SECTIONS 12929.10-12929.15 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 12929.10-12929.15

12929.10. The Environmental Water Fund is hereby created in the
State Treasury. There shall be deposited in the fund all moneys
transferred or appropriated to the fund and all income derived from
investment of moneys that are in the fund.

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
environmental benefits.

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
California Water Fund from the California Water Resources
Development Bond Fund, shall be appropriated to the Environmental
Water Fund. It is the intent of the Legislature, subject to
subdivision (b), to appropriate to the Environmental Water Fund one
million dollars ($1,000,000) in the 1990-91 fiscal year and eight
million dollars ($8,000,000) per year in fiscal years 1991-92 to
1998-99, inclusive. However, the director, in consultation with the
Department of Finance, may accelerate payments to the California
Water Fund for appropriation to the Environmental Water Fund if the
director deems it appropriate to do so.
(b) It is the further intent of the Legislature that if the
director determines that all or any portion of the amount that would
otherwise be appropriated in any fiscal year to the Environmental
Water Fund in accordance with subdivision (a), or to the Delta Flood
Protection Fund pursuant to Section 12303, is required for continued
construction of the State Water Resources Development System pursuant
to Section 12938, the entire amount that would otherwise be
appropriated to the Environmental Fund for that fiscal year shall be
reduced to zero before any reduction is made in the amount to be
appropriated to the Delta Flood Protection Fund. It is also the
intent of the Legislature that any reduction in funds appropriated to
the Environmental Water Fund and the Delta Flood Protection Fund
pursuant to this subdivision be made up from funds transferred to the
California Water Fund pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b)
of Section 12937 in subsequent fiscal years.

12929.13. It is further the intent of the Legislature that the
reductions and transfers described in Sections 11913, 12303, and
12929.12 shall continue until the obligation of the State Water
Resources Development System to reimburse the California Water Fund
pursuant to paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937 is
satisfied.

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 projects included in the environmental water program.

12929.15. From the funds appropriated to the department from the
Environmental Water Fund, it is the intent of the Legislature that
the department allocate at least one million dollars ($1,000,000) per
year, in the 1995-96 to 1997-98 fiscal years, inclusive, to programs
and projects included in the Water Quality Program. However, not
more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) of the funds appropriated
to the Environmental Water Fund pursuant to Section 12929.12 shall
be appropriated for this purpose.