(a) The Legislature hereby finds and declares that illegal disposal of solid waste on property owned by innocent parties is a longstanding problem needing attention and that grants provided under this chapter will support the cleanup of farm and ranch property.
(b) The board shall establish a farm and ranch solid waste cleanup and abatement grant program for the purposes of cleaning up and abating the effects of illegally disposed solid waste pursuant to this chapter.
(c) (1) The Farm and Ranch Solid Waste Cleanup and Abatement Account is hereby created in the General Fund and may be expended by the board, upon appropriation by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, for the purposes of this chapter.
(2) The following funds shall be deposited into the account:
(A) Money appropriated by the Legislature from the Integrated Waste Management Fund or the California Used Oil Recycling Fund to the board for the grant program, or from the California Tire Recycling Management Fund to the board for the purposes set forth in paragraph (10) of subdivision (b) of Section 42889.
(B) Notwithstanding Section 16475 of the Government Code, any interest earned on the money in the account.
(3) The board may expend the money in the account for both of the following purposes:
(A) To pay the costs of implementing this chapter, which costs shall not exceed 7 percent of the funds available for the grant program.
(B) To make payments for grants authorized by this chapter.
(4) Upon authorization by the Legislature in the annual Budget Act, the sum of all funds transferred into the account from other funds or accounts shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) annually.
(5) Except as provided in paragraph (2) of subdivision (c) of Section 48653 and notwithstanding any other provision of law, the grant program shall be funded from the following funds:
(A) The Integrated Waste Management Fund.
(B) The California Tire Recycling Management Fund, for the purposes set forth in paragraph (10) of subdivision (b) of Section 42889.
(C) The California Used Oil Recycling Fund.
(d) For purposes of this chapter, the following definitions shall apply:
(1) “Native American tribe” has the same meaning as tribe, as defined in subdivision (b) of Section 44201.
(2) “Public entity” means a city, county, or resource conservation district.
(Amended by Stats. 2009, Ch. 353, Sec. 3. (SB 546) Effective January 1, 2010.)