Section 2932.3 Of Article 1. General Provisions From California Fish And Game Code >> Division 3. >> Chapter 13. >> Article 1.
2932.3
. Any moneys made available by paragraph (3) of subdivision
(b) of Section 75050 of the Public Resources Code and deposited in
the Salton Sea Restoration Fund shall be expended, upon appropriation
by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for a restoration
project at the Salton Sea that is consistent with subdivision (c) of
Section 2931. The activities and expenditures authorized by this
section shall be limited to funding those activities identified in
the Resources Agency report entitled "Salton Sea Ecosystem
Restoration Program Preferred Alternative Report and Funding Plan,"
and dated May 2007, for completion in the first five years of
implementation identified in the report as "Period I." The activities
specified for completion in Period I include, but are not limited
to, a demonstration project, early start habitat, and additional
biological, inflow, sediment quality, water quality, and air quality
investigations. For purposes of carrying out these activities and
expending the funds made available, the Resources Agency shall act as
the lead agency and work cooperatively with designated staff from
the Department of Water Resources, the State Air Resources Board, the
State Water Resources Control Board, and the department. The
Resources Agency shall remain the lead agency for implementation, in
partnership with one or more of its departments, unless and until
legislation is enacted on or after January 1, 2009, establishing a
new governance structure for restoration of the Salton Sea. This
section is not legislative approval or denial of the preferred
alternative identified in the Secretary of the Resources Agency's
recommendations contained in the "Salton Sea Ecosystem Restoration
Program Preferred Alternative Report and Funding Plan," dated May
2007 and submitted to the Legislature.