10544-10547

WATER CODE
SECTION 10544-10547




10544.  When selecting projects and programs pursuant to Division 24
(commencing with Section 78500), Division 26 (commencing with
Section 79000), Division 26.5 (commencing with Section 79500), or
pursuant to any grant funding authorized on or after January 1, 2009,
for water management activities, the department, the board, the
State Department of Public Health, and the California Bay-Delta
Authority or its successor, as appropriate, shall include in any set
of criteria used to select projects and programs for funding, a
criterion that provides a preference for regional projects or
programs.



10546.  An integrated regional water management plan prepared
pursuant to this part shall be eligible for funding pursuant to
Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code, and for any funding
authorized on or after January 1, 2009, that is allocated
specifically for implementation of integrated regional water
management.



10547.  This part does not prohibit the department from implementing
Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code by using existing
integrated regional water management guidelines in accordance with
subdivision (d) of Section 75026 of the Public Resources Code.