(a) The City of Los Angeles shall submit a grant application to the department pursuant to Section 12929.21 for the purpose of implementing a voluntary water conservation program in the City of Los Angeles that benefits the ecosystem of Mono Lake.

(b) The voluntary water conservation program that is the subject of the grant application shall provide for all of the following:

(1) The use of community-based organizations, in cooperation and consultation with the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, to carry out the program, and to perform water audits and provide and install residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural water conservation equipment in the service area of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power in connection with the program.

(2) The training of community-based organizations that participate in the program and the training of persons who are selected by the organizations to perform water audits, install water conservation equipment, or perform other services in connection with the program.

(3) Notice of the program to the ratepayers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.

(c) The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power may not impose a charge on its ratepayers to pay for the water conservation program, except that it may impose a fee on the ratepayers who contract for the installation of water conservation equipment in connection with the program to pay for up to 20 percent of the cost of the equipment and the installation of the equipment.

(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 626, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)