(a) The Lower American River Conservancy Program Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. Moneys in the fund shall be available, upon appropriation, for the purposes of this chapter. Moneys received by the board pursuant to this chapter shall be deposited in the fund, unless otherwise provided by 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). The board shall administer the moneys appropriated to it for the program and may expend those moneys for capital improvements, land acquisition, support for the program’s operations, and other purposes consistent with this chapter.
(b) (1) The board may accept money, grants, goods, or services contributed to it by a public agency or a private entity or person. Moneys received pursuant to this paragraph shall be deposited in the Donation Account, which is hereby established in the fund.
(2) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, moneys in the account are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the board for the purposes of this chapter.
(3) Upon receipt of goods and services pursuant to paragraph (1), the board may use those goods and services for the purposes of this chapter.
(Added by Stats. 2016, Ch. 375, Sec. 1. (AB 1716) Effective January 1, 2017.)
Last modified: October 25, 2018