SECTIONS 11922-11922.9 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 11922-11922.9

11922. The Legislature finds and declares that due to insufficient
funds recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement facilities of
state water projects are generally inadequate to accommodate the
demands made upon them at the present time and will become critically
inadequate as time progresses and that this condition is not in
accordance with the policy of the Legislature as set forth in
Sections 11900 and 11901.

11922.1. The Legislature further finds and declares that a
guaranteed source of funding is necessary in order to carry out the
intent of this chapter.

11922.2. The purpose of this article is to provide funds to assist
in meeting the costs of planning and developing facilities for
recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement in connection with state
water projects pursuant to the provisions of this chapter as the
same may now or hereafter be amended.
Funds made available pursuant to this article shall only be used
for facilities of the State Water Facilities as defined in
subdivision (d) of Section 12934.

11922.3. The expenditures of the proceeds of bonds issued pursuant
to this article shall be as hereafter provided by the Legislature.
All proposed appropriations for the program contemplated by this
article shall be included in a section in the Budget Bill for each
fiscal year for consideration by the Legislature, and shall bear the
following caption: "Recreation and Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Bond
Act Program." Such section shall contain separate items for each
project for which an appropriation is made, except Wildlife
Conservation Board projects which are developed cooperatively with
and maintained by local government. Wildlife Conservation Board Bond
Act projects shall be subject to existing statutory procedures and
legislative review and shall be listed in the Wildlife Conservation
Board's annual report as the: "Recreation and Fish and Wildlife
Enhancement Bond Act Program". Such appropriations shall be subject
to all of the limitations contained in the Budget Bill and to all
other fiscal procedures prescribed by law with respect to the
expenditure of state funds. Such section shall contain proposed
appropriations only for the programs contemplated by this article,
and, except as otherwise provided, no funds derived from the bonds
authorized by this article may be expended pursuant to an
appropriation not contained in such section of the Budget Act.

11922.4. Bonds in the total amount of sixty million dollars
($60,000,000), or so much thereof as is necessary, of which not more
than fifty-four million dollars ($54,000,000) shall be allocated to
the Department of Parks and Recreation for the design and
construction of recreation facilities and not more than six million
dollars ($6,000,000) shall be allocated to the Department of Fish and
Game and the Wildlife Conservation Board for design and construction
of fish and wildlife enhancement features and fishing access sites
pursuant to this chapter, may be issued and sold to provide a fund to
be used for carrying out the purposes of this article and to be used
to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense Revolving Fund
pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code. Such bonds shall,
when sold, be and constitute a valid and binding obligation of the
State of California, and the full faith and credit of the State of
California are hereby pledged for the punctual payment of both
principal and interest on such bonds as such principal and interest
become due and payable.

11922.5. There is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the
State Treasury such sum annually as will be necessary to pay the
principal and interest on bonds issued and sold pursuant to this
article, as such principal and interest become due and payable. There
shall be collected each year and in the same manner and at the same
time as other state revenue is collected, such sum in addition to the
ordinary revenues of the state as shall be required to pay the
principal and interest on such bonds maturing in such year, and it is
hereby made the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in
regard to the collection of such revenue to do and perform each and
every act which shall be necessary to collect such additional sum.

11922.6. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this
article, together with interest earned thereon, if any, shall be
deposited in the Recreation and Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Fund,
which fund is hereby created. All money deposited in the fund which
is derived from premium and accrued interest on bonds sold shall be
reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to the
General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.

11922.7. The Recreation and Fish and Wildlife Enhancement Finance
Committee is hereby created to carry out the purposes of this
article. The committee consists of the Governor or his designee, the
State Controller, the Director of Finance, the State Treasurer, and
the Secretary for Resources. As used in this article, and for the
purposes of this article as used in the State General Obligation Bond
Law, "committee" means the Recreation and Fish and Wildlife
Enhancement Finance Committee. The Secretary of the Resources Agency
is hereby designated as the board for the purposes of this article
and for the purposes of the State General Obligation Bond Law
(Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of Part 3, Division 4,
Title 2 of the Government Code).

11922.8. Insofar as it is not inconsistent with the express
provisions of this article, the State General Obligation Bond Law