Cal. Water Code - WAT § 78535. Section 78535.
(a)
There is hereby created in the account the Bay-Delta Agreement Subaccount.
(b)
For the purposes of this article, “subaccount” means the Bay-Delta Agreement Subaccount created by subdivision (a).
ARTICLE 3. Bay-Delta Agreement Program [78535. - 78538.]
Cal. Water Code - WAT 3.
in effectCal. Water Code - WAT § 78535.5. Section 78535.5.
The sum of sixty million dollars ($60,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 78536. Section 78536.
Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Resources Agency, to pay for the administration of this article and for non-flow-related projects called for in the Water Quality Control Plan for the Bay-Delta, adopted by the board in Resolution No. 95-24, and as it may be amended. Those projects are known as “Category III” activities called for in the “Principles for Agreement on Bay-Delta Standards Between the State of California and the Federal Government,” dated December 15, 1994.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 78536.5. Section 78536.5.
The Secretary of the Resources Agency shall carry out this article in accordance with procedures established by CALFED for the purposes of undertaking Category III activities and other ecosystem restoration programs until the Legislature, by statute, authorizes another entity that is recommended by CALFED, to carry out this article.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 78537. Section 78537.
The state shall, to the greatest extent possible, secure federal and nonfederal matching funds to implement this article.
Cal. Water Code - WAT § 78538. Section 78538.
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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