SECTIONS 78530-78531 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 78530-78531

78530. (a) There is hereby created in the account the Central
Valley Project Improvement Subaccount.
(b) For the purposes of this article, "subaccount" means the
Central Valley Project Improvement Subaccount created by subdivision
(a).

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 state's share of the costs for fish and wildlife restoration
measures required by Section 3406 of the Central Valley Project
Improvement Act (P.L. 102-575), in accordance with subdivisions (b)
and (c).
(b) Funds appropriated pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be
allocated to the Department of Fish and Game or the department for
expenditure pursuant to the terms of the cost-sharing agreement
between the United States and the State of California as required by
subsection (h) of Section 3406 of the Central Valley Project
Improvement Act, or any agreements supplemental thereto, for the
payment of costs allocated to the state for the protection and
restoration of fish and wildlife resources and habitat pursuant to
Section 3406 of that federal act.
(c) The money in the subaccount may be used for both of the
following purposes:
(1) To pay for the state's cost-sharing allocations or for actions
directly undertaken by the department or the Department of Fish and
Game relating to fish and wildlife restoration actions required by
Section 3406 of the Central Valley Project Improvement Act (P.L.
102-575). For purposes of this paragraph, and consistent with
Attachment C of the "Principles for Agreement on Bay-Delta standards
between the State of California and the Federal Government," dated
December 15, 1994, preference for the screening of diversions shall
be given to projects, and projects within programs, identified in the
Central Valley Project Improvement Act (P.L. 102-575) for which
deadlines have been established by state or federal agencies, or by a
state or federal court. Any preference established under this
paragraph shall be revised if the deadlines are extended or
eliminated.
(2) To pay for administrative costs incurred in connection with
the implementation of this section by the department and the
Department of Fish and Game related to fish and wildlife restoration
measures undertaken pursuant to Section 3406 of the Central Valley
Project Improvement Act (P.L. 102-575), as follows:
(A) Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the
subaccount for the use of the department may be used to pay the costs
incurred in connection with the administration of this article by
the department.
(B) Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the
subaccount for the use of the Department of Fish and Game may be used
to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of
this article by the Department of Fish and Game.