Section 14058 Of Article 2. Clean Water And Water Reclamation Bond Program From California Water Code >> Division 7. >> Chapter 17. >> Article 2.
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. (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) of the
money in the fund shall be deposited in the Water Reclamation Account
and, notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, is hereby
continuously appropriated to the board for the purposes of this
section.
(b) The board may enter into contracts with local public agencies
having authority to construct, operate, and maintain water
reclamation projects, for loans to aid in the design and construction
of eligible water reclamation projects. The board may loan up to 100
percent of the total eligible cost of design and construction of an
eligible reclamation project.
(c) Any contract for an eligible water reclamation project entered
into pursuant to this section may include such provisions as
determined by the board and shall include both of the following
provisions:
(1) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the eligible water
reclamation project.
(2) An agreement by the local public agency to proceed
expeditiously with, and complete, the eligible water reclamation
project; commence operation of the project in accordance with
applicable provisions of law, and provide for the payment of the
local public agency's share of the cost of the project, including
principal and interest on any state loan made pursuant to this
section.
(d) Loan contracts may not provide for a moratorium on payments of
principal or interest.
(e) Any loans made from the fund may be for a period of up to 20
years. The interest rate for the loans shall be set at a rate equal
to 50 percent of the interest rate paid by the state on the most
recent sale of state general obligation bonds, with that rate to be
computed according to the true interest cost method. When the
interest rate so determined is not a multiple of one-tenth of 1
percent, the interest rate shall be set at the next higher multiple
of one-tenth of 1 percent.
(f) All money repaid to the state pursuant to any contract
executed under this chapter shall be deposited in the Water Recycling
Subaccount in the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account in the
Safe Drinking Water, Clean Water, Watershed Protection, and Flood
Protection Bond Fund created by Section 79136, for the purposes set
forth in Article 4 (commencing with Section 79135) of Chapter 7 of
Division 26.