CA Water Code Section 12885.6

The department is authorized to make state loans to public agencies for the preparation of feasibility reports on proposed projects, from any moneys available for such loans, in an amount for any one feasibility report on a proposed project not exceeding 2 percent of the estimated cost of the proposed project or fifty thousand dollars ($50,000), whichever is less; provided, that only one such loan may be made to a public agency in relation to any one proposed project. A loan in excess of said amount for any one feasibility report may be made by the department only upon authorization by the Legislature and upon such additional terms and conditions as the Legislature may prescribe.