Section 79560.1 Of Chapter 8. Integrated Regional Water Management From California Water Code >> Division 26.5. >> Chapter 8.
79560.1
. (a) The department shall administer 50 percent of the
funds, and the board shall administer the remaining 50 percent of the
funds, made available to the program described in Sections 79560 and
79561.
(b) For projects proposed to be funded pursuant to Section 79560
that include any modification of a river or stream channel, the state
agency making the grant, prior to the award of the grant, shall
determine whether the environmental impacts resulting from that
modification will be fully mitigated by considering all of the
impacts of that modification and any mitigation, environmental
enhancement, and environmental benefit resulting from the project,
and determining whether, on balance, any environmental enhancement or
benefit equals or exceeds any negative environmental impacts of the
project. The costs of mitigation or enhancement may be included in
the project costs eligible for funding pursuant to Section 79560.
(c) This section shall become operative only if the Water
Security, Clean Drinking Water, Coastal and Beach Protection Act of
2002 is approved by the voters at the November 5, 2002, statewide
general election.