Title HSC — California Health & Safety Code

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Law of 1997.

(a) Because the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. Sec. 300j et seq.) provides for establishment of a perpetual drinking water revolving fund, which will be partially capitalized by federal contributions, it is in the interest of the people of the state, in order to ensur…

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this chapter: (a) “Acceptable result” means the project that, when constructed, solves the problem for which the project was placed on the project priority list, ensures the owner and oper…

(a) There is hereby created in the State Treasury the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund for the purpose of implementing this chapter, and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the fund are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fisca…

Subject to all applicable constitutional restrictions, a city, county, or special district may borrow money and incur indebtedness pursuant to this chapter.

(a) In addition to the actions described in Section 116760.40, the board may, to implement the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, improve access to financial assistance for small community water systems and not-for-profit nontransient noncommunity water systems serving sev…

(a) The board may undertake any of the following actions to implement the Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund: (1) Enter into agreements with the federal government for federal contributions to the fund. (2) Accept federal contributions to the fund. (3) Use moneys in the fun…

Moneys in the fund and the special accounts may be expended for additional purposes provided in the federal act.

(a) The board may enter into an agreement with the federal government for federal contributions to the fund only if the board is prepared to commit to expenditure of any minimum amount in the fund in the manner required by the federal act. (b) An agreement between the board and t…

(a) The board shall implement this chapter pursuant to the adoption of a policy handbook that is not subject to the requirements of Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of the Government Code. The policy handbook shall be posted on the board’s Inter…

(a) The board may deposit administrative fees and charges paid by public water systems and other available and necessary money into an account of the fund. (b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.

(a) For purposes of this section “act” means the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009. (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter or any regulations adopted pursuant to this chapter, the department may expend moneys in the fund, received from the federal go…

(a) The Safe Drinking Water Small Community Emergency Grant Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) The following moneys shall be deposited in the grant fund: (1) Moneys transferred to the grant fund pursuant to subdivision (c). (2) Notwithstanding Section 16475 of the …

(a) The board shall establish eligibility criteria for project financing pursuant to this chapter that shall be consistent with federal requirements. (b) To the extent permitted by federal law, the board may provide up to 100 percent grant funding, and principal forgiveness on lo…

(a) Planning and preliminary engineering studies, project design, and construction costs incurred by a community water system or not-for-profit noncommunity water system may be funded under this chapter. (b) (1) The board shall determine what portion of the full costs the water s…

(a) The failure or inability of any public water system to receive funds under this chapter or any other financial assistance program or any delay in obtaining the funds shall not alter the obligation of the system to comply in a timely manner with all applicable drinking water s…

(a) The board may enter into financing agreements with applicants for the purposes set forth in this chapter. (b) If the board provides construction financing, the financing recipient shall commit to operate and maintain, or ensure the operation and maintenance of, the water syst…

(a) As a condition of receiving construction financing under this article for work performed at the City of San Diego’s North City Water Reclamation Plant, North City Pure Water Facility, or any other portion of the Pure Water San Diego Program, an applicant shall ensure that any…

(a) To the extent permitted by federal and state law, moneys in the fund may be expended to rebate to the federal government all arbitrage profits required by the federal Tax Reform Act of 1986 (Public Law 99-514) or any amendment of or supplement to that law. To the extent that …

(a) The board shall establish, and may periodically adjust, the interest rate for repayable financing made pursuant to this chapter at a rate not to exceed 50 percent of the average interest rate, computed by the true interest cost method, paid by the state on general obligation …

(a) The Safe Drinking Water State Revolving Fund Administration Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. (b) The following moneys shall be deposited into the administration fund: (1) Moneys transferred to pay the costs incurred by the state board in connection with the admin…

(a) Moneys repaid to the state pursuant to any contract executed pursuant to this chapter, including interest payments and all interest earned on or accruing to any moneys in the fund, shall be deposited in the fund and shall be available in perpetuity, for expenditure for the pu…

To the extent amounts in the fund are not required for current obligation or expenditure, those amounts shall be invested in interest bearing obligations, and the interest earned shall become part of the fund.

(a) The board shall, contingent upon receiving federal capitalization grant funds, develop and implement a program to protect sources of drinking water. In carrying out this program, the board shall coordinate with local, state, and federal agencies that have public health and en…

The Legislature finds and declares all of the following: (a) There is an urgent need for low-cost, energy-efficient housing in California. (b) The cost of conventional lumber-framed housing has risen due to a shortage of construction-grade lumber. (c) Straw is an annually renewab…

(a) Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the guidelines established by this chapter shall apply to the construction of all structures that use baled straw as a loadbearing or nonloadbearing material within any city or county that adopted the guidelines established by Chapt…

Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as an exemption from Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 5500) of, or Chapter 7 (commencing with Section 6700) of, Division 3 of the Business and Professions Code relative to preparation of plans, drawings, specifications, or calculations…

For the purposes of this chapter, the following terms are defined as follows: (a) “Bales” means rectangular compressed blocks of straw, bound by strings or wire. (b) “Department” means the Department of Housing and Community Development. (c) “Flakes” means slabs of straw removed …

(a) Bales shall be rectangular in shape. (b) Bales used within a continuous wall shall be of consistent height and width to ensure even distribution of loads within wall systems. (c) Bales shall be bound with ties of either polypropylene string or baling wire. Bales with broken o…

(a) Straw-bale walls, when covered with plaster, drywall, or stucco, shall be deemed to have the equivalent fire resistive rating as wood-frame construction with the same wall-finishing system. (b) Minimum bale wall thickness shall be 13 inches. (c) Buildings with loadbearing bal…

Sections 18944.30, 18944.31, 18944.33, 18944.35, and 18944.40 shall become inoperative when building standards become effective after approval by the California Building Standards Commission pursuant to Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 18935) that permit the construction of str…

With enactment of this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to do both of the following: (a) Provide a means of mitigating the economic and social degradation that is faced by communities the jurisdictions of which include military bases that have been ordered to be close…

The Legislature finds and declares that extraordinary measures must be taken to mitigate the effects of the federal government’s efforts to reduce the number of military bases throughout the country.

(a) For purposes of this chapter, a blighted area within the boundaries of a military base is an area in which the combination of two or more conditions set forth in Section 33492.11 is so prevalent and so substantial that it causes a reduction of, or lack of, proper utilization …

With the enactment of this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for precise and specific means to mitigate the very serious economic effects of the closure of the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station on the City of Tustin, surrounding cities and the County of Orange…

Notwithstanding the requirements of Section 33320.1, a redevelopment plan for the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station Redevelopment Project may be adopted pursuant to the provisions of this article for a redevelopment project area which may include the following areas: (a) An area co…

For the purposes of this article, a blighted area within the boundaries of the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station Redevelopment Project is an area described in subdivision (a) of Section 33492.102 in which the combination of two or more of the following conditions are so prevalent a…

(a) Notwithstanding Section 33334.2, or any other provision of law, the redevelopment agency for the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station Redevelopment Project, may, for up to 10 years, defer depositing into the Low- and Moderate-Income Housing Fund up to 50 percent of the amount requ…

Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the redevelopment agency shall make payments to affected taxing entities required by subdivision (a) of Section 33607.5, except that each of the time periods governing the payments shall be calculated from the date the county auditor ma…

(a) For purposes of this chapter, this section describes conditions that cause blight: (1) Buildings in which it is unsafe or unhealthy for persons to live or work. These conditions can be caused by serious building code violations, dilapidation and deterioration, defective desig…

(a) Notwithstanding subdivision (k) of Section 33352, the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code) shall not apply to the adoption of a redevelopment plan prepared pursuant to this article if the redevelopment…

The ordinance adopting the redevelopment plan for the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station Project Area shall not be required to include the finding required pursuant to paragraph (4) of subdivision (d) of Section 33367. However, the redevelopment agency shall not expend any tax incre…

If the City of Tustin, the Tustin Community Redevelopment Agency, or any agency or political subdivision of either, intends to or does acquire title to any real property that lies within the boundaries of the former Marine Corps Air Station-Tustin, then notwithstanding any other …

(a) For purposes of the application of Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (16 U.S.C. Sec. 470 et seq.) as it applies only to an area comprising the survey area created for redevelopment of the Tustin Marine Corps Air Station pursuant to Section 33310, if the Ci…

With the enactment of this article, it is the intent of the Legislature to provide for precise and specific means to mitigate the very serious economic effects of the closure of the Alameda Naval Air Station and the Fleet Industrial Supply Center on the City of Alameda, surroundi…

(a) A redevelopment plan covering all or part of the lands of the Alameda Naval Air Station and the Fleet Industrial Supply Center Redevelopment Project may be adopted pursuant to Article 1 (commencing with Section 33492), provided that the project area shall not include territor…

Notwithstanding Section 33492.9 or any other provision of law, the redevelopment agency shall make payments to affected taxing entities required by Section 33607.5.

(a) A redevelopment plan, adopted pursuant to this chapter and containing the provisions set forth in Section 33670, shall contain all of the following limitations: (1) A limitation on the number of dollars of taxes which may be divided and allocated to the redevelopment agency p…

(a) Dwelling units, as defined, in the Alameda Naval Air Station and the Fleet Industrial Supply Center Project Area made available to a member of the Homeless Collaborative pursuant to the Base Closure Community Redevelopment and Homeless Assistance Act of 1994 (Part A of Title …

Notwithstanding paragraph (1) of subdivision (f) of Section 33607.5, the redevelopment agency of the City of Novato may pay to the County of Marin, the Novato Fire Protection District, and the Marin Community College District any amounts of money that in the agency’s determinatio…