(a) If a department or local government identifies property that may be acquired pursuant to this division and determines that the acquisition would comply with the purpose of a bond provision listed in subdivision (c) and any applicable guidelines developed for that bond provision by the administering agency, and all of the requirements of this division are met and the department or local government acquires the property pursuant to this division, the department or local government may expend funds from the bond provision that have been appropriated, allocated, or awarded to it, to acquire the property using the tax credit provided by this division.

(b) The applicable bond provisions from which a department or local government may use bond funds to acquire property using the tax credit provided by this division do not include grants of bond funds distributed through a competitive process.

Terms Used In California Public Resources Code 37032

  • Department: means any entity created by statute within the Natural Resources Agency and authorized to hold title to land, or the Natural Resources Agency. See California Public Resources Code 37002
  • Local government: means any city, county, city and county, or any district, as defined in Section 5902 or in Division 26 (commencing with Section 35100), or any joint powers authority made up of one or more of those entities or those entities and departments. See California Public Resources Code 37002
  • Property: means any real property, and any perpetual interest therein, including land, conservation easements, and land containing water rights, as well as water rights. See California Public Resources Code 37002

(c) The applicable bond provisions from which a department or local government may expend bond funds pursuant to subdivision (a) are the following:

(1) Section 5096.615.

(2) Subdivision (a) or (b), or paragraph (1) of subdivision (c), of Section 5096.650.

(3) Funds under paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 5096.650 that are to be expended pursuant to paragraph (6) of subdivision (b) of Section 31220.

(4) § 79541 of the Water Code.

(5) § 79542 of the Water Code.

(6) § 79544 of the Water Code.

(7) Subdivision (e) or (f) of § 79550 of the Water Code.

(8) § 79565 of the Water Code.

(9) § 79568 of the Water Code.

(10) § 79570 of the Water Code.

(11) § 79572 of the Water Code.

(12) Other bond funds, if the bond act specifies that its funds may be used for the purposes of this division.

(Added by Stats. 2004, Ch. 715, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2005.)