SECTIONS 78535-78538 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 78535-78538

78535. (a) There is hereby created in the account the Bay-Delta
Agreement Subaccount.
(b) For the purposes of this article, "subaccount" means the
Bay-Delta Agreement Subaccount created by subdivision (a).

78535.5. The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) is hereby
transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of
implementing this article.

78536. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the
money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without
regard to fiscal years, to the Resources Agency, to pay for the
administration of this article and for non-flow-related projects
called for in the Water Quality Control Plan for the Bay-Delta,
adopted by the board in Resolution No. 95-24, and as it may be
amended. Those projects are known as "Category III" activities called
for in the "Principles for Agreement on Bay-Delta Standards Between
the State of California and the Federal Government," dated December
15, 1994.

78536.5. The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall carry out this
article in accordance with procedures established by CALFED for the
purposes of undertaking Category III activities and other ecosystem
restoration programs until the Legislature, by statute, authorizes
another entity that is recommended by CALFED, to carry out this
article.

78537. The state shall, to the greatest extent possible, secure
federal and nonfederal matching funds to implement this article.

78538. Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the
subaccount may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with
the administration of this article.