SECTIONS 79161-79161.5 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 79161-79161.5

79161. (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in the
account is hereby appropriated to the department, without regard to
fiscal years, for use by the department for loans and grants to local
agencies for the acquisition and construction of groundwater
recharge facilities.
(b) A loan application pursuant to this article shall include the
reasonable cost and benefit of the proposed project, including a
feasibility report that shall set forth the economic justification
for the project, and shall include explanations of the proposed
facilities and their relation to other water supply related
facilities in the basin or region.
(c) A project under this article shall not receive any more than
five million dollars ($5,000,000) in loan proceeds from the
department.
(d) The department shall give preference under this section to
projects that are located in overdrafted groundwater basins, projects
of critical need, projects whose feasibility studies demonstrate the
greatest engineering and hydrogeologic feasibility as determined by
the department, and projects located in areas that have groundwater
management plans.

79161.5. (a) The department may make grants to local agencies,
under any terms and conditions that may be determined necessary by
the department, for the purpose of financing feasibility studies of
projects potentially eligible for a loan under Section 79161.
(b) No single feasibility study shall be eligible to receive more
than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and not more than 5
percent of the total amount deposited in the account may be expended
for the purposes of financing feasibility studies.
(c) A grant for a feasibility study shall not affect the maximum
amount of any loan that may be made under this article.