The Environmental Enhancement Fund is hereby created in the State Treasury. All penalties collected under Article 9 (commencing with Section 8670.57) shall be deposited into the Environmental Enhancement Fund, except as specified in Section 8670.64. The money in the fund shall only be used for environmental enhancement projects. The moneys shall not be used for the cleanup of an oil spill or the restoration required after an oil spill. The money is available for appropriation by the Legislature to the administrator for the purposes stated in this section.
(Added by Stats. 1990, Ch. 1248, Sec. 17. Effective September 24, 1990.)