79163-79164
WATER CODE
SECTION 79163-79164
79163. (a) The sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) in the account, upon appropriation by the Legislature to the department, shall be used by the department for grants and loans awarded by the department to local agencies for the purposes of funding urban water conservation projects. (b) A project under this article shall not receive more than five million dollars ($5,000,000) in loan proceeds from the department. 79164. (a) The department may make grants to local agencies, under any terms and conditions that may be determined necessary by the department, for the purpose of financing feasibility studies of projects potentially eligible for a loan under Section 79163. (b) No single feasibility study shall be eligible to receive more than one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000), and not more than 5 percent of the total amount deposited in the account may be expended for the purposes of financing feasibility studies. (c) A grant for a feasibility study shall not affect the maximum amount of any loan that may be made under this article.