79055-79057

WATER CODE
SECTION 79055-79057




79055.  (a) There is hereby created in the account the Flood Control
Subventions Subaccount.
   (b) For the purposes of this article, "subaccount" means the Flood
Control Subventions Subaccount created by subdivision (a).



79056.  The sum of forty-five million dollars ($45,000,000) is
hereby transferred from the fund to the subaccount.



79057.  (a) Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, or
any other provision of law, the money in the subaccount is hereby
continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal year, to the
department to pay for the state's share of the nonfederal costs of
flood control and flood prevention projects adopted and authorized as
of January 1, 1999, under The State Water Resources Law of 1945
(Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) and Chapter 2 (commencing
with Section 12639) of Part 6 of Division 6), The Flood Control Law
of 1946 (Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 12800) of Part 6 of
Division 6), and The California Watershed Protection and Flood
Prevention Law (Chapter 4 (commencing with Section 12850) of Part 6
of Division 6), including the credits and loans to local agencies
pursuant to Sections 12585.3 and 12585.4, subdivision (d) of Section
12585.5, and Sections 12866.3 and 12866.4, and to implement Chapter
3.5 (commencing with Section 12840) of Part 6 of Division 6.
   (b) The money in the subaccount shall be allocated only to
projects in the Counties of Contra Costa, Fresno, Kern, Los Angeles,
Marin, Napa, Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, San Diego, Santa
Clara, Sonoma, and Ventura.
   (c) It is the intent of the Legislature that the state's share of
the nonfederal costs of projects for flood control and flood
prevention adopted and authorized after January 1, 2001, shall not
exceed that portion of the nonfederal costs authorized pursuant to
Chapter 1 (commencing with Section 12570) of Part 6 or any amendments
thereto.