Cal. Water Code § 13830

For the purpose of administering of this chapter, the total expenditures of the department and the State Department of Health Services may not exceed 4 percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be issued under this chapter. The department shall establish a reasonable schedule of administrative fees for loans, which fees shall be paid by the supplier pursuant to Section 13819, to reimburse the state for the costs of state administration of this chapter. Charges incurred by the Attorney General in protecting the state’s interests in the use and repayment of grant and loan funds under this chapter, and under the California Safe Drinking Water Bond Law of 1976 (Chapter 10.5 (commencing with Section 13850)), shall be paid from the proceeds of bond sales under this chapter. These charges shall not be paid be from the 4 percent allocated for administrative purposes, but shall be treated as a program expense not to exceed 1.5 percent of the total amount of the bonds authorized to be sold under this chapter.