Title WAT, California Water Code

The department, in cooperation with the United States Department of the Interior, may participate in financing the costs of the site development, construction, operation, and transportation of desalted water in connection with a saline water conversion test center facility to be …

If the determination of the board as to completion is favorable to the permittee, the board shall issue a license which confirms the right to the appropriation of such an amount of water as has been determined to have been applied to beneficial use. (Amended by Stats. 1963, Ch. 2…

Before issuing a license for an amount of water or season of use less than that specified in the permit, the board shall either obtain the consent of the permittee or afford him an opportunity to (a) show cause why the amount or season of use should not be reduced or, (b) request…

If the board determines that the construction and condition of the works or the use of water therefrom are not in conformity with the law, the rules and regulations of the board, or the terms of the permit, it may revoke the permit in the manner provided in Article 5 (commencing …

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article: (a) “CALFED Bay-Delta Program” or “program” means the undertaking by CALFED pursuant to the Framework Agreement dated June 20, 1994, to develop a long-term solution to water …

This article does not affect the authority of any agency pursuant to any other provision of law to expend funds for the purposes described in this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

The Legislature hereby finds and declares all of the following: (a) CALFED is in the process of preparing a programmatic EIS/EIR for a long-term comprehensive plan that will resolve problems related to ecosystem restoration, including the recovery of endangered species such as ch…

(a) This article does not authorize the implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program or any element of that program. The implementation of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, or any element of that program, shall only be undertaken pursuant to authority provided by law other than thi…

There is hereby created in the account the Bay-Delta Multipurpose Water Management Subaccount. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

The sum of two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

(a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department to carry out eligible projects and for the purposes of Section 79202. (b) Money in the subaccount that is allocated to carry out eligible projects, as described…

The funds appropriated pursuant to Section 79196 shall be allocated as follows: (a) Seventeen million dollars ($17,000,000) for the purposes of the project described in clause (i) of subparagraph (B) of paragraph (2) of subdivision (d) of Section 79190. (b) Forty million dollars …

No funds in the subaccount may be expended until all of the following conditions have been met: (a) The CALFED EIS/EIR has been certified by the state lead agency and a notice of determination has been issued as required by Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Publi…

The state, to the greatest extent possible, shall secure federal and nonfederal funds to implement this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

Due to the importance of issuing permits and otherwise expediting all elements of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program in a timely and balanced manner, the following procedures shall apply to the use of funds authorized by this article: (a) After the requirements set forth in Section 791…

On or before December 15 of each year, the Secretary of the Resources Agency shall submit an annual report to the Legislature that describes the status of the implementation of all elements of the CALFED Bay-Delta Program, any determinations made by the secretary pursuant to subd…

The report prepared pursuant to Section 79200 shall include both of the following: (a) A summary of the results achieved by the projects funded under this article. (b) An identification of any necessary modifications that should be made to eligible projects or other CALFED bay-de…

Nothing in this article shall be construed to address the allocation of benefits from projects or programs funded by this article. It is anticipated that this issue will be settled in the CALFED process or by the Legislature by statute. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. App…

Not more than 5 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. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

The department may adopt regulations to carry out this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

(a) The department shall prepare and maintain maps for levee flood protection zones. The department shall prepare the maps by December 31, 2008, and shall include in the maps a designation of those lands where flood levels would be more than three feet deep if a project levee wer…

(a) The department shall prepare and maintain maps for levee flood protection zones. The department shall prepare the maps by December 31, 2008, and shall include in the maps a designation of those lands where flood levels would be more than three feet deep if a project levee wer…

The proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds may provide for the setting up of a reserve fund or funds out of the revenues not needed for the payment of operation, maintenance, and replacements, and not needed for the payment of principal and interest as they currently matur…

Any proceedings authorizing the issuance of bonds and providing for the setting up of a reserve fund may also require the immediate application of all surplus money in the revenue fund to the retirement of such bonds prior to maturity, by call or purchase, in such manner and upon…

The money remaining in the revenue fund after providing the amount required for interest and redemption of bonds as provided in this article shall be held and applied as provided in the proceedings authorizing the issuance of the bonds. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

For purposes of prioritizing eligible programs or projects for funding under this article, the department shall give priority to programs or projects that meet one or more of the following requirements: (a) Can be completed expeditiously and thereby provide near term benefits and…

The state, to the greatest extent possible, shall seek matching federal funds to implement this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

Funds available from the subaccount shall be available for all phases of project development including, but not limited to, project administration, permitting and environmental compliance, feasibility studies, and construction. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in …

Not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

(a) “Delta export service area,” as used in this article, means both of the following: (1) The counties included within the Association of Bay Area Governments. (2) Those areas of the state outside the delta that receive water from the State Water Project or the Central Valley Pr…

(a) There is hereby created the Interim Water Supply and Water Quality Infrastructure and Management Subaccount. (b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Interim Reliable Water Supply and Water Quality Infrastructure and Management Subaccount. (Added by Stats.…

The sum of one hundred eighty million dollars ($180,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of this article. (Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.)

(a) The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, may be used by the department to provide grants or loans, or any combination thereof, which are approved by the Governor, to local agencies located in the delta export service areas for prog…

(a) On or before September 30 of each year, a local agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of a project levee shall prepare and submit to the department, in a format specified by the department, a report of information for inclusion in periodic flood management repo…

(a) On or before September 30 of each year, a local agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of a project levee shall prepare and submit to the department, in a format specified by the department, a report of information for inclusion in periodic flood management repo…

(a) The department shall prepare and transmit to the board a report on the project levees operated and maintained by each local agency, using information provided by the local agency pursuant to Section 9140 and information from relevant portions of any of the following documents…

(a) The department shall prepare and transmit to the board a report on the project levees operated and maintained by each local agency, using information provided by the local agency pursuant to Section 9140 and information from relevant portions of any of the following documents…

A local agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of a project levee may propose to the board an upgrade of the project levee if the local agency determines that the upgrade is appropriate. The local agency may implement that upgrade if approved by the board. (Added by…

A local agency responsible for the operation and maintenance of a project levee may propose to the board an upgrade of the project levee if the local agency determines that the upgrade is appropriate. The local agency may implement that upgrade if approved by the board. (Added by…

Warrants for payments to be made on account of bonds shall be drawn by the State Controller upon request of the State Treasurer whenever the drawing of warrants is required in order to make the payments. (Added by Stats. 1943, Ch. 370.)

Each license shall be in such form and contain such terms as may be prescribed by the board. (Amended by Stats. 1957, Ch. 1932.)

All licenses shall be under the terms and conditions of this division. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

A license shall be effective for such time as the water actually appropriated under it is used for a useful and beneficial purpose in conformity with this division but no longer. (Enacted by Stats. 1943, Ch. 368.)

Every license shall include the enumeration of conditions therein which in substance shall include all of the provisions of this article and the statement that any appropriator of water to whom a license is issued takes the license subject to the conditions therein expressed. (En…

Every licensee, if he accepts a license, does so under the conditions precedent that no value whatsoever in excess of the actual amount paid to the State therefor shall at any time be assigned to or claimed for any license granted or issued under the provisions of this division, …

At any time after the expiration of twenty years after the granting of a license, the State or any city, city and county, municipal water district, irrigation district, lighting district, or any political subdivision of the State shall have the right to purchase the works and pro…