
• § 13440 — There is in the State Water Quality Control Fund the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account (hereinafter called the “account”), to be administered by the state board.
• § 13441 — (a) There is to be paid into the account all moneys from the following sources: (1) All moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the account.
• § 13441.5 — The State Treasurer, when requested by the state board and approved by the Director of Finance, shall transfer moneys in the nature of a loan from the State Water Quality Control Fund to the account c
• § 13442 — (a) Upon application by an eligible entity, as described in subdivision (b), the state board may approve the payment of grant moneys from the account to that entity to assist in cleaning up a waste, a
• § 13442.5 — (a) Upon application by an eligible entity, as described in subdivision (b), the state board may make funds available from the account for a loan to that entity to assist in cleaning up a waste, abati
• § 13443 — Upon application by a regional board that is attempting to remedy a significant unforeseen water pollution problem, posing an actual or potential public health threat, or is overseeing and tracking th
• § 13444 — (a) No later than January 1 of each year, the board shall post on its internet website a report describing the receipts and expenditures of the State Water Pollution Cleanup and Abatement Account for
• § 1345 — (a) Except as provided in subdivision (b), the Division of Water Rights shall conduct a field investigation of all minor protested applications.
• § 13450 — This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Law of 1986.
• § 13451 — The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) An abundant supply of clean water is essential to the public health, safety, and welfare.
• § 13452 — As used in this chapter, and for purposes of this chapter, as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Governm
• § 13453 — There is hereby created the 1986 Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Fund in the State Treasury.
• § 13454 — (a) There is a Water Conservation and Water Quality Finance Committee consisting of the Governor or the Governor’s designated representative, the Controller, the Treasurer, the Director of Finance, th
• § 13455 — (a) The committee may create a debt or debts, liability or liabilities, of the State of California in the aggregate amount of one hundred fifty million dollars ($150,000,000), in the manner provided i
• § 13456 — All bonds which have been duly sold and delivered constitute valid and legally binding general obligations of the State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of California is pledg
• § 13457 — The State General Obligation Bond Law is adopted for the purpose of the issuance, sale, and repayment of, and other matters with respect to, the bonds authorized by this chapter.
• § 13458 — (a) The sum of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Water Conservation and Groundwater Recharge Account and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of t
• § 13459 — (a) The sum of seventy-five million dollars ($75,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Agricultural Drainage Water Account is appropriated for expenditure in the 1986–87 fiscal y
• § 13459.5 — Unallocated money remaining in the Agricultural Drainage Water Account in the 1986 Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Fund on November 6, 1996, and any unallocated money deposited into that acc
• § 1346 — The Division of Water Rights may request the parties to submit information in support of their positions.
• § 13460 — Money deposited in the fund pursuant to any provision of law requiring repayments to the state for assistance financed by the proceeds of the bonds authorized by this chapter shall be available for tr
• § 13461 — There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund, for the purpose of this chapter, an amount equal to the sum of the following: (a) The amount necessary annually to pay the principal of, and the int
• § 13462 — For the purpose of carrying out this chapter, the Director of Finance may, by executive order, authorize the withdrawal from the General Fund of amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold bonds wh
• § 13462.5 — Notwithstanding any other provision of this bond act, or of the State General Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code),
• § 13463 — Upon request of the department or the board, the committee shall determine whether or not it is necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized under this chapter.