§ 10605

Where the state provides financial assistance to implement or assist in the implementation of an alternative solution, the State Water Resources Control Board, in considering a subsequent permit or license to be issued for a project on the stretch of river where the preserved instream beneficial uses occur, shall give great weight to the preservation of the instream beneficial uses preserved as a result of the state financial assistance.

(Added by Stats. 1982, Ch. 1472, Sec. 1.)