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(a) (1) The sum of two billion two hundred fifty million dollars ($2,250,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation from the fund, for grants and direct expenditures.(2) Except as provided in paragraph (3), funds provided pursuant to this chapter shall be appropriated to the Delta Conservancy.
(3) Funds to maintain and improve Delta levees or other flood management facilities shall be appropriated to the department.
(b) (1) Of the funds provided in subdivision (a), seven hundred fifty million dollars ($750,000,000) shall be available for projects, including grants to Delta counties and cities within the Delta, that provide public benefits and support Delta sustainability options, including projects and supporting scientific studies and assessments that do any of the following:
(A) Ensure that urban and agricultural water supplies derived from the Delta, including water supplies used within the Delta, are not disrupted because of catastrophic failures of Delta levees resulting from earthquakes, floods, land sinking, rising ocean levels, or other forces.
(B) Assist in preserving economically viable and sustainable agriculture and other economic activities in the Delta.
(C) Improve the quality of drinking water derived from the Delta.
(D) Improve levee and flood control facilities and other vital infrastructure necessary to protect Delta communities affected by the implementation of this chapter.
(E) Provide physical improvements or other actions to create waterflow and water quality conditions within the Delta to provide adequate habitat for native fish and wildlife.
(F) Facilitate other projects that provide public benefits and support Delta sustainability options approved by the Legislature, including costs associated with planning, monitoring, and design of alternatives, and project modifications and adaptations necessary to achieve the goals of this chapter.
(G) Mitigate other impacts of water conveyance and ecosystem restoration.
(H) Provide or improve water quality facilities and other infrastructure.
(2) Of the funds provided in this subdivision, up to two hundred fifty million dollars ($250,000,000) may be expended in the Delta to provide assistance to local governments and the local agricultural economy due to loss of productive agricultural lands for habitat and ecosystem restoration within the Delta.
(c) Of the funds provided in subdivision (a), one billion five hundred million dollars ($1,500,000,000) shall be available, upon appropriation from the fund, for grants and direct expenditures, for projects to protect and enhance the sustainability of the Delta ecosystem, including any of the following:
(1) Projects that protect, restore, and enhance the Delta ecosystem.
(2) Other projects to protect and restore native fish and wildlife dependent on the Delta ecosystem, including the acquisition of water rights and the removal or reduction of undesirable invasive species.
(3) Projects to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from exposed Delta soils.
(4) Projects that reduce impacts of mercury contamination of the Delta and its watersheds, and remediation and elimination of continuing sources of mercury contamination.
(5) Scientific studies and assessments that support the projects authorized under this section.