Article 5. Sacramento Valley Water Management And Habitat Protection Measures of California Water Code >> Division 24. >> Chapter 6. >> Article 5.

(a) There is hereby created in the account the Sacramento Valley Water Management and Habitat Protection Subaccount.
  (b) For the purposes of this article, "subaccount" means the Sacramento Valley Water Management and Habitat Protection Subaccount created by subdivision (a).

The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) is hereby transferred from the account to the subaccount for the purpose of implementing this article.

Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, the money in the subaccount is hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the department, for programs or projects in the Sacramento Valley to assist in the implementation of the Water Quality Control Plan for the Bay-Delta adopted by the board in Resolution No. 95-24 on May 22, 1995, and as it may be amended.

The board shall provide adequate public review for proposed programs or projects and shall determine that those programs or projects are consistent with the requirements of Section 78681.4.

Only the programs or projects that are not the obligation of the federal Central Valley Project or the State Water Project may be funded under this article.

Not more than 3 percent of the total amount deposited in the subaccount for the use of the department may be used to pay the costs incurred in connection with the administration of this article by the department.