California Water Code 14056 – (a) The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of the …
(a) The sum of twenty-five million dollars ($25,000,000) of the money in the fund shall be deposited in the Small Communities Grant Account and, notwithstanding § 13340 of the Government Code, is hereby continuously appropriated for state grants to small communities for construction of treatment works eligible for assistance under Title VI of the federal act.
(b) The board may enter into grant contracts in accordance with this section with qualifying small communities having authority to construct, operate, and maintain treatment works to aid in the construction of eligible projects.
Terms Used In California Water Code 14056
- Board: means the State Water Resources Control Board. See California Water Code 14052
- Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
- Eligible project: means a project for a small community for the construction of treatment works which is all of the following:
California Water Code 14052
- federal act: means the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U. See California Water Code 14052
- Fund: means the 1988 Clean Water and Water Reclamation Fund created pursuant to Section 14055. See California Water Code 14052
- 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
- Small community: means a municipality with a population of 3,500 persons or less, or a reasonably isolated and divisible segment of a larger municipality encompassing 3,500 persons or less, with a financial hardship as defined by the board. See California Water Code 14052
- State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Water Code 18
- State grant: means a grant given to a qualifying small community eligible for federal assistance under Title VI of the Federal Clean Water Act. See California Water Code 14052
(c) The board may make grants to small communities in an amount on a sliding scale, based on a community’s ability to pay, not to exceed 971/2 percent of the total estimated cost of pollution studies, planning, design, and construction determined in accordance with applicable state laws and regulations. Total state assistance under this section shall not exceed two million dollars ($2,000,000) for any single eligible project.
(d) 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 following provisions:
(1) An estimate of the reasonable cost of the eligible project.
(2) An agreement by the small community to proceed expeditiously with, and complete, the proposed eligible project, commence operation of the treatment works upon completion, and to properly operate and maintain the works in accordance with applicable provisions of law.
(e) Small communities eligible for a state grant may also apply for a loan from the State Water Pollution Control Revolving Fund for costs not covered by the grant.
(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 47, Sec. 2. Approved in Proposition 83 at the November 8, 1988, election.)