Chapter 4. Drought Housing Relocation Assistance of California Health And Safety Code >> Division 24. >> Part 1.6. >> Chapter 4.

(a) The department may provide temporary assistance to a person moving out of a housing unit due to a lack of potable water connected to the housing unit resulting from the drought conditions described in the state of emergency proclaimed by the Governor on January 17, 2014, if both of the following requirements are met:
  (1) The person has exhausted all reasonable attempts to find a potable water source for the housing unit.
  (2) The housing unit is served by a private well or water utility with fewer than 15 connections that is running out of potable water due to drought conditions.
  (b) (1) The department may administer the housing assistance or contract with a qualified state or local government agency or nonprofit organization to administer the assistance.
  (2) The department may utilize available funds to leverage or complement other rental housing subsidy programs providing temporary assistance to qualifying households.
  (c) The department shall adopt guidelines to implement this chapter, including, but not limited to, eligibility, income limits, type of assistance to be provided, and amounts of assistance.

Any rule, policy, or standard of general application employed by the department in implementing this chapter shall not be subject to the requirements of the Administrative Procedure Act (Chapter 3.5 (commencing with Section 11340) of Part 1 of Division 3 of Title 2 of the Government Code).

This chapter shall remain in effect only until June 30, 2017, and as of that date is repealed.