SECTIONS 79163-79164 - California Statutes

WATER CODE

SECTION 79163-79164

79163. (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in the
account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department,
shall be used by the department for grants and loans awarded by the
department to local agencies for the purposes of funding urban water
conservation projects.
(b) A project under this article shall not receive more than five
million dollars ($5,000,000) in loan proceeds from the department.

79164. (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 79163.
(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.