SECTION 1.
(a) Pursuant to Section 5096.821 of the Public Resources Code, the sum of thirty million dollars ($30,000,000) is appropriated from the Disaster Preparedness and Flood Prevention Bond Fund of 2006 to the Department of Water Resources for flood protection projects that do either or both of the following: (1) Improve the sustainability of the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta, including, but not limited to, projects that reduce the risk of levee failure that would jeopardize water conveyance.
(2) Implement flood management actions in the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta before the adoption of the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan, as part of a multibenefit project that complements activities to be developed under the Central Valley Flood Protection Plan. Projects described in this paragraph shall be subject to Section 9613 of the Water Code.
(b) The Department of Water Resources shall expedite the evaluation of nonurban levees on the west bank of the Sacramento River that protect unincorporated communities, and may study and implement a joint project with local government agencies for improving flood bypass facilities as multibenefit flood control facilities, to the extent that those projects are consistent with adopted state policies.