With the consent of the Legislature, the director may make application for and accept loans of funds made available by the federal government or a federal department or agency to aid in financing the costs of engineering and architectural surveys, designs, plans, working drawings, specifications, or other action preliminary to and in preparation for the construction of public works authorized by the Legislature. Repayment of such loans shall be pursuant to appropriation by the Legislature.

(Added by Stats. 1963, Ch. 1862.)

Terms Used In California Government Code 13079

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • department: refer to the Director and Department of Finance, respectively, unless the context otherwise requires. See California Government Code 13001