§ 12912.5

Of the amounts deposited in the California Water Fund pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 6217 of the Public Resources Code, five million dollars ($5,000,000) shall be deposited annually in a special account in the California Water Fund for appropriation by the Legislature to the Department of Water Resources for purposes of mitigation of adverse effects to water quality, fisheries, or wildlife in (1) the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, Suisun Marsh, and San Francisco Bay caused by historic upstream depletions and diversions, as nonreimbursable costs under Section 11912 and for other nonreimbursable costs, and (2) the Salton Sea and its tributaries.

(Added by Stats. 1988, Ch. 28, Sec. 4. Effective March 14, 1988.)