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California Law (Last Updated: March 4, 2014) |
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Water Code - WAT |
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Division 7. WATER QUALITY |
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Chapter 14. Clean Water Bond Law of 1974 |
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ARTICLE 1. Short Title, Legislative Declarations, and General Definitions |
Section 13988.
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As used in this chapter, and for the purposes of this chapter as used in the State General Obligation Bond Law, the following words shall have the following meanings:
(a) "Committee" means the Clean Water Finance Committee, created by Section 13989.
(b) "Board" means the State Water Resources Control Board.
(c) "Fund" means the State Clean Water Fund.
(d) "Municipality" shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto and shall also include the state or any agency or department thereof.
(e) "Treatment works" shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(f) "Construction" shall have the same meaning as in the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) and acts amendatory thereof or supplementary thereto.
(g) "Eligible project" means a project for the construction of treatment works which is all of the following:
(1) Eligible for federal assistance, whether or not federal funds are then available therefor;
(2) Necessary to prevent water pollution;
(3) Certified by the board as entitled to priority over other treatment works, and which complies with applicable water quality standards, policies and plans.
(h) "Federal assistance" means funds available to a municipality either directly or through allocation by the state, from the federal government as grants for construction of treatment works, pursuant to Title II of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and acts amendatory thereof.