California Water Code ARTICLE 2 - Watershed Protection Program

• Section 79075.
  (a) There is hereby created in the account the Watershed Protection Subaccount.(b) For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Watershed Protection Subaccount created by subdivision...
• Section 79076.
  The sum of ninety million dollars ($90,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.(Added by Stats....
• Section 79077.
  The purposes of this article are to provide funds to assist in implementing watershed plans to reduce flooding, control erosion, improve water quality, and improve...
• Section 79078.
  Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article:(a) “Local agency” means any city, county, city and county, district, or other...
• Section 79079.
  The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the board, may be used by the board for grants to municipalities, local agencies,...
• Section 79079.5.
  The funds used for the purposes described in Section 79079 shall be allocated as follows:(a) Sixty percent to projects in the Counties of Los Angeles, Orange,...
• Section 79080.
  (a) A municipality, local agency, or nonprofit organization may only receive a grant under this article if the board determines that both of the following apply:(1) The...
• Section 79081.
  A grant recipient shall obtain written permission from the landowners of the parcel of land upon which the project is proposed to be carried out....
• Section 79082.
  Not more than 25 percent of a grant may be awarded in advance of actual expenditures.(Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in...
• Section 79083.
  A grant recipient shall submit to the board a report upon the completion of the project or activity funded under this article. The report shall...
• Section 79084.
  (a) Of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79076, at least thirty-five million dollars ($35,000,000) shall be for grants to small communities.(b) For the purposes of this...
• Section 79085.
  The board shall give added consideration to projects that utilize the services of the California Conservation Corps, community conservation corps, or other local nonprofit entities...
• Section 79085.5.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, the following amounts from the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature, shall be allocated as follows:(a) The sum of...
• Section 79086.
  Notwithstanding any other provision of law, the board shall terminate any grant where it is determined that the project is not providing the proposed watershed...
• Section 79087.
  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...
• Section 79088.
  Where recovery plans for coho salmon, steelhead trout, or other threatened or endangered aquatic species exist, projects funded under this article shall be consistent with...

Last modified: October 22, 2018