Cal. Water Code - WAT § 79100. Section 79100.
(a)
There is hereby created in the account the River Protection Subaccount.
(b)
For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the River Protection Subaccount created by subdivision (a).
ARTICLE 4. River Protection Program [79100. - 79104.]
Cal. Water Code - WAT 4.
in effectCal. Water Code - WAT § 79101. Section 79101.
The sum of ninety-five million dollars ($95,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purposes of implementing this article.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 79102. Section 79102.
The money in the subaccount, upon appropriation by the Legislature, may be used to meet the requirements of Article 6 (commencing with Section 78682) of Chapter 6 of Division 24.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 79103. Section 79103.
At least 60 percent of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79101 shall be used for projects that are located in, or in close proximity to, major metropolitan areas.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 79103.2. Section 79103.2.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79101, ten million dollars ($10,000,000) shall, upon appropriation to the department, be allocated to the San Joaquin River Parkway Conservancy for the purposes of the San Joaquin River Parkway.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 79103.4. Section 79103.4.
Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, of the funds transferred pursuant to Section 79101, two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) in the subaccount shall be used by the department, upon appropriation, for the purpose of the Kern River Parkway Project between the mouth of Kern Canyon and Interstate Highway Route 5.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 79104. Section 79104.
Not more than 3 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.
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