Section 12303 Of Chapter 1. Delta Flood Protection Fund From California Water Code >> Division 6. >> Part 4.8. >> Chapter 1.
12303
. (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that, subject to
subdivision (b) of Section 12929.12, if twelve million dollars
($12,000,000) or any lesser amount is transferred pursuant to
paragraph (3) of subdivision (b) of Section 12937 to the California
Water Fund from the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund
in each of the fiscal years 1990-91 to 1997-98, inclusive, and if six
million dollars ($6,000,000) or any lesser amount is so transferred
in the 1998-99 fiscal year, that amount shall be appropriated to the
Delta Flood Protection Fund for the purposes specified in subdivision
(b) of Section 12300, in lieu of the funds deposited in the
California Water Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of
the Public Resources Code. However, that the director, in
consultation with the Department of Finance, may accelerate payments
to the California Water Fund for reappropriation to the Delta Flood
Protection Fund if the director deems it appropriate to do so.
(b) The obligation of the State Water Resources Development System
to reimburse the California Water Fund, pursuant to paragraph (3) of
subdivision (b) of Section 12937, shall decrease by amounts equal to
the amounts which are transferred from the California Water
Resources Development Bond Fund to the California Water Fund and
appropriated to the Delta Flood Protection Fund pursuant to
subdivision (a).
(c) For any fiscal year, the Director of Finance, in consultation
with the Director of Water Resources, may recommend in the Budget Act
a source of funding for the Delta Flood Protection Fund which is
different from that set forth in subdivision (a). If the Legislature
approves the alternative source of funding, the portion of the State
Water Resources Development System obligation specified in
subdivision (b) which remains outstanding because of the selection of
the alternative funding source shall be discharged pursuant to
subdivision (b) of Section 11913.
(d) It is the intent of the Legislature, upon the creation of the
Delta Levee Rehabilitation Subaccount pursuant to Section 78540, as
proposed to be added by S.B. 900 of the 1995-96 Regular Session, that
subdivisions (a), (b), and (c) shall not apply to the Delta Levee
Rehabilitation Subaccount and that the funds of the subaccount shall
be available to fund equally both of the following:
(1) The delta levee maintenance subventions program pursuant to
Part 9 (commencing with Section 12980), associated mitigation and
habitat improvement programs, and the administration thereof.
(2) The special delta flood protection projects pursuant to
Chapter 2 (commencing with Section 12310), associated mitigation and
habitat improvement programs, and the administration thereof.