(a) Any unallocated money remaining in the Agricultural Drainage Water Account in the 1986 Water Conservation and Water Quality Bond Fund on November 6, 1996, and any unallocated money deposited into that account from the sale of any bonds that are sold after November 6, 1996, shall be transferred to the subaccount. For the purpose of this section “unallocated money” means money not committed or appropriated as of November 6, 1996, which is not less than six million one hundred seventy-seven thousand dollars ($6,177,000).

(b) Notwithstanding § 13340 of the Government Code, any funds that are transferred pursuant to subdivision (a) to the subaccount are hereby continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, to the Department of Food and Agriculture for programs to develop methods of using drainage water and reducing toxic materials in drainage water through reuse of the water and the use of the remaining salts. Priority shall be given to source reduction projects and programs.

Terms Used In California Water Code 78645

  • account: means the Clean Water and Water Recycling Account created by Section 78602. See California Water Code 78601
  • Subdivision: means a subdivision of the section in which that term occurs unless some other section is expressly mentioned. See California Water Code 10

(Amended by Stats. 1997, Ch. 566, Sec. 5. Effective September 29, 1997. Note: This section was added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 135, and approved in Prop. 204 on Nov. 5, 1996.)

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