SECTIONS 78655-78657 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 78655-78657

78655. (a) (1) There is hereby created in the account the
Feasibility Projects Subaccount.
(2) For the purposes of this article, "subaccount" means the
Feasibility Projects Subaccount created by paragraph (1).
(b) The sum of ten million dollars ($10,000,000) is hereby
transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of
implementing this article.

78656. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the
money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without
regard to fiscal year, to the department, for the administration of
this article and for feasibility and environmental investigations for
any of the following projects:
(a) Off-stream storage upstream of the delta that will provide
storage and flood control benefits in an environmentally sensitive
and cost-effective manner.
(b) Regional water recycling that may include partnerships or
other cooperative efforts undertaken by water agencies, wastewater
dischargers, or other public agencies to collect and reuse treated
municipal wastewater for agricultural, industrial, residential, and
environmental purposes.
(c) Water transfer facilities in a county of the third class that
would increase capacity for delivering Colorado River water for use
in the southern California coastal plain and reduce demands on the
bay-delta.
(d) Desalination.

78657. 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.