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Article 5. Project Eligibility, Funding, And Contracts of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 104. >> Part 12. >> Chapter 4.5. >> Article 5.
(a) Planning and preliminary engineering studies,
project design, and construction costs incurred by community and
not-for-profit noncommunity public water systems may be funded under
this chapter by loans or other repayable financing, and, if these
systems are owned by public agencies or private not-for-profit water
companies, by grants, principal forgiveness, or a combination of
grants and loans or other financial assistance.
(b) (1) The board shall determine what portion of the full costs the public agency or private not-for-profit water company is capable of repaying and authorize funding in the form of a loan or other repayable financing for that amount. The board shall authorize a grant or principal forgiveness only to the extent the board finds the public agency or not-for-profit water company is unable to repay the full costs of the financing.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, where a public agency or private not-for-profit water company serving a severely disadvantaged community with fewer than 200 service connections owns a small community water system or nontransient noncommunity water system, the public agency or private not-for-profit serving the severely disadvantaged community is deemed to have no ability to repay any financing for a project serving the severely disadvantaged community.
(c) At the request of the board, the Public Utilities Commission shall submit comments concerning the ability of suppliers, subject to its jurisdiction, to finance the project from other sources and to repay the financing.
(b) (1) The board shall determine what portion of the full costs the public agency or private not-for-profit water company is capable of repaying and authorize funding in the form of a loan or other repayable financing for that amount. The board shall authorize a grant or principal forgiveness only to the extent the board finds the public agency or not-for-profit water company is unable to repay the full costs of the financing.
(2) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, where a public agency or private not-for-profit water company serving a severely disadvantaged community with fewer than 200 service connections owns a small community water system or nontransient noncommunity water system, the public agency or private not-for-profit serving the severely disadvantaged community is deemed to have no ability to repay any financing for a project serving the severely disadvantaged community.
(c) At the request of the board, the Public Utilities Commission shall submit comments concerning the ability of suppliers, subject to its jurisdiction, to finance the project from other sources and to repay the financing.
(a) The failure or inability of any public water system
to receive funds under this chapter or any other financial assistance
program or any delay in obtaining the funds shall not alter the
obligation of the system to comply in a timely manner with all
applicable drinking water standards and requirements of the
California Safe Drinking Water Act or the federal act.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2014.
