Notwithstanding Section 13332.11, the expenditure by the Department of Water Resources of funds appropriated pursuant to Section 5096.821 or 75032 of the Public Resources Code is not subject to the approval of the State Public Works Board if either of the following applies to the expenditure:
(a) The department is performing work pursuant to an emergency.
(b) The department does all of the following:
(1) Obtains engineering review of the proposed project from the United States Army Corps of Engineers.
(2) Obtains engineering review of the proposed project from an independent board of consultants for any project with a construction cost exceeding five million dollars ($5,000,000).
(3) Provides a written report to the Reclamation Board.
(4) Provides information on the project expenditure to the Legislature in a semiannual report due on April 1 and October 1 each year.
(5) Provides written notification to the Legislature if funds are made available by Section 75032 of the Public Resources Code to pay a project cost increase for which the Legislature has not otherwise been notified in writing.
(Added by Stats. 2007, Ch. 368, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 2008.)