Section 11913.1 - Appropriation of funds sufficient to cover costs incurred by department for recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement; Davis-Dolwig Account(a) It is the intent of the Legislature to appropriate funds sufficient to cover the costs incurred by the department for recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement specified pursuant to Section 11912, subject to legislative review and approval.(b) The Davis-Dolwig Account is hereby created in the California Water Resources Development Bond Fund, created pursuant to Section 12935.(c) On July 1, 2012, and every July 1 thereafter, the Controller shall transfer seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000) from the General Fund portion of the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund, created pursuant to Section 85 of the Harbors and Navigation Code, to the Davis-Dolwig Account. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, for the purposes of this chapter, seven million five hundred thousand dollars ($7,500,000) is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, from the Davis-Dolwig Account to the department for the costs of State Water Resources Development System, as described in Section 12931, facility operations, maintenance, and capital costs attributable to recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement as provided for in Section 11914. This subdivision shall be eligible for future adjustment by the Legislature in accordance with an appropriate water and power utility cost index, submitted by the department and approved by the Legislature by statute, that reflects changes in costs incurred or likely to be incurred by the department for operation, maintenance and capital costs of the State Water Resources Development System.(d)(1) On July 1, 2012, and every July 1 thereafter, the Controller shall transfer two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) from the General Fund portion of the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund to the Davis-Dolwig Account. Notwithstanding Section 13340 of the Government Code, two million five hundred thousand dollars ($2,500,000) is continuously appropriated, without regard to fiscal years, from the Davis-Dolwig Account to the department for the payment of State Water Resources Development System recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement costs incurred pursuant to this chapter on or before December 31, 2011.(2) This subdivision shall be inoperative when the Director of Finance certifies that all costs described in paragraph (1) have been paid.(e) The department shall provide details of the balance and expenditures of the Davis-Dolwig Account as part of the annual Governor's budget process.(f) Any cost for recreation and fish and wildlife enhancement incurred in connection with the State Water Resources Development System that exceeds the funding provided pursuant to subdivision (c) may be provided upon further appropriation by the Legislature, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 75050 of the Public Resources Code.(g) The funds made available to the department pursuant to subdivisions (c) and (f) shall fulfill the legislative intent of this chapter to provide funds for fish and wildlife enhancements and recreation.(h) Any obligation incurred on or after July 1, 2012, for recreation and fish and wildlife enhancements separate from available funding in the Davis-Dolwig Account and any additional funding that may be appropriated by the Legislature for this purpose shall be reimbursed by the state only if approved by the Legislature by statute.(i) Notwithstanding any other law, the Controller may use funds in the Davis-Dolwing Account for cashflow loans to the General Fund as provided in Sections 16310 and 16381 of the Government Code.(j) Notwithstanding subdivision (c), any amount in the Davis-Dolwig Account in excess of twenty million dollars ($20,000,000) on June 30 of each year shall be transferred to the Harbors and Watercraft Revolving Fund.Added by Stats 2012 ch 39 (SB 1018),s 116, eff. 6/27/2012.