(a) In addition to, and in furtherance of, the purposes specified in subdivisions (a), (b), (d), and (e) of Section 21190, money in the California Environmental License Plate Fund may be expended, upon appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to the California Ocean Protection Act (Division 26.5 (commencing with Section 35500)).

(b) This section shall become operative only if the California Ocean Protection Act is enacted during the 2003-04 Regular Session.

Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 21190.5

  • 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

(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 540, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 2005. Note: Condition in subd. (b) was satisfied by Stats. 2004, Ch. 719.)