Article 6 - Seawater Intrusion Control

California Water Code — §§ 79149-79149.16

Sections (5)

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.

Unless the context otherwise requires, the following definitions govern the construction of this article:

(a)(1) “Eligible seawater intrusion control project” means a project that meets all of the following requirements:

(A) The project is necessary to protect groundwater and meets both of the following requirements:

(i)The project is within a basin that is subject to a local groundwater management plan for which a review is completed pursuant to the California Environmental Quality Act (Division 13 (commencing with Section 21000) of the Public Resources Code).

(ii) The project is threatened by seawater intrusion in an area where restrictions on groundwater pumping, a physical solution, or both, are necessary to prevent the destruction of, or irreparable injury to, groundwater quality.

(B) In the case of a project that would provide a substitute water supply, the project is cost-effective when compared to the development of other new sources of water and includes requirements or measures adequate to ensure that the substitute supply will be used in lieu of previously established extractions or diversions of groundwater.

(2)Eligible projects may include, but are not limited to, water conservation, freshwater well injection, and substitution of groundwater pumping from local surface supplies.

(b)“Local agency” means any city, county, district, joint powers authority, or other political subdivision of the state involved in water management.

(c)“Subaccount” means the Seawater Intrusion Control Subaccount created by Section 79149.2.

§ 79149.10

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.

(a)The board shall establish the interest rate for a loan made pursuant to this article at a rate equal to 50 percent of the interest rate paid by the state on the most recent sale of state general obligation bonds, to be computed according to the true interest cost method.

(b)If the interest rate so determined is not a multiple of one-tenth of 1 percent, the interest rate shall be set at the next higher

multiple of one-tenth of 1 percent.

(c)The interest rate set for each contract shall be applied throughout the repayment period of the contract. There shall be a level annual repayment of principal and interest on the loans.

§ 79149.12

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.

All principal and interest payments received pursuant to loan contracts entered into pursuant to this article shall be deposited in the subaccount.

§ 79149.14

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.

The board may, by contract or otherwise, undertake plans, surveys, research, development, and studies necessary, convenient, or desirable to carry out the purposes of this article.

§ 79149.16

Added by Stats. 1999, Ch. 725, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 13 at the March 7, 2000, election.

Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount may be used to pay for both of the following:

(a)To pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article.

(b)For the purposes of Section 79149.14.