California Water Code 13441 – (a) There is to be paid into the account all moneys from the …
(a) There is to be paid into the account all moneys from the following sources:
(1) All moneys appropriated by the Legislature for the account.
Terms Used In California Water Code 13441
- Contamination: includes any equivalent effect resulting from the disposal of waste, whether or not waters of the state are affected. See California Water Code 13050
- Fiscal year: The fiscal year is the accounting period for the government. For the federal government, this begins on October 1 and ends on September 30. The fiscal year is designated by the calendar year in which it ends; for example, fiscal year 2006 begins on October 1, 2005 and ends on September 30, 2006.
- Person: includes any city, county, district, the state, and the United States, to the extent authorized by federal law. See California Water Code 13050
- 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
- Regional board: means any California regional water quality control board for a region as specified in Section 13200. See 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
- State board: means the State Water Resources Control Board. See California Water Code 13050
- Waste: includes sewage and any and all other waste substances, liquid, solid, gaseous, or radioactive, associated with human habitation, or of human or animal origin, or from any producing, manufacturing, or processing operation, including waste placed within containers of whatever nature prior to, and for purposes of, disposal. See California Water Code 13050
(2) All moneys contributed to the account by any person and accepted by the state board.
(3) Except as otherwise provided, one-half of all moneys collected by way of criminal penalty and all moneys collected civilly under any proceeding brought pursuant to any provision of this division.
(4) All moneys collected by the state board or a regional board for the account under Chapter 6.7 (commencing with Section 25280) of Division 20 of the Health and Safety Code.
(5) All moneys collected by the state board for the account under Section 13304 or for the account under other law allowing recovery of costs for cleanup or abatement of waste, pollution, or contamination.
(6) Repayment of principal, interest, and fees on loans issued pursuant to this article.
(7) Repayments of loan and grant moneys paid to a loan or grant recipient pursuant to this article in which the recipient was not eligible for that loan or grant.
(8) Notwithstanding Sections 16305.7 and 16475 of the Government Code, any interest earned upon moneys deposited into the account.
(b) The first unencumbered five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000) paid into the account in any given fiscal year is available without regard to fiscal years, for expenditure by the state board in accordance with the provisions of this article. The next unencumbered five hundred thousand dollars ($500,000), or any portion thereof, deposited in any given fiscal year, is available for expenditure by the state board for the purposes of this article, subject to the provisions set forth in Section 28 of the Budget Act of 1984 (Chapter 258 of the Statutes of 1984). The next unencumbered one million dollars ($1,000,000) deposited in the account in any given fiscal year is available for expenditure by the state board for the purposes of Section 13443. The remaining unencumbered funds deposited in the account in any given fiscal year is available without regard to fiscal years to the state board for expenditure for the purposes set forth in Sections 13442 and 13442.5.
(Amended by Stats. 2017, Ch. 439, Sec. 1. (AB 339) Effective January 1, 2018.)