BILL NUMBER: SB 456 INTRODUCED
BILL TEXT
INTRODUCED BY Senator Wolk
FEBRUARY 26, 2009
An act to add Division 26.7 (commencing with Section 79700) to the
Water Code, relating to financing a water supply reliability and
water source protection program, by providing the funds necessary
therefor through an election for the issuance and sale of bonds of
the State of California and for the handling and disposition of those
funds, and declaring the urgency thereof, to take effect
immediately.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 456, as introduced, Wolk. Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water
Supply Act of 2010.
Under existing law, various measures have been approved by the
voters to provide funds for water protection, facilities, and
programs.
This bill would enact the Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water
Supply Act of 2010 which, if approved by the voters, would authorize,
for the purposes of financing specified water supply reliability and
water source protection programs, the issuance of bonds in the
amount of $9,805,000,000 pursuant to the State General Obligation
Bond Law.
The bill would provide for submission of the bond act to the
voters at an unspecified statewide general election.
This bill would declare that it is to take effect immediately as
an urgency statute.
Vote: 2/3. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: yes.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Division 26.7 (commencing with Section 79700) is added
to the Water Code, to read:
DIVISION 26.7. The Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water Supply
Act of 2010
CHAPTER 1. SHORT TITLE
79700. This division shall be known and may be cited as the Safe,
Clean, Reliable Drinking Water Supply Act of 2010.
CHAPTER 2. FINDINGS AND DECLARATIONS
79701. The people of California find and declare all of the
following:
(a) Safeguarding supplies of clean, safe drinking water to
California's homes, businesses, and farms is an essential
responsibility of government, and critical to protecting the quality
of life for Californians.
(b) Every Californian should have access to clean, safe, reliable
drinking water.
(c) Providing adequate supplies of clean, safe drinking water is
vital to keeping California's economy growing and strong.
(d) Encouraging water conservation and recycling are commonsense
methods to make more efficient use of existing water supplies.
(e) Protecting lakes, rivers, and streams from pollution, cleaning
up polluted groundwater supplies, and protecting water sources that
supply the entire state are crucial to providing a reliable supply of
drinking water and protecting the natural resources of California.
CHAPTER 3. DEFINITIONS
79702. Unless the context otherwise requires, the definitions set
forth in this section govern the construction of this division, as
follows:
(a) "Bay Delta Conservation Plan" means the final plan prepared
pursuant to the Planning Agreement regarding the Bay Delta
Conservation Plan, dated October 6, 2006.
(b) "Bay-Delta Estuary" means the Delta, Suisun Bay, and Suisun
Marsh.
(c) "CALFED Bay-Delta Program" means the program described in the
Record of Decision dated August 28, 2000.
(d) "Committee" means the Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water
Supply Finance Committee created by Section 79784.
(e) "Delta" means the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta as defined in
Section 12220.
(f) "Delta conveyance facilities" means facilities that convey
water directly from the Sacramento River to the State Water Project
or the federal Central Valley Project pumping facilities in the south
Delta.
(g) "Department" means the Department of Water Resources.
(h) "Director" means the Director of Water Resources.
(i) "Disadvantaged community" has the meaning set forth in
subdivision (a) of Section 79505.5.
(j) "Economically distressed area" means a municipality with a
population of 20,000 persons or less, a rural county, or a reasonably
isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality where the
segment of the population is 20,000 persons or less, with a financial
hardship, as determined by the department after considering factors
including, but not limited to, median income of the residents, rate
of unemployment, and low population density.
(k) "Fund" means the Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water Supply
Fund of 2010 created by Section 79720.
(l) "Integrated regional water management plan" means a
comprehensive plan for a defined geographic area, the specific
development and content of which shall be defined by guidelines
adopted by the department. At a minimum, an integrated regional water
management plan describes the major water-related objectives and
conflicts within a region, considers a broad variety of water
management strategies, and identifies the appropriate combination of
water demand and supply management alternatives, water quality
protections, and environmental stewardship actions to provide
long-term, reliable, and high-quality water supplies and to protect
the environment.
(m) "Nonprofit organization" means an organization qualified to do
business in California and qualified under Section 501(c) (3) of
Title 26 of the United States Internal Revenue Code.
(n) "Public agency" means a state agency or department, district,
joint powers authority, city, county, city and county, or other
political subdivision of the state.
(o) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Resources Agency.
(p) "State General Obligation Bond Law" means the State General
Obligation Bond Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of
Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code).
CHAPTER 4. GENERAL PROVISIONS
79710. An amount that equals not more than 5 percent of the funds
allocated for a grant program pursuant to this division may be used
to pay the administrative costs of that program.
79710.5. Up to 10 percent of funds allocated for each program
funded by this division may be used to finance planning and
monitoring necessary for the successful design, selection, and
implementation of the projects authorized under that program. This
section shall not otherwise restrict funds ordinarily used by an
agency for "preliminary plans," "working drawings," and "construction"
as defined in the annual Budget Act for a capital outlay project or
grant project. Water quality monitoring shall be integrated into the
surface water ambient monitoring program administered by the State
Water Resources Control Board.
79711. Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of
Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code does not apply to the
development or implementation of programs or projects authorized or
funded under Chapter 6 (commencing with Section 79721), Chapter 7
(commencing with Section 79730), Chapter 9 (commencing with Section
79750), Chapter 10 (commencing with Section 79775), Chapter 11
(commencing with Section 79780), and Chapter 12 (commencing with
Section 79781) of this division.
79712. (a) Prior to disbursing grants pursuant to this division,
each state agency that is required to administer a competitive grant
program under this division shall develop project solicitation and
evaluation guidelines. The guidelines may include a limitation on the
dollar amount of grants to be awarded.
(b) Prior to disbursing grants, the state agency shall conduct
three public meetings to consider public comments prior to finalizing
the guidelines. The state agency shall publish the draft
solicitation and evaluation guidelines on its Internet Web site at
least 30 days before the public meetings. One meeting shall be
conducted at a location in northern California, one meeting shall be
conducted in the central valley, and one meeting shall be conducted
at a location in southern California. Upon adoption, the state agency
shall transmit copies of the guidelines to the fiscal committees and
the appropriate policy committees of the Legislature.
79713. It is the intent of the people that the investment of
public funds pursuant to this division will result in public
benefits.
79714. The State Auditor shall annually conduct a programmatic
review and an audit of expenditures from the fund. The State Auditor
shall report his or her findings annually on or before March 1 to the
Governor and the Legislature, and shall make the findings available
to the public.
79715. Funds provided by this division shall not be used to
support or pay for the costs of environmental mitigation measures or
compliance obligations of any party except as part of the
environmental mitigation costs of projects financed by this division.
Funds provided by this division may be used for environmental
enhancements or other public benefits.
79716. Funds provided by this division shall not be expended to
pay the costs of the design, construction, operation, or maintenance
of Delta conveyance facilities. Those costs shall be the
responsibility of the agencies that benefit from the design,
construction, operation, or maintenance of those facilities.
79717. This division does not limit or otherwise affect the
application of Sections 10505, 10505.5, 11128, 11460, 11461, 11462,
and 11463 and Sections 12200 to 12220, inclusive.
79718. The Legislature may enact legislation necessary to
implement programs funded by this division.
79719. Eligible applicants under this division are public
agencies, nonprofit organizations, public utilities, and mutual water
companies. To be eligible for funding under this division, a
project, proposed by a public utility that is regulated by the Public
Utilities Commission or a mutual water company, shall have a clear
and definite public purpose and shall benefit the customers of the
water system.
CHAPTER 5. SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY FUND OF
2010
79720. The proceeds of bonds issued and sold pursuant to this
division shall be deposited in the Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking
Water Supply Fund of 2010, which is hereby created.
CHAPTER 6. WATER SUPPLY RELIABILITY
79721. The sum of one billion five hundred million dollars
($1,500,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation by the
Legislature, from the fund to the department for competitive grants
and expenditures in accordance with Section 79722.
79722. (a) Except as provided in subdivision (f), the department
shall award grants to eligible projects that implement an adopted
integrated regional water management plan.
(b) An urban water supplier that does not prepare, adopt, and
submit its urban water management plan in accordance with the Urban
Water Management Planning Act (Part 2.6 (commencing with Section
10610) of Division 6) is ineligible to receive funds made available
pursuant to Section 79721 until the urban water management plan is
prepared and submitted in accordance with the requirements of that
act.
(c) The department shall require a local cost share of not less
than 25 percent of the total costs of the projects. The department
may waive or reduce the cost-sharing requirement for projects that
directly benefit a disadvantaged community or an economically
distressed area.
(d) Eligible projects include, but are not limited to, all of the
following:
(1) Agricultural and urban water use efficiency implementation
projects, including, but not limited to, feasibility studies,
technical assistance, education, and public outreach, and projects
that result in water savings, increased instream flow, improved water
quality, or increased energy efficiency.
(2) Recycling, reclamation, water treatment for the recovery of
water supplies, desalination, and associated facilities, including
distributions systems.
(3) Groundwater and surface storage projects, and conjunctive use
and reservoir reoperation projects.
(4) Groundwater contamination prevention, cleanup, and treatment,
and other water quality projects necessary to protect existing or
potential water supplies. The implementation of a project financed
pursuant to this paragraph does not relieve a responsible party or
liable person from that person's obligation under existing state or
federal law to clean up or remediate, or otherwise treat,
contaminated water.
(5) Projects that reduce contributions to climate change from
water management systems.
(6) Projects that enhance the adaptability to climate change of
water management systems.
(7) Other projects that meet the requirements of Section 75026 of
the Public Resources Code.
(e) The funding provided in Section 79721 shall be allocated to
each hydrologic region as identified in the California Water Plan in
accordance with this subdivision. For the South Coast hydrologic
region, the department shall establish three funding areas that
reflect the watersheds of San Diego County (designated as the San
Diego subregion), the Santa Ana River watershed and southern Orange
County (designated as the Santa Ana subregion), and the Los Angeles
and Ventura County watersheds (designated as the Los Angeles
subregion), and shall allocate funds to those areas in accordance
with this subdivision. The North and South Lahontan hydrologic
regions shall be treated as one area for the purpose of allocating
funds. The department may recognize multiple integrated regional
water management plans in each of the areas allocated funding. Funds
made available by this chapter shall be allocated as follows:
(1) North Coast $70,000,000
(2) San Francisco Bay $150,000,000
(3) Central Coast $82,000,000
(4) Los Angeles subregion $210,000,000
(5) Santa Ana subregion $146,000,000
(6) San Diego subregion $108,000,000
(7) Sacramento River $103,000,000
(8) San Joaquin River $91,000,000
(9) Tulare/Kern $93,000,000
(10) North/South Lahontan $75,000,000
(11) Colorado River Basin $72,000,000
(12) Interregional $300,000,000
(f) Interregional funds may be expended directly or granted by the
department to address multiregional needs or state priorities,
including, but not limited to, any of the following:
(1) Investing in new water technology development and deployment.
(2) Meeting state water recycling and water conservation goals.
(3) Adapting to climate change impacts.
(4) Reducing contributions to climate change.
(5) Other projects to improve statewide water management systems.
(6) Other projects and activities designed to meet the needs of
disadvantaged communities or economically distressed areas, including
technical and grant writing assistance.
79723. (a) The sum of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000)
shall be available, upon appropriation by the Legislature, from the
fund to the department for grants and expenditures for the planning,
design, and construction of local and regional drought relief
projects that reduce the impacts of drought conditions, including,
but not limited to, the impacts of reductions in Delta diversions.
Projects shall be consistent with an adopted integrated regional
water management plan and shall include all of the following types of
projects:
(1) Water conservation and efficiency projects.
(2) Water recycling and related infrastructure.
(3) Stormwater capture.
(4) Groundwater cleanup.
(5) Local and regional conveyance projects that improve
connectivity and water management.
(6) Other local and regional water supply reliability projects.
(b) Projects shall meet both of the following conditions:
(1) The project shall provide a sustainable water supply that does
not contribute to groundwater overdraft or increase surface water
diversions.
(2) The project shall be capable of being operational within two
years of receiving the grant.
(c) Preference shall be given to applicants that can demonstrate
substantial past and current investments in conservation and local
water projects.
(d) The department shall require a cost share of not less than 50
percent of total project costs from nonstate sources. The department
may waive or reduce the cost share requirement for projects that
directly benefit disadvantaged communities or economically distressed
areas.
CHAPTER 7. DELTA SUSTAINABILITY
79730. (a) The Bay-Delta Estuary is a unique and irreplaceable
combination of environmental and economic resources. Current
management and use of the Delta is not sustainable, and results in a
high level of conflict among various interests. Future Delta
sustainability is threatened by changing hydrology due to climate
change, water diversions, flood risk, seismic events, nonnative
species, toxics, and other environmental problems. Future management
of the Delta must improve Delta ecosystem health and improve the
means of Delta water conveyance in order to protect drinking water
quality, improve water supply and water supply reliability, restore
ecosystem health, and preserve agricultural and recreational values
in the Delta, while providing to counties and watersheds of origin
assurances that their priority to water resources will be protected
and that programs or facilities implemented or constructed in the
Delta will not result in redirection of unmitigated, significant
adverse impacts to the counties and watershed of origin. Many sources
of funding will be needed to implement improved Delta management.
(b) This chapter provides state funding for public benefits
associated with projects needed to assist in the Delta's
sustainability as a vital resource for fish, wildlife, water quality,
water supply, agriculture, and recreation.
79731. The sum of one billion nine hundred million dollars
($1,900,000,000) is available upon appropriation by the Legislature
from the fund for grants and direct expenditure, as follows:
(a) Of the funds made available by this section, one billion two
hundred million dollars ($1,200,000,000) shall be available for
projects in Delta counties that provide public benefits and support
Delta sustainability projects in the following priority:
(1) Projects that improve drinking and agricultural water quality
for Delta counties that use water from the Delta
(2) Projects that screen or otherwise protect non-State Water
Project and non-Central Valley Project water diversions in the Delta
from take of listed species relocated or enhanced by Delta
restoration projects.
(3) Levee and flood control improvements that protect Delta lands,
local and export water supplies and Delta infrastructure consistent
with the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan.
(4) Projects that protect Delta infrastructure, including, but not
limited to, roads, utility lines, railways, bridges, water supply,
and flood protection.
(5) Programs that mitigate increased local government costs due to
changes in the Delta related to the Bay-Delta Conservation Plan,
Delta Vision recommendations or other Delta programs that benefit
water supply and ecosystems.
(b) Of the funds made available by this section, seven hundred
million dollars ($700,000,000) shall be made available for projects
to protect and enhance the sustainability of the Delta ecosystem,
including any of the following:
(1) Projects for the development and implementation of the
Bay-Delta Conservation Plan that promote the conservation, as defined
in Section 2805 of the Fish and Game Code, of protected species, and
for native fishery restoration projects that are consistent with the
recommendations of the Blue Ribbon Task Force established by
Executive Order S-17-06. The projects shall be implemented through a
cooperative effort among regulatory agencies, regulated and
potentially regulated entities, and affected parties, including state
and federal water contractors. These funds may be expended for the
preparation of environmental documentation and environmental
compliance that meets the requirements of Chapter 10 (commencing with
Section 2800) of Division 3 of the Fish and Game Code.
(2) Other projects to protect and restore native fish and wildlife
dependent on the Delta ecosystem, including the acquisition of water
rights, the removal or reduction of undesirable invasive species,
and projects both in and out of the Delta that improve the ability to
restore and recover native anadromous fish species.
(3) Projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from exposed Delta
soils.
(4) Projects that reduce impacts of mercury contamination of the
Delta and its watersheds, and remediation and elimination of
continuing sources of mercury contamination.
CHAPTER 8. STATEWIDE WATER SYSTEM OPERATIONAL IMPROVEMENT
79740. (a) For purposes of this chapter, "commission" means the
California Water Commission established in Article 2 (commencing with
Section 150) of Chapter 2 of Division 1.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 162, the commission may make the
determinations, findings, and recommendations required of it by this
chapter independent of the views of the director. All final actions
by the commission in implementing this chapter shall be taken by a
majority of the members of the commission at a public meeting noticed
and held pursuant to the Bagley-Keene Open Meeting Act (Article 9
(commencing with Section 11120) of Chapter 1 of Part 1 of Division 3
of Title 2 of the Government Code).
(c) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the sum
of three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000) is hereby continuously
appropriated from the fund to the commission, without regard to
fiscal year, for public benefits associated with water storage
projects that improve the operation of the state water system, are
cost effective, and provide a net improvement in ecosystem and water
quality conditions, in accordance with this chapter. Funds authorized
for, or made available to, the commission pursuant to this chapter
shall be available and used only for the purposes provided in this
chapter, and shall not be subject to appropriation or transfer by the
Legislature or the Governor for any other purpose.
(d) Projects shall be selected by the commission through a
competitive public process that ranks potential projects based on the
expected return for public investment as measured by the magnitude
of the public benefits provided, pursuant to criteria established
under this chapter.
(e) Any project constructed with funds provided by this chapter
shall be subject to Section 11590.
(f) Up to 10 percent of the three billion dollars ($3,000,000,000)
made available by subdivision (c) shall be made available, upon
appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, to the Department of
Fish and Game and the State Water Resources Control Board to
implement this chapter.
79741. Projects for which the public benefits are eligible for
funding under this chapter consist of any of the following:
(a) Surface storage projects identified in the CALFED Bay-Delta
Program Record of Decision, dated August 28, 2000, excluding the
expansion of the Shasta Reservoir.
(b) Groundwater storage projects and groundwater contamination
prevention or remediation projects that provide water storage
benefits.
(c) Conjunctive use and reservoir reoperation projects.
(d) Regional and local surface storage projects that improve the
operation of water systems in the state and provide public benefits.
79741.5. A project shall not be funded pursuant to this chapter
unless it provides measurable improvements to the Delta ecosystem,
including, but not limited to, measurable contributions to Delta
ecosystem improvements from the tributaries to the Delta.
79742. (a) Funds allocated pursuant to this chapter may be
expended solely for the following public benefits associated with
water storage projects:
(1) Ecosystem improvements, including changing the timing of water
diversions, improvement in flow conditions, temperature, or other
benefits that contribute to restoration of aquatic ecosystems and
native fish and wildlife, including those ecosystems and fish and
wildlife in the Delta.
(2) Water quality improvements in the Delta, or in other river
systems, that provide significant public trust resources, or that
clean up and restore groundwater resources.
(3) Flood control benefits, including, but not limited to,
increases in flood reservation space in existing reservoirs by
exchange for existing or increased water storage capacity in response
to the effects of changing hydrology and decreasing snow pack on
California's water and flood management system.
(b) For the purposes of this chapter, "public benefits" does not
include the costs of environmental mitigation measures or compliance
obligations.
79743. In consultation with the Department of Fish and Game, the
State Water Resources Control Board, and the department, the
commission shall develop and adopt, by regulation, methods for
quantification and management of public benefits described under
Section 79742 by December 15, 2010. The regulations shall include the
priorities and relative environmental value of ecosystem benefits as
provided by the Department of Fish and Game and the priorities and
relative environmental value of water quality benefits as provided by
the State Water Resources Control Board.
79744. (a) Except as provided under subdivision (c), no funds
allocated pursuant to this chapter may be allocated for a project
unless the commission approves the project based on the commission's
determination that all of the following have occurred:
(1) The commission has adopted the regulations specified in
Section 79743 and specifically quantified and made public the cost of
the public benefits associated with the project.
(2) The department has entered into a contract with each party who
will derive benefits, other than public benefits as defined in
Section 79742, from the project that ensures the party will pay its
share of the total costs of the project. The benefits available to a
party shall be consistent with that party's share of total project
costs.
(3) The department has entered into a contract with each public
agency identified in Section 79743 that administers the public
benefits, after that agency makes a finding that the public benefits
of the project for which that agency is responsible meet all the
requirements of this chapter, to assure that the public contribution
of funds pursuant to this chapter achieves the public benefits
identified for the project.
(4) The commission has held a public hearing for the purposes of
providing an opportunity for the public to review and comment on the
information required to be prepared pursuant to this subdivision.
(5) All of the following additional conditions are met:
(A) Feasibility studies have been completed.
(B) The director has found and determined that the project is
feasible and is consistent with all applicable laws and regulations.
(C) All environmental documentation associated with the project
has been completed, and all other federal, state, and local
approvals, certifications, and agreements required to be completed
have been obtained.
(b) The commission shall submit to the Legislature its findings
for each of the criteria listed in subdivision (a) for a project
funded pursuant to this chapter.
(c) Notwithstanding subdivision (a), funds may be made available
under this chapter for the completion of environmental documentation
and permitting of a project if all of the conditions of this section
have been met, excluding those established under subparagraph (C) of
paragraph (5) of subdivision (a).
79745. (a) The public benefits cost share of a project funded
pursuant to this chapter, excluding a project described in
subdivision (c) of Section 79741, shall not exceed 50 percent of the
total costs of any project funded under this chapter.
(b) A project shall not be funded unless it provides ecosystem
improvements as described in paragraph (1) of subdivision (a) of
Section 79742 that are at least 50 percent of the total public
benefits of the project funded under this chapter.
79746. (a) A project identified in subdivision (a) of Section
79741 is not eligible for funding under this chapter unless, by
January 1, 2014, all of the following
conditions are met:
(1) All feasibility studies are complete and draft environmental
documentation is available for public review.
(2) The director makes a finding that the project is feasible.
(3) The director receives commitments for not less than 75 percent
of the nonpublic benefit cost share of the project.
(b) If compliance with subdivision (a) is delayed by litigation or
failure to promulgate regulations, the date in subdivision (a) shall
be extended by the director for a time period that is equal to the
time period of the delay.
79747. Surface storage projects funded pursuant to this chapter
and described in subdivision (a) of Section 79741 may be made a unit
of the Central Valley Project as provided in Section 11290 and may be
financed, acquired, constructed, operated, and maintained pursuant
to Part 3 (commencing with Section 11100) of Division 6.
CHAPTER 9. CONSERVATION AND WATERSHED PROTECTION
79750. The sum of one billion dollars ($1,000,000,000) is
available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, in
accordance with this chapter, for expenditures and grants for
ecosystem and watershed protection and restoration projects,
including, but not limited to, all of the following watersheds:
(a) The San Joaquin River watershed.
(b) The Kern River and Tulare Basin watersheds.
(c) The Salton Sea and Colorado River watersheds.
(d) The Los Angeles River watershed.
(e) The San Gabriel River watershed.
(f) The Santa Ana River watershed.
(g) The Klamath River watershed, including the Trinity, Scott, and
Shasta Rivers and watersheds.
(h) North coast watersheds.
(i) San Francisco Bay watersheds.
(j) Central coast watersheds.
(k) South coast watersheds.
(l) Lake Tahoe Basin watershed.
(m) The Sacramento River watershed, including the Yolo Bypass.
(n) San Diego County coastal watersheds.
(o) The Ventura River watershed.
(p) The Sierra Nevada Mountain watersheds.
(q) The Mojave River watershed.
(r) The Owens River watershed.
(s) The Santa Monica Bay watershed.
79751. (a) Funds provided for the Sacramento River and San
Joaquin River watersheds under Section 79750 shall be available for
projects consistent with the ecosystem restoration program element of
the California Bay-Delta Program, or its successor, or the San
Joaquin River Parkway Master Plan.
(b) Funds provided for Salton Sea watershed projects under Section
79750 shall be available for Salton Sea restoration activities
identified for "Period I" in the Resources Agency report entitled
"Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration Program Preferred Alternative
Report and Funding Plan," dated May 2007.
(c) Funds provided for the Lake Tahoe Basin watershed under
Section 79750 shall be available for projects consistent with the
Lake Tahoe Environmental Improvement Program.
(d) Funds provided for the Los Angeles River and San Gabriel River
watersheds under Section 79750 shall be available pursuant to
Section 79508, and for projects identified in the Los Angeles River
Revitalization Master Plan.
79752. (a) The sum of eighty-five million dollars ($85,000,000)
is available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, to
the Department of Fish and Game for expenditures and grants to
protect the Delta ecosystem and the state's water supply from
invasive species, including, but not limited to, Asiatic clams, zebra
mussels, quagga mussels, and New Zealand mud snails.
(b) At least fifty million dollars ($50,000,000) of the funds
provided pursuant to subdivision (a) shall be available for grants to
public agencies, including water agencies, to pay for capital
expenditures associated with the control of invasive species,
including, but not limited to, chlorination facilities, habitat
modifications, and monitoring equipment. The Department of Fish and
Game shall administer the grant program.
(c) The Legislature, by statute, shall establish requirements for
both of the following:
(1) Repayment of grant funds made available pursuant to this
section in the event of cost recovery from parties responsible for
the introduction of invasive species that affect the Delta ecosystem
and the state's water supply.
(2) Recipients of grants to make reasonable efforts to recover
costs from parties described in paragraph (1).
79753. For restoration and ecosystem protection projects under
this chapter, the services of the California Conservation Corps or
community conservation corps shall be used whenever feasible.
79754. Funds provided under this chapter may be appropriated to
the Resources Agency, the Department of Fish and Game, the Wildlife
Conservation Board, the California Conservation Corps, the Department
of Parks and Recreation, or to state conservancies for expenditures
and grants consistent with this chapter and other applicable laws.
79755. Of the funds made available pursuant to Section 79750, not
less than two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be
available to the State Coastal Conservancy for projects within
coastal counties and coastal watersheds, including grants to the San
Diego River Conservancy and for the Santa Ana River Parkway.
79756. Of the funds provided in Section 79750, not less than one
hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available to the
Wildlife Conservation Board for direct expenditure or grants for the
acquisition of water rights from willing sellers and the conveyance
of water for the benefit of migratory birds on wildlife refuges and
wildlife habitat areas subject to Section 3406(d) of the federal
Central Valley Project Improvement Act (Public Law 102-575).
79757. Of the funds provided in Section 79750, not less than two
hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) shall be available to the
Wildlife Conservation Board for direct expenditure or grants for the
protection or restoration of watershed lands that provide sources of
drinking water or rivers and streams that support species listed as
threatened or endangered under state or federal law.
79758. The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) is
available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, to
the Wildlife Conservation Board, in consultation with the Department
of Forestry and Fire Protection, for grants and direct expenditures
for watershed restoration in fire damaged areas, and for fuel load
reduction and other projects to reduce the potential for watershed
damage from wildfires to protect water quality, fish, and wildlife.
79759. The sum of one hundred fifty million dollars
($150,000,000) is available, upon appropriation by the Legislature
from the fund, to the Department of Fish and Game and the State
Coastal Conservancy for grants and expenditures for projects that
improve fish passage on rivers and streams, including barrier
removal, sediment management, and related watershed restoration.
79761. For the purposes of this chapter, the terms "restoration"
and "protection" have the meanings set forth in Section 75005 of the
Public Resources Code.
CHAPTER 10. GROUNDWATER PROTECTION AND WATER QUALITY
79775. (a) The sum of three hundred sixty million dollars
($360,000,000) is available, upon appropriation by the Legislature
from the fund, for expenditures, grants, and loans for projects to
prevent or reduce the contamination of groundwater that serves as a
source of drinking water. Projects shall be consistent with an
adopted integrated regional water management plan. Funds appropriated
pursuant to this section shall be available to the State Department
of Public Health for projects necessary to protect public health by
preventing or reducing the contamination of groundwater that serves
as a major source of drinking water for a community.
(b) Projects shall be prioritized based upon the following
criteria:
(1) The threat posed by groundwater contamination to the affected
community's overall drinking water supplies, including the need for
treatment of alternative supplies if groundwater is not available due
to contamination.
(2) The potential for groundwater contamination to spread and
reduce drinking water supply and water storage for nearby population
areas.
(3) The potential of the project, if fully implemented, to enhance
local water supply reliability.
(4) The potential of the project to increase opportunities for
groundwater recharge and optimization of groundwater supplies.
(c) The State Department of Public Health shall give additional
consideration to projects that meet any of the following criteria:
(1) The project is implemented pursuant to a comprehensive
basinwide groundwater quality management and remediation plan or is
necessary to develop a comprehensive groundwater plan.
(2) Affected groundwater provides a local supply that, if
contaminated and not remediated, will require import of additional
water from outside the region.
(3) The project addresses contamination at a site where the
responsible parties have not been identified, or where the
responsible parties are unwilling or unable to pay for cleanup.
(d) Of the amount made available by subdivision (a), not less than
one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be allocated to
projects that benefit disadvantaged communities and economically
distressed areas, including technical and grant writing assistance.
(e) Of the amount made available by subdivision (a), up to one
hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available for
projects that meet the requirements of this section and both of the
following criteria:
(1) The project is part of a basinwide management and remediation
plan for which federal funds have been allocated.
(2) The project addresses contamination at a site on the list
maintained by the Department of Toxic Substances Control pursuant to
Section 25356 of the Health and Safety Code or a site listed on the
National Priorities List pursuant to the federal Comprehensive
Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (42
U.S.C. Sec. 9601 et seq.).
(f) The Legislature, by statute, shall establish both of the
following:
(1) Requirements for repayment of grant funds in the event of cost
recovery from parties responsible for the groundwater contamination.
(2) Requirements for recipients of grants to make reasonable
efforts to recover costs from parties responsible for groundwater
contamination.
79776. The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) is
available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, to
the State Department of Public Health for grants and direct
expenditures to finance emergency and urgent actions on behalf of
disadvantaged communities to ensure that safe drinking water supplies
are available to all Californians.
79777. The sum of two hundred million dollars ($200,000,000) is
available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, to
the State Water Resources Control Board for grants for small
community wastewater treatment projects to protect water quality that
meet all of the following criteria:
(a) The project is for the planning, design, permitting,
construction, or improvement of a wastewater treatment facility,
sewer system, or related infrastructure necessary to meet water
quality standards or prevent contamination of surface water or
groundwater resources.
(b) The project will serve a community with a population of 20,000
or less.
(c) The project meets other standards that may be established by
the State Water Resources Control Board with respect to the design,
construction, financing, and operation of the project.
79778. (a) The sum of three hundred million dollars
($300,000,000) is available, upon appropriation by the Legislature
from the fund, to the State Water Resources Control Board for
competitive grants and loans for stormwater management and water
quality projects pursuant to this section.
(b) Eligible projects shall assist in compliance with total
maximum daily load (TMDL) implementation plans and be consistent with
all applicable waste discharge permits.
(c) Eligible projects include facilities and infrastructure to
reduce, manage, and treat stormwater runoff, including, but not
limited to, all of the following:
(1) Detention and retention basins.
(2) Dry weather diversion facilities, trash filters, and screens.
(3) Treatment wetlands creation and enhancement.
(4) Stormwater runoff reduction projects, including permeable
surface installation, cisterns, and collection and treatment
facilities for groundwater recharge.
(5) Other stormwater management infrastructure for low-impact
development.
(d) The board shall require not less than a 50 percent local cost
share for grant funds, but may suspend or reduce the matching
requirements for disadvantaged communities or economically distressed
areas.
(e) The board shall award grants on a competitive basis,
considering the following criteria:
(1) Water quality benefits of the project, including the project's
ability to reduce impairment of the receiving water body.
(2) Cost effectiveness.
(3) Public health benefits of the project.
(f) Eligible recipients shall include local public agencies and
joint powers authorities.
79779. The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) is
available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, to
the California Ocean Protection Trust Fund established in Section
35650 of the Public Resources Code and available for the purposes of
projects consistent with that section.
CHAPTER 11. WATER RECYCLING AND ADVANCED TREATMENT
TECHNOLOGIES
79780. The sum of five hundred million dollars ($500,000,000) is
available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, for
grants and loans for water recycling and advanced treatment
technology projects that include all of the following:
(a) Water recycling projects.
(b) Contaminant and salt removal projects, including groundwater
and seawater desalination.
(c) Dedicated distribution infrastructure for recycled water,
including commercial and industrial end user retrofit projects to
allow use of recycled water.
(d) Pilot projects for new salt and contaminant removal
technology.
(e) Groundwater recharge infrastructure related to recycled water.
(f) Technical assistance and grant writing assistance for
disadvantaged communities or economically distressed areas.
79780.5. An applicant for a project funded pursuant to Section
79779 shall provide at least 50 percent of the cost of the project.
This matching requirement may be suspended or reduced for
disadvantaged communities. Projects shall be selected on a
competitive basis, considering all of the following criteria:
(a) Water supply reliability improvement.
(b) Water quality and ecosystem benefits related to decreased
reliance on diversions from the Delta or instream flows.
(c) Public health benefits from improved drinking water quality.
(d) Cost-effectiveness.
(e) Energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emission impacts.
CHAPTER 12. STATE OF CALIFORNIA WATER USE EFFICIENCY PROGRAM
79781. The sum of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be
available, upon appropriation by the Legislature from the fund, to
state agencies and departments for direct expenditures to fund water
savings projects that conserve and use water more efficiently, thus
resulting in savings to the taxpayer, reducing energy costs, and
using water more efficiently at state buildings, facilities, and
grounds.
CHAPTER 13. FISCAL PROVISIONS
79782. (a) Bonds in the total amount of nine billion eight
hundred five million dollars ($9,805,000,000), not including the
amount of any refunding bonds issued in accordance with Section
79794, or so much thereof as is necessary, may be issued and sold to
provide a fund to be used for carrying out the purposes expressed in
this division and to reimburse the General Obligation Bond Expense
Revolving Fund pursuant to Section 16724.5 of the Government Code.
The bonds, when sold, shall be and constitute valid and binding
obligations of the State of California, and the full faith and credit
of the State of California is hereby pledged for the punctual
payment of both the principal of, and interest on, the bonds as the
principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The Treasurer shall sell the bonds authorized by the committee
pursuant to this section. The bonds shall be sold upon the terms and
conditions specified in a resolution to be adopted by the committee
pursuant to Section 16731 of the Government Code.
79783. The bonds authorized by this division shall be prepared,
executed, issued, sold, paid, and redeemed as provided in the State
General Obligation Bond Law, and all of the provisions of that law
apply to the bonds and to this division and are hereby incorporated
in this division as though set forth in full in this division, except
Section 16727 of the Government Code shall not apply to the extent
that it is inconsistent with any other provision of this division.
79784. (a) Solely for the purpose of authorizing the issuance and
sale, pursuant to the State General Obligation Bond Law, of the
bonds authorized by this division, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking
Water Supply Finance Committee is hereby created. For purposes of
this division, the Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water Supply
Finance Committee is "the committee" as that term is used in the
State General Obligation Bond Law.
(b) The committee consists of the Director of Finance, the
Treasurer and the Controller. Notwithstanding any other provision of
law, any member may designate a deputy to act as that member in his
or her place for all purposes, as though the member were personally
present.
(c) The Treasurer shall serve as chairperson of the committee.
(d) A majority of the members of the committee shall constitute a
quorum of the committee, and may act for the committee.
79785. The committee shall determine whether or not it is
necessary or desirable to issue bonds authorized pursuant to this
division to carry out the actions specified in this division and, if
so, the amount of bonds to be issued and sold. Successive issues of
bonds may be authorized and sold to carry out those actions
progressively, and it is not necessary that all of the bonds
authorized to be issued be sold at any one time.
79786. "Board," as defined in Section 16722 of the Government
Code for the purposes of compliance with the State General Obligation
Bond Law, means the department.
79787. There shall be collected each year and in the same manner
and at the same time as other state revenue is collected, in addition
to the ordinary revenues of the state, a sum in an amount required
to pay the principal of, and interest on, the bonds each year, and it
is the duty of all officers charged by law with any duty in regard
to the collection of the revenue to do and perform each and every act
which is necessary to collect that additional sum.
79788. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code,
there is hereby appropriated from the General Fund in the State
Treasury, for the purposes of this division, an amount that will
equal the total of the following:
(a) The sum annually necessary to pay the principal of, and
interest on, bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division, as the
principal and interest become due and payable.
(b) The sum that is necessary to carry out the provisions of
Section 79789, appropriated without regard to fiscal years.
79789. The board may request the Pooled Money Investment Board to
make a loan from the Pooled Money Investment Account in accordance
with Section 16312 of the Government Code for the purpose of carrying
out this division. The amount of the request shall not exceed the
amount of the unsold bonds that the committee has, by resolution,
authorized to be sold for the purpose of carrying out this division.
The board shall execute those documents required by the Pooled Money
Investment Board to obtain and repay the loan. Any amounts loaned
shall be deposited in the fund to be allocated in accordance with
this division.
79790. Notwithstanding any other provision of this division, or
of the State General Obligation Bond Law, if the Treasurer sells
bonds that include a bond counsel opinion to the effect that the
interest on the bonds is excluded from gross income for federal tax
purposes under designated conditions, the Treasurer may maintain
separate accounts for the bond proceeds invested and for the
investment earnings on those proceeds, and may use or direct the use
of those proceeds or earnings to pay any rebate, penalty, or other
payment required under federal law or take any other action with
respect to the investment and use of those bond proceeds, as may be
required or desirable under federal law in order to maintain the
tax-exempt status of those bonds and to obtain any other advantage
under federal law on behalf of the funds of this state.
79791. For the purposes of carrying out this division, the
Director of Finance may authorize the withdrawal from the General
Fund of an amount or amounts not to exceed the amount of the unsold
bonds that have been authorized by the committee to be sold for the
purpose of carrying out this division. Any amounts withdrawn shall be
deposited in the fund. Any money made available under this section
shall be returned to the General Fund, with interest at the rate
earned by the money in the Pooled Money Investment Account, from
proceeds received from the sale of bonds for the purpose of carrying
out this division.
79792. All money deposited in the fund that is derived from
premiums and accrued interest on bonds sold pursuant to this division
shall be reserved in the fund and shall be available for transfer to
the General Fund as a credit to expenditures for bond interest.
79793. Pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 16720) of
Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the Government Code, the cost of
bond issuance shall be paid out of the bond proceeds. These costs
shall be shared proportionately by each program funded through this
division.
79794. The bonds issued and sold pursuant to this division may be
refunded in accordance with Article 6 (commencing with Section
16780) of Chapter 4 of Part 3 of Division 4 of Title 2 of the
Government Code, which is a part of the State General Obligation Bond
Law. Approval by the electors of the state for the issuance of the
bonds under this division shall include approval of the issuance of
any bonds issued to refund any bonds originally issued under this
division or any previously issued refunding bonds.
79795. The proceeds from the sale of bonds authorized by this
division are not "proceeds of taxes" as that term is used in Article
XIII B of the California Constitution, and the disbursement of these
proceeds is not subject to the limitations imposed by that article.
SEC. 2. (a) Notwithstanding the requirements of Sections 9040,
9043, 9044, 9061, and 9082 of the Elections Code or any other
provision of law, the Secretary of State shall submit Section 1 of
this act to the voters at the ____, statewide general election.
(b) Notwithstanding Section 13115 of the Elections Code, Section 1
of this act and any other measure placed on the ballot by the
Legislature for the ____, statewide general election after the
131-day deadline set forth in Section 9040 of the Elections Code
shall be placed on the ballot, following all other ballot measures,
in the order in which they qualified as determined by chapter number.
(c) The Secretary of State shall include, in the ballot pamphlets
mailed pursuant to Section 9094 of the Elections Code, the
information specified in Section 9084 of the Elections Code regarding
the bond act contained in Section 1 of this act. If that inclusion
is not possible, the Secretary of State shall publish a supplemental
ballot pamphlet regarding this act to be mailed with the ballot
pamphlet. If the supplemental ballot pamphlet cannot be mailed with
the ballot pamphlet, the supplemental ballot pamphlet shall be mailed
separately.
SEC. 3. (a) (1) Notwithstanding Section 9051 of the Elections Code
or any other provision of law, the Attorney General shall provide
and return to the Secretary of State a ballot title and summary in
10-point type for all state ballot pamphlets of the ____, statewide
general election that contains the following title and summary for
Section 1 of this act adopted by the Legislature at the ____ Session:
"SAFE, CLEAN, RELIABLE DRINKING WATER SUPPLY ACT OF 2010" and in
the same square under those words:
"Safeguards supplies of safe, clean drinking water to California
homes, farms, and businesses. Expands conservation, cleans up
polluted wells, expands flood prevention and environmental protection
of water sources supplying the State Water Project. Authorizes nine
billion eight hundred five million dollars ($9,805,000,000) in
general obligation bonds."
(2) The language in paragraph (1) shall be the only language
included in the title and summary for Section 1 of this act adopted
by the Legislature at the ____ Session, and the Attorney General
shall not supplement, subtract from, or revise that language.
(3) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, including Sections
9050, 9051, 13247, 13262, and 13281 of the Elections Code, the
language in paragraph (1) for the title and summary shall also be the
language included in the ballot label for the condensed statement of
the ballot title, and the Attorney General shall not supplement,
subtract from, or revise that language, except that the Attorney
General may include the fiscal impact summary prepared pursuant to
Section 9087 of the Elections Code and Section 88003 of the
Government Code. The ballot label is the condensed statement of the
ballot title and the financial impact summary.
(b) Opposite the square, there shall be left spaces in which the
voters may place a cross in the manner required by law to indicate
whether they vote for or against the act.
(c) Where the voting in the election is done by means of voting
machines used pursuant to law in the manner that carries out the
intent of this section, the use of the voting machines and the
expression of the voters' choices by means thereof are in compliance
with this section.
SEC. 4. Section 1 of this act shall take effect only upon the
approval by the voters of the Safe, Clean, Reliable Drinking Water
Supply Act of 2010, as set forth in that section.
SEC. 5. This act is an urgency statute necessary for the immediate
preservation of the public peace, health, or safety within the
meaning of Article IV of the Constitution
and shall go into immediate effect. The facts
constituting the necessity are:
In order to finance a critical water supply reliability and water
source protection program as soon as possible, it is necessary that
this act take effect immediately.