California Water Code

§ 79543

WAT § 79543 Effective Jan 1, 2004Div. 26.5 · Ch. 5

Statute text

(a)The sum of one hundred million dollars ($100,000,000) shall be available for appropriation by the Legislature from the fund to the board for the purpose of financing projects that restore and protect the water quality and environment of coastal waters, estuaries, bays and nearshore waters, and groundwater.

(b)All expenditures, grants, and loans made pursuant to this section shall be consistent with the requirements of Article 5 (commencing with Section 79148) of Chapter 7 of Division 26.

(c)Of the money made available pursuant to this section, not less than twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) shall be expended to implement priority actions specified in the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Plan. Money appropriated pursuant to this subdivision shall be allocated as recommended by the Santa Monica Bay Restoration Commission.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2003, Ch. 493, Sec. 4. Effective January 1, 2004. Note: This section was added on Nov. 5, 2002, by initiative Prop. 50.