(a) The sum of forty million dollars ($40,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Small Communities Assistance Account and is appropriated for supplemental state assistance to small communities for construction of treatment works eligible for assistance under Title II of the federal Clean Water Act.

(b) Notwithstanding subdivision (c) of Section 13999.5, the board may make grants to small communities so that the combined federal and state grant is an amount up to 971/2 percent of pollution studies, the total estimated cost of planning, design, and construction determined in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations. No supplemental state assistance grant under this section shall be made for projects costing more than two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) unless a finding is made by the board that a higher cost project is the most cost-effective solution to a water quality or public health problem.

Terms Used In California Water Code 13999.9

  • Board: means the State Water Resources Control Board. See California Water Code 13999.2
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Fund: means the 1984 State Clean Water Bond Fund. See California Water Code 13999.2
  • Pollution: means an alteration of the quality of the waters of the state by waste to a degree which unreasonably affects either of the following:

    California Water Code 13050

  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Water Code 10
  • Supplemental state assistance: means a grant given to a qualifying small community, in addition to the normal federal and state contributions, to reduce the local share of a project. See California Water Code 13999.2

(c) Any contract entered into pursuant to this section may include such provisions as may be determined by the board, provided that any contract shall include the provisions required by paragraphs (1) and (3) of subdivision (c) of Section 13999.8.

(Added by Stats. 1984, Ch. 377, Sec. 1. Approved in Proposition 25 at the November 6, 1984, election.)

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